Panama: LG opens Call Center and Air Conditioner AcademyWednesday, February 18, 2009 The call center will employ 600 agents in its new $3 million worth premises located in Albrook, and will receive three million calls a year. According to the report by Marijulia Pujol Lloyd in Laestrella.com.pa, "The company also opened the first Commercial Air Conditioner Academy in the region, that will give training to all the personnel in countries such as Chile, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama, and all Central America and the Caribbean. The academy will give seminars to Panamanian engineers and architects about new technologies." Luxury properties auctioned in PanamaMonday, February 2, 2009 A specialized company is setting up a portfolio of condominiums and luxury homes for auction in April, in response to the drop in the demand for housing. The slowdown in the sale of properties at the various new housing projects in Panama has investors worried; however the auctions provide an alternative with which they can, at the least, recover a part of their investment. Agreement Between Real Estate AgentsWednesday, May 27, 2009 Real estate brokers in Panama and Canada agreed to create opportunities to promote both housing markets. In the negotiations of the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and Panama, the Panamanian Association of Brokers and Real Estate Developers met with their counterparts in Ontario and Toronto, Canada, where they agreed to create blueprints for future agreements between the organizations. Costa Rica: Boom in High Rise HousingTuesday, June 28, 2011 Eleven new vertical projects will see the light over the next two years in the Greater Metropolitan Area. Aimed at the middle and upper classes, most developments are to the west of San Jose. British firm leads bidding for Panama Canal insurance contractThursday, July 17, 2008 Five firms presented the Panama Canal Authority with bids for a contract to provide an insurance corridor on three contracts in the program to increase the canal's capacity. Willis Ltd., of the United Kingdom, presented the lowest bid, US$695,000, followed by Marsh USA with US$825,525. The other bids were received from Jardine Lloyd Thompson of the UK, Arthur Gallagher & Co. of the US, and AON Global of Mexico. 42 sqm Apartments for $74,000Wednesday, August 24, 2016 In Costa Rica the real estate market has started to respond to the demand for lower middle class homes which typically have minimal sizes and are in buildings or condominiums. Apartments measuring from 40 square meters for single people or small families at prices starting from $65 thousand have started to make up a large part of the real estate supply in the country, where until now there has been a predominance of real estate developments which are larger area and cost more, aimed at the middle class and upper class middle segment. El Salvador: 80 MW Solar Plant AnnouncedMonday, February 22, 2016 The French company Neoen has been awarded the project management and construction of the solar plant to start operations in April 2017, and which is being funded by the IDB. The French-owned company Neoen won the tender to build and operate a plant for solar power generation, with a capacity of 80 MW, in El Salvador. According to La Prensa Gráfica, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will finance the project with a total outlay of $57.7 million. Costa Rica: The Business of Adding Value to CocoaMonday, July 21, 2014 Although local cocoa farming has declined, artisanal chocolate producers are taking advantage of increased global demand and are exporting to markets such as Switzerland, Canada and the USA. Companies producing handcrafted chocolate exported about $8.8 million in 2012 and this figure increased to 9 million in 2013, as a result of the opening of markets such as the U.S., which is the destination of 60% of total exports. Price war at seaThursday, February 5, 2009 Shipping companies are seeing a decrease in the volume of maritime cargo and their earnings, and have begun to pressure the Panama Canal concerning the toll. The Panama Canal Authority has set a price increase schedule for the Canal toll for 2009 and 2010, and the large shipping companies, which are experiencing a decrease in earnings due to the drop in maritime trade, are looking for ports where they can operate a lower cost. New Ocean Freight Service from GuatemalaTuesday, April 11, 2017 Starting from May, Hapag-Lloyd Guatemala will connect in a northbound direction with the ports of the US West Coast and once a week in a southbound direction with the European and Mediterranean ports. From a statement issued by Agexport: Spanish Company Buys Panamanian AlcoholWednesday, June 17, 2009 The company Bardinet will buy "drinkable alcohol" from five sugar refineries for the production of its rum brands, Negrita, Pujol, and Negus. To comply with the purchasing agreement for 8 million gallons, the sugar refineries Santa Rosa, Ofelina, La Victoria, and Central Azucarera de Alanje will join production. Mayella Lloyd - Gabinete de Comunicación Company Profile Organization that operates in Panama.
Panama: World Center for Shipping RoutesTuesday, January 26, 2010 Measuring the volume of ships and the number of other ports it links to, the Panama Canal is the world's leading maritime hub. A map showing a year's worth of the world's shipping routes traced by GPS. Panama's Potential in ReinsuranceMonday, June 18, 2012 The country aims to position itself as an international or reinsurance hub, where companies meet the needs of other companies in Latin America The Superintendent of Insurance and Reinsurance, Luis Della Togna, said there is already interest from several companies, including Lloyd's of London, who see opportunities for growth in the region. Guatemala Begins to Export Mango to ChileTuesday, April 9, 2019 After the Chilean authorities completed the admissibility process, Guatemalan producers began exporting fresh mango to the South American country. Two years after the signing of the work plan between Guatemalan and Chilean authorities for the export of fresh mango with hydrothermal treatment from Guatemala, exporters celebrate the first shipment, reported the Guatemalan Exporters Association (Agexport). |
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