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Water Tribunal Reviews Cases from Region

A panel of experts from around Central America, Cuba, Colombia and Uruguay were in San José this week to review cases brought to the...

Supermarkets Aim for Bigger Market Share

WHEN Enrique Uribe first opened Más x Menos de Cuesta de Moras in 1960, Costa Ricans were shocked by the concept of self service...

Central Bank Orders Vinir Investigation

NEARLY a year after a former client filed a fraud complaint against Vinir Corporación S.A., the Costa Rican financial corporation is being investigated by...

Café Britt Bond Issue A Resounding Success

THE first series of bonds issued by pioneer gourmet coffee producer and distributor Café Britt, totaling ¢1 billion ($2.35 million), sold out before they...

Oil Prices Could Derail Country’s Monetary Policy

HIGH international oil prices could make it difficult for the Central Bank to meet the macroeconomic targets it set in its 2004 monetary policy,...

Tax Plan Controversies Continue in Congress

DESPITE setbacks with the new tax plan, Finance Minister Alberto Dent says the government is firm in its resolve to push the plan through...

Government Will Help Businesses Get Credit

PRESIDENT Abel Pacheco on Monday signed a decree creating a ¢9 billion ($21.4 million) fund to provide credit assistance to small and medium businesses...

Banco de Costa Rica Gets Huge Credit Line

THE Central American Economic Integration Bank (BCIE) on Tuesday gave state-owned Banco de Costa Rica (BCR) a $90 million credit line to be used...

Free Zones Worry About Taxes, Hail Measures

THE Association of Costa Rican Free-Zone Businesses (AZOFRAS) and the Foreign Trade Ministry (COMEX) are recommending that the corporate income tax under the proposed...

New Caribbean Trade Pact Sparks Optimism

PRESIDENT Abel Pacheco and Jamaican Prime Minister Percival J. Patterson, in representation of 14 members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), on Tuesday signed the...

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