Business Travelers and Immigration RulesThursday, February 14, 2013 The increasing international mobility of "business travelers" does not have adequate regulation in terms of taxes or migration. From Deloitte Costa Rica’s Tax Column: Stock Market Recovery in GuatemalaWednesday, February 13, 2013 The total amount of stock transactions increased by 33.6% in 2012 compared to the previous year. Elperiodico.com.gt reports that "According to Paulo de León, consultant at the Central American Business Intelligence (CABI), the volume of transactions is reaching a significant amount, and is evidence of a recovery after several very difficult years. ' British Trade Mission Comes to Central AmericaFriday, February 8, 2013 Entrepreneurs from the energy, infrastructure, mining and telecommunications sectors will first visit Guatemala and then Panama and Nicaragua. Under the framework of British Week in Guatemala, organized by the Embassy of the United Kingdom, a mission of businessmen interested in trade and investment will be received in the country from 22 February to 2 March 2013, focusing on sectors such as energy, infrastructure, mining and telecommunications. Central American Capital in the U.S.Wednesday, December 5, 2012 The EB-5 Visa, which encourages investment in the United States with a minimum amount of $500,000, could summon more Central American investors. Recently, the Costa Rican company Florida Ice and Farm acquired the North American company North American Breweries, for about $388 million, while another group of Costa Rican investors acquired an Office Center project in Phoenix for $12 million. Increase in Charges for Refrigerated ContainersTuesday, December 4, 2012 The shipping company Maersk joins APL in raising its prices on refrigerated container shipping from January 2013. Capital.com.pa reports that "this increase is global, meaning that the shipping companies assure that the competitiveness of Panamanian [or regional] exports will not be affected." Promises and Risks in Mobile CommunicationsTuesday, November 13, 2012 The massive and growing use of mobile devices is hitting businesses hard, generating great opportunity and great risks. A report from RSA (The Security of Business Innovation Council), once again brings to the forefront the growth of mobile phone use in businesses for both internal management and to communicate with customers and consumers. Each day more and more marketing and sales operations, support, and production management, involves mobile business applications. Management of IntangiblesThursday, October 11, 2012 Companies are placing increasing emphasis on the value of their intellectual property, so it is necessary to design the right strategy to protect it. The first recommendation in an article by Paola Castro Montealegre in Elfinancierocr.com, stresses how important it is that "intellectual property must be protected at the start of the business and not at the stage of the final product, which is often when we care about our protection, regardless of the fact that products or creations have probably been known about by several people and are potentially vulnerable, and we might even have intellectual property assets already on the market and positioned, without it being possible to protect them, because it hadn’t been thought about from this perspective. ' Bureaucracy Generates CorruptionWednesday, October 10, 2012 Its a vicious circle where lack of trust leads to unnecessary requirements, the requirements leads to cumbersome procedures, the procedures sets up the trap, the trap to the bribe, and the whole thing starts over again. Hugo Maul in his article on the blog of the National Economic Research Center (CIEN), unveils the hidden evil behind the red tape that stifles Central American economies - and not only in Guatemala, on which his analysis is focused. Drop in Price of Corn PredictedThursday, September 27, 2012 China may decrease its maize imports by up to 60% in the next 12 months, which would ease the pressure that its demand has put on prices. The decline in imports by China would generate relief for other buyers amid falling global supplies after the drought in the grain belt of the United States. Guatemala: Remittances up 9.9% in AugustFriday, September 7, 2012 Remittances from January to August were $3.2 billion, 9.87% more than the $2.9 billion sent during the first 8 months of 2011. In August the amount of remittances received totaled $441.4 million, an increase of 7.8% compared to August 2011, according to data from the Bank of Guatemala. There are 50 United States to Do Business WithWednesday, September 5, 2012 Segmenting the vast U.S. market into its 50 states is the recommendation of CABI, with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development. The analyst Pablo De Leon, during the launch of the market intelligence tool ‘CABI U.S. Business Opportunities Model ®’, said: "In order to do business with the United States, the nation must be treated as if it were 50 different countries". Rise of Health Food in the U.S.Tuesday, July 31, 2012 More than two-thirds of Americans are choosing healthier foods to promote wellness and maintain or lose weight. A statement from the Costa Rican Trade Promotion Office (PROCOMER) reads: Company Profile
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