THE beleaguered Permanent FiscalReform Package got a break this weekwhen the Legislative Assembly voted toapply a new “fast-track” procedure to themuch-debated controversial tax plan.On...
IN a move that proposes to mergethe United States’ seventh- and eighth-rankedairlines, America West HoldingsCorp. and a group of investors last weekannounced plans to...
TACA airlines is offering a specialrate for excess baggage until June 15.The promotion applies to all flights toand from Central America, Los Angelesand San...
IN presenting his report on the firsttrimester of 2005, Central Bank presidentFrancisco de Paula Gutiérrez praised thePacheco administration and FinanceMinistry for keeping a tight...
GENERAL Electric (G.E.) ConsumerFinance, one of the largest consumer creditbusinesses in the United States, hasbought 49.99% of the Banco de AméricaCentral (BAC), a commercial...
THE “Costa Rica Travel Mart”(EXPOTUR), organized each year by theCosta Rican Association of TourismProfessionals (ACOPROT), will beginTuesday at the Hotel Herradura, west ofSan José.The...
THE fifth annual “ALIMENTEXPO”food products fair, organized by the CostaRican Chamber of Foreign Trade andRepresentatives of Foreign Businesses(CRECEX), will take place July 27-28 inSan...
THE central government’s deficit registeredat $130 million for the first fourmonths of 2005, with total income of$851 million and expenditures of $981million, the wire...
THE 2004-05Circuito Nacionalde Surf concludesthis weekend at LaCurva beach breakin Playa Hermosa,on the central Pacificcoast, with theGrand Finals goingoff today and tomorrow.And whileit’s certain...
