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		<title>San Jose’s Impact on the Central Pacific Coast</title>
		<link>http://american-european.net/blogs/costa-rica-news/2010/05/12/san-jose%e2%80%99s-impact-on-the-central-pacific-coast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 17:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AE Costa Rica Real Estate Content Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nikita Mohammed of Coldwell Banker Vesta Group Jaco Beach
In January of 2010, the new Caldera highway linking San Jose to the Central Pacific Coast was officially opened, changing the outlook for real estate in Jaco Beach and the surrounding areas. The new highway makes the drive from Jaco to Escazu, the popular upscale suburb [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Final: Lawmakers Clear Way to Joining CAFTA</title>
		<link>http://american-european.net/blogs/costa-rica-news/business-and-economy/2008/11/12/its-final-lawmakers-clear-way-to-joining-cafta/</link>
		<comments>http://american-european.net/blogs/costa-rica-news/business-and-economy/2008/11/12/its-final-lawmakers-clear-way-to-joining-cafta/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   by Rod Hughes  
     The Legislative Assembly&#8217;s coalition of 38 deputies voted &#8220;yay!&#8221; yesterday after the second reading of the final of 13 bills needed to bring Costa Rican laws into accord with provisions of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Now the country is officially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican Firm Cuts Payroll at Heredia Plant</title>
		<link>http://american-european.net/blogs/costa-rica-news/business-and-economy/2008/11/11/mexican-firm-cuts-payroll-at-heredia-plant/</link>
		<comments>http://american-european.net/blogs/costa-rica-news/business-and-economy/2008/11/11/mexican-firm-cuts-payroll-at-heredia-plant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  by Rod Hughes  
     The Mexican appliance manufacturer Mabe (pronounced Mah-bay) announced yesterday that it was laying off workers at its Heredia plant. Mabe acquired controlling interest in the Costa Rican Atlas company that made and sold appliances throughout the region last February. The firm did not say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Administration to Ask Lawmakers for Bank Funds</title>
		<link>http://american-european.net/blogs/costa-rica-news/business-and-economy/2008/11/11/administration-to-ask-lawmakers-for-bank-funds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  by Rod Hughes  
     The Arias Administration has decided to go through the Legislative Assembly to obtain extraordinary funding for the nationÂ´s two largest state-owned banks. President Oscar Arias announced last week that he would use the budget surplus to inject $50 million each into the reserves of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court: Sell Electricity to ICE or Not at All</title>
		<link>http://american-european.net/blogs/costa-rica-news/business-and-economy/2008/11/07/court-sell-electricity-to-ice-or-not-at-all/</link>
		<comments>http://american-european.net/blogs/costa-rica-news/business-and-economy/2008/11/07/court-sell-electricity-to-ice-or-not-at-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   by Rod Hughes  
      The Supreme Court&#8217;s Constitutional Chamber has ruled that private electricity generating companies in Costa Rica may not sell energy to the rest of Central America. Private power companies produce 10% of the country&#8217;s power, the national power company, ICE, 90% So, although [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget Surplus to Pay for Bank Credit Bailout</title>
		<link>http://american-european.net/blogs/costa-rica-news/business-and-economy/2008/11/07/budget-surplus-to-pay-for-bank-credit-bailout/</link>
		<comments>http://american-european.net/blogs/costa-rica-news/business-and-economy/2008/11/07/budget-surplus-to-pay-for-bank-credit-bailout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   by Rod Hughes   
     Sometimes when one reads a news item about government spending, one asks, &#8220;Where is the money coming from?&#8221; The daily newspaper La Nacion today answered that question as far as the injection of money into Costa Rica&#8217;s state banks to loosen up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Injects Funds into Banks to Ease Credit</title>
		<link>http://american-european.net/blogs/costa-rica-news/business-and-economy/2008/11/05/president-injects-funds-into-banks-to-ease-credit-crunch/</link>
		<comments>http://american-european.net/blogs/costa-rica-news/business-and-economy/2008/11/05/president-injects-funds-into-banks-to-ease-credit-crunch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  by Rod Hughes  
     President Oscar Arias yesterday announced that he is injecting more funds into the nation&#8217;s two largest state banks, Banco de Costa Rica and Banco Nacional, to give them more liquidity and to allow them to ease credit. Private enterprise, especially the vital construction sector, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private Business Chamber Calls for Looser Credit</title>
		<link>http://american-european.net/blogs/costa-rica-news/business-and-economy/2008/10/28/private-business-chamber-calls-for-looser-credit/</link>
		<comments>http://american-european.net/blogs/costa-rica-news/business-and-economy/2008/10/28/private-business-chamber-calls-for-looser-credit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rod</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://american-european.net/blogs/?p=2188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  by Rod Hughes  
     The Union of Chambers of Private Enterprise in Costa Rica has issued a public protest against tightened credit. Manuel Rodriguez, its president, protested that the new credit policies of state-run banks are a brake on the forward advance of the 44 companies and six [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ICE Again Threatens Blackouts during Dry Season</title>
		<link>http://american-european.net/blogs/costa-rica-news/business-and-economy/2008/10/22/ice-again-threatens-blackouts-during-dry-season/</link>
		<comments>http://american-european.net/blogs/costa-rica-news/business-and-economy/2008/10/22/ice-again-threatens-blackouts-during-dry-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  by Rod Hughes  
     ICE, which provides the vast majority of the country&#8217;s electricity, is back arm twisting the untility rate regulators again. The power company announced that if ARESEP, the regulating agency, does not grant them the whopping 46% rate hike previously solicited, the nation should prepare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goverment Faces Falling Tax Revenues</title>
		<link>http://american-european.net/blogs/costa-rica-news/business-and-economy/2008/10/17/goverment-faces-falling-tax-revenues/</link>
		<comments>http://american-european.net/blogs/costa-rica-news/business-and-economy/2008/10/17/goverment-faces-falling-tax-revenues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Rod Hughes  
     After ending last year with a comfortable budget surplus aided by more efficient tax collection, the Arias Administration now faces falling income problems caused by the world economic crises. In fact, Finance Minister Guillermo Zuniga admits that the government and the Central Bank are both considering [...]]]></description>
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