350,000 Costa Ricans Employed in Export Industries
October 6, 2010
Source: www.ticotimes.net
According to a study conducted by the Foreign Trade Promotion Office (Procomer), approximately 355,000 people are employed in Costa Rica’s export sector. The study found that those involved in producing products for export hold 76 percent of jobs in the nation’s agricult…
Posted in Costa Rica Business
Sterigenics to Build Plant in Costa Rica
October 5, 2010
Source: www.ticotimes.net
By Adam Williams
Sterigenics International, a U.S.-based medical devices manufacturing company, announced Friday that it will construct a plant in Costa Rica. The plant, which will be built in a yet-to-be-determined free-trade zone, is expected to be completed by the end…
Posted in Costa Rica Business, Laura Chinchilla
Free Trade Zone in Caribbean to Break Ground
October 1, 2010
Source: www.Ticotimes.net
Promoters of the first free-trade zone in the Caribbean province of Limón will break ground this month. The free-trade zone, to be located in the community of Búfalo, will be large enough to host the manufacturing operations of 12 companies.
The free-trade zone will be a…
Time Magazine Announces Chinchilla as Top 10 Female Leader
September 30, 2010
Original: http://www.ticotimes.net/daily_paid/dailynewsarchive/2010_09/090910.htm#story4
By Adam Williams Tico Times Staff | [email protected]
Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla was recognized as one of the “Top 10 Female Leaders” by Time magazine on Wednesday. She was ranked No. 1…
Message from Management
September 5, 2010
Recently I spent ten days in Costa Rica working on various projects. It had been six months since I was there last. I thought you would be interested in what I saw.
Southern Costa Rica continues to make favorable changes while retaining its unique
features of beautiful flora and fauna and a frie…
Canada and Costa Rica Start Professional Exchange Program
September 5, 2010
By Chrissie Long Tico Times Staff | [email protected] Original: http://www.ticotimes.net/daily_paid/dailynewsarchive/2010_08/083010.htm#story1
Young Ticos will soon have the opportunity to work on Canada’s famous ski slopes, study in the best Canadian universities or travel through the no…
Costa Rica Insurance Market Opening Up
September 5, 2010
Original:http://www.ticotimes.net/daily_paid/dailynewsarchive/2010_09/090210.htm#story2
As readers may remember, one of the provisions of the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA) was that the National Insurance Institute’s monopoly in the insurance m…
Posted in Costa Rica Business, Costa Rica tourism
Costa Rica Government to Invest $140 million to Coffee Farmers
August 25, 2010
By Adam Williams Tico Times Staff | [email protected]
A trust fund worth $140 million will be devoted to helping Costa Rican coffee growers over the next four years, the government of President Laura Chinchilla announced Thursday. In an effort to improve ailing coffee exports, which fe…
Posted in Coffee, Costa Rica Business
Ninth Insurance Company Opens in Costa Rica
August 25, 2010
By Adam Williams Tico Times Staff | [email protected]
http://www.ticotimes.net/daily_paid/dailynewsarchive/2010_08/081710.htm#story5
Good news to all vehicle owners!!
The Quálitas Insurance Company, a Mexico-based auto insurer, has been approved to compete in the Costa Rican insurance …
Posted in CAFTA, Costa Rica Business
New Costa Rica Call Center to Add up to 500 jobs
August 24, 2010
Source:http://www.ticotimes.net/daily_paid/dailynewsarchive/2010_08/081910.htm#story2 By Sophia Klempner Tico Times Staff | [email protected]
The Sunnyvale, California-based Motif is one of a growing cadre of foreign companies setting up shop in Costa Rica. Now with 185 employees, up …
Posted in Costa Rica Business