It is usually the most articulate entrepreneurs, the most charismatic, and the best communicators, who end up in the qualifying rounds. Since competitions don’t spend much time checking facts and figures due to volume and time constraints, what really creates the impact is the story, and that is creating a new breed of entrepreneurs: great storytellers for competitions.
The Tico Times sat down with U.S. Ambassador Stafford Fitzgerald Haney at the U.S. Embassy in San José last week to hear his thoughts on U.S. foreign investment, foreign policy, Costa Rica’s leadership role in the region, and the possibility of medical marijuana legalization here.
The change only will apply at the operational level and will not have any impact on the company's staff in the country, currently at over 6,000 employees, HP reported.
Costa Rica’s human talent and advanced manufacturing won accolades while analysts argued that the country needs to invest in infrastructure and right its finances.
The question is whether investors should get worried or if it's just another date in the calendar that government leaders and creditors will work around.
BRUSSELS, Belgium – Greece and its EU-IMF creditors failed to break the deadlock in emergency talks on Thursday to reach a bailout deal, raising fresh fears of a default by Athens that could send it crashing out of the euro.
They say everybody has a price. What they don't tell us is that sellers and buyers often have very different prices – prices that have little to do with supply and demand, as economic theory would have us believe.
Local Dos Pinos dairy products were Costa Rican consumers' top choice last year, according to the annual Brand Footprint report released this week by consulting firm Kantar Worldpanel.
