Fact: Now the biggest taxi company in the world, Uber is just a software tool, they don’t own any cars. In addition to revolutionizing the concept of transport in cities, Uber is also an example of how trends in price management are changing within companies. The processes and methods followed by businesses to determine the […]
Proposals range between $163 million and $178 million, and were submitted by Salud Panamá Norte, Hospital Panamá Norte y COPISA – Fortec D’Angelo for the design and building of a new hospital in North Panama. The proposal from the consortium Salud Panamá Norte was $163.2 million, Hospital Panama Norte bid $178.4 million and COPISA – […]
Reuters reports that Panama City’s main airport said on Friday it had successfully placed a $575 million bond after a company forming a major source of income for the hub became embroiled in a money-laundering probe, prompting the issue to be restructured. Originally earmarked for $625 million, the bond for Tocumen International Airport was pared […]
Colombian authorities have made the “biggest seizure of drugs in history,” according to President Juan Manuel Santos. Security forces discovered eight tons of cocaine in a hideaway under a banana plantation. The seized narcotics have an estimated value of $240 million (212 million euros), officials said Sunday. Colombian authorities found the drugs near the border […]
Business Friendly Messy Legacy Brazil’s interim president brings hope for local and foreign investors as reported by Latinvex in this very comprehensive article. Although he faces Brazil’s worst economic crisis in more than two decades, the country’s new interim president Michel Temer is bringing hope to both local and foreign investors due to his […]
Dozens of people crowded into the main hall of the Panama Canal Authority’s headquarters last month to see which ship would win the coveted maiden voyage through the expanded canal slated for June 26. All eyes were on 9-year old Margarita Rivas Silvera as she stuck her hand in a metal cage and pulled out […]
A friend of mine sent me this article. There is a guy in Bocas del Toro activley involved in building a community of homes using plastic bottles!! Average humans can consume 15 or more drinks in plastic bottles a month. If you were born after 1978, and live until 80 years old, you will leave […]
Why save the best paragraph for the last!! The Green group in the European Parliament has called for the EU to “carefully scrutinise the US in the upcoming process of creating a common blacklist of tax havens”, suggesting a withholding tax “on US banks not exchanging information as the US has done with European banks”. […]
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has announced that Panama has accepted the automatic exchange of tax information with countries with which it has a bilateral agreement for the exchange. Panama has promised to use the common communication standard for information produced by the OECD and the G20 for this information exchange. Panama has […]
Bananas. Some sources label them as the world’s healthiest food due to their long list of health benefits. They are high in antioxidants, are thought to aid digestion and even combat some types of cancer. With more than 100 billion bananas consumed every year, they are one of the most important food crops in the […]