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Walmart
Stores Soon To Be In The Hands
of Mexicans
The supermarkets in Costa Rica
- Palí, Más x Menos, Hipermás
and Maxi Bodega - all owned and
operated by Walmart
Centroamerica, the local
division of Wal-Mart Stores,
Inc., will soon be in the hands
of the Mexican group, Wal-Mart
Mexico (Walmex), who bought 100%
of the shares of the Central
American group.
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Intel Costa Rica Sees
Q3 Exports Increase 18%
US chip manufacturer Intel saw third quarter
exports from its Costa Rica facility
increase 18% year-over-year, reaching US$595
million.
Recope To Complete Pacific Terminal
Feasibility In January
Costa Rica's state refinery, the Refinadora
Costarricense de Petroleo S.A. (Recope) in
January plans to complete feasibility
studies for a Pacific coast fuels terminal
in Costa Rica, a company said.
San
José Kicks Off Avenidazo
The avenidazo, the practice of throwing
confetti at passers-by was officially kicked
off last night on the boulevard of Avenida
Central of downtown San José, with San José
mayor, Johnny Araya, to receive the first
fist-full of the paper confetti.
Costa Rican Tourism
Down 10% in 2009
The impact of the world economic crisis on
Costa Rica will be 200.000 or 10% less
tourists for 2009 over 2008, according to
projections by the Cámara Nacional de
Turismo (Canatur). |
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RIGHTS-US: Panic
Erupts in Wake of New Anti-Immigrant Law
Arizona community activists and religious
leaders are trying to mitigate fears over a
new law that would require state employees
to denounce undocumented immigrants.
"There's panic in the community," said
Pastor Magdalena Schwartz from the Disciples
of the Kingdom Free United Methodist Church.
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Your Photos Could Be Product Placements
One day soon, our society will be ruled by an all-intrusive advertising technique in which individuals are paid to walk around 24/7 holding a product next to their wide-smiling faces |
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So What
Is 3G
And Do
You
Really
Need It?
By the
end of
the
year,
Costa
Rica, by
way of
the
Instituto
Costarricense
de
Electricidad
(ICE)
will
join the
rest of
the
world
with the
introduction
of the
3rd
generation,
better
known as
3G,
cellular
network.
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