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Costa Rica Identifies 121 Products with the Export Potential to Australia
Sectors such as electrical and electronics, metalworking, food, chemical and agricultural are just some of those that stand out for their commercialization potential in the Australian market, according to the study "Mapping of Australia" recently presented by the Promoter...
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“Costa Rica Open Future”: An Opportunity to Incentivize Entrepreneurship
8 entrepreneurial projects were the winners of the 1st edition of “Costa Rica Open Future” that brought together more than 150 different projects. The winning teams were submitted to a rigorous jury with extensive experience in the field of...
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Using Facebook for Business: Easy and Effective
From your personal account, you can create a page for your business, that is, a fan page. Its importance is that, if you create a personal profile of "add-friend" for a business, it goes against Facebook's policies, and could...
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Enhancing the “National Cultural Assets” from a Costa Rican Perspective
Since the mid-19th century, but especially from the last century, a set of industries emerged to produce goods that qualify within what we call "cultural assets". The products of these industries are, on the one hand, goods like any...
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Countering the Inequality Gap in the Costa Rican Private Sector
Costa Rican companies aspire to become inclusive organizations, but in practice, they need to advance even more in terms of policies, processes and a culture of inclusion itself. 70% of the companies in the country have anti-discrimination policies although...
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Credit Will Prevent Wastewater Spill into Rivers and Seas in 4 Cantons
The government signed a US$ 90.4 million loan with the German bank KFW last Thursday to finance the treatment of sewage from Palmares, Jacó (in Garabito), Quepos and Golfito. Acueducto y Alcantarillados (AyA) will contribute another US$ 10 million...
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Johnson & Johnson Slumps in the Stock Market
The shares of Johnson & Johnson, the giant of hygiene products and pharmacy, have slumped since last Friday 10% on Wall Street. The resounding decline came after Reuters reported that the company had known for 40 years that its...
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Transnational Edwards Lifesciences Seeks 370 New Employees
The transnational company Edwards Lifesciences, from the health sciences sector, plans to hire 370 employees to continue with its growth plans in the country.There are vacancies in operational, technical and administrative positions. The available positions correspond to the areas...
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What is an ICO?
Chances are that you might have stumbled upon the term “ICO” elsewhere and probably wondered what it is about. If this is your first time seeing it, no sweat, you’re in good company.On the other hand, perhaps you’ve been...
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Must Know Essentials about How to Do Forex Trading
Similar to any other business, forex trading has become a fast adaptable industry for both investors and entrepreneurs. Fortunately, not much is needed to kick start this business venture. The only prerequisite required to begin forex trading is money.This...
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Costa Rica to Once Again Host Main Regional Life Sciences Forum
The Coalition of Development Initiatives (Cinde) announced this Tuesday the return of the Life Sciences Forum to Costa Rica....