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Suit up! The End of October is Packed With Employment Opportunities
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – Do you have your resume ready? If not, prepare it! These last days of October will have several job fairs where hundreds of employers will offer both temporary and permanent positions.Tomorrow, the 15 companies are participating in...
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Don’t Like Imperial? The Costa Rica Craft Beer Market is Gaining Popularity
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – Great success and growth has taken place for the craft beer brewing industry in Costa Rica. This is obvious through data received from other craft beer festivals that have taken place in the...
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5 Expat Tax Topics You Probably Haven’t Heard About
Millions of Americans living abroad fail to file their US tax returns each year — in fact, nearly half of US expats are delinquent! While US taxes have been in the forefront of the news these days, there are...
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Walmart in Costa Rica Looking to Hire 300 New Employees
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – On October 24 and 25, Walmart will be conducting a job fair to hire 300 new positions.During the fair, management, administrative and operational positions for Pali, Maxi Pali, Masxmenos and Walmart will be...
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Five Keys to Success for Exporting in Costa Rica
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The Chamber of Exporters for Costa Rica (Cadexco) released a report with the five keys for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to join or expand their export market and succeed.Alberto Soto, director of...
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Exhibition Generates $60 Million in Costa Rica Exports
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The sixteenth edition of the BTM Buyers Mission reached $60 million worth of export negotiations after more than 300 Costa Rican exporters submitted their products to nearly 200 buyers from 32 countries.Details from...
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Costa Rica’s International Credit Rating Takes a Hit With a Downgrade From Moody’s
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The rating agency Moody 's Investors Service has downgraded the bond rating of the Costa Rica government from Ba1 to Baa3, as published in Bloomberg , which says that "the credit rating of Costa Rica...
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New Financial Trust Supports Entrepreneurship in Impoverished Communities
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The less fortunate population with viable and productive business projects will now have better options to finance these ventures in Costa Rica.This is achieved through a strategic alliance of Mixed Institute for Social...
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Five Companies Receive Carbon Neutral Status in Costa Rica
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The Standardization Technical Institute of Costa Rica (Inteco) announced that five companies will be declared carbon neutral.Inteco, one of accredited bodies to declare a business as carbon neutral, said in a statement that...
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Costa Rican Businesses Increasingly Charge in Dollars Rather Than Colones
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Although officially the country's currency is the colon, shops are leaning to price their goods in dollars, which impacts the price of the item’s value.This is because many imported products or industries depend...
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Costa Rican Tourism Minister says Dollar Rate Will Not Change Next Year and Asks Businesses to Adjust Strategies
Tourism Minister William Rodríguez does not expect any changes in the dollar's value in Costa Rica in the coming...