Butterfly Farm Helps Woman Spread Her Wings
Costa Rica News – If you have lived in Costa Rica for a long time, you know that it can be quite difficult to start a business and make it successful. This daunting task can be seen as an...
View ArticleCosta Rica Begins Construction on Oil Terminal
Costa Rica News – Maybe it is just me but does anyone else see the actions of the Costa Rican government directly contradict what they are saying? The goal of being carbon neutral and being “green”...
View ArticleWhy Five Days in the Office Is Too Many
Business News – I have now been working at home for over 2 years now and cannot see myself ever going back to an office. I do not need someone looking over my shoulder to tell me to work as I know...
View ArticleOver 1000 Vacancies at Costa Rica Job Fair
Costa Rica News – For all you who have been let go by your sportsbooks due to the fact that football season and March Madness are over and done, this Friday offers you a chance to find employment in...
View ArticleCauses of Costa Rica Business Failure
Costa Rica News – New businesses are started nearly every day by entrepreneurs in Costa Rica. Most of these ventures end up in failure. The Chamber of Exporters of Costa Rica (CADEXCO) conducted a...
View ArticleTop World Economies Dropping the Dollar
World News – Do you ever wonder why the wealthy US citizens like Warren Buffet are selling off their stock in the market? Do you ever wonder why world banks are dropping their US dollars? Do you ever...
View Article“Joys” (Sarcasm) of Starting a CR Business
Costa Rica News – You’ve seen shows about people moving to a tropical place, buying a home, and turning it into a bed and breakfast with an open air office with an ocean view. It seems so perfect, so...
View ArticleDell Opens First Store in Costa Rica
Costa Rica News – Perhaps I will actually to finally get parts for my Dell laptop in Costa Rica and not have to spend hours searching online for parts or end up ordering them from the USA and paying...
View ArticleCosta Rica Adopting Dollar as It’s Currency?
Costa Rica News – Well this could mean that all those people that are looking at trying to escape the USA by coming to Costa Rica will have yet another tie to home. Costa Rica is weighing up the...
View ArticleDOW Stock Market Drops Again This Week
World News – Although there is a debate raging on if and when the US economy and dollar is going to crash, the question remains…..what do we make of the recent huge drops in the DOW? The three major...
View ArticlePerils & Pitfalls of Doing Business in Costa Rica
Costa Rica Business News - Costa Rica is a country that is certainly open for business to foreigners. The government makes it rather easy to setup a corporation. There are really no restrictions on who...
View ArticleChinese Business Summit Coming to Costa Rica
Costa Rica News – China wants to have a business summit in Central America and what better place for them to have it that their newly acquired territory Costa Rica. I wonder how many under the table...
View ArticleCosta Rica Jobs; Tech Firm CSS Corp Opens
Costa Rica News – For everyone that is looking to possibly move out of the USA and set up shop in Costa Rica, more and more technology firms are opening their doors within the borders of the land of...
View Article2013 CR Buisiness Franchise Fair Coming
Costa Rica Business News - The regional Franchise Fair is coming to Costa Rica. Expo-Franquicias 2013 is around the corner. In about a month, on September 26th and 27th there will be over 8,000...
View ArticleChinchilla Proposes Bill to Cap Credit Rates
Costa Rica Business News - (Reuters) – Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla on Monday sent a bill to Congress that seeks to limit the interest rates banks and stores charge on credit both in colons...
View ArticleBasic Steps to Opening a Business in Costa Rica
Costa Rica Business News - There is a growing trend with U.S. businesses expanding by opening up nearshore branches in places such as Costa Rica. Costa Rica is the most tax and investment friendly...
View ArticleCosta Rica Shortage Raising Pineapple Prices
Costa Rica News - Piñera Sucato (along with Sucato Trading), is a Costa Rican company that has eight years experience in the production and marketing of pineapples. They grow pineapples on 180 hectares...
View ArticleMoody’s Lowers Costa Rica’s Future Outlook
Costa Rica News - This week, we found out that the ratings firm Moody’s lowered Costa Rica’s score from ‘stable’ to ‘negative.’ The outlook change reflects: A continued increase in the main debt...
View ArticleWEO Predicts Less Latin American Growth
Costa Rica Business News - The International Monetary Fund cut its economic growth forecast for the Latin America and the Caribbean region, in part due to the area’s terrible infrastructure and lower...
View ArticlePriceSmart Opens 6th Store in Costa Rica
Costa Rica Business News – If you are looking for buying things in bulk and getting discounts for buying 20 rolls of toilet paper at once, your options for PriceSmart stores just went up by one. The...
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