Costa Rica Weighs Raising $2.7 Billion via Sale of State-Owned Insurer, Banks’ Assets August 18, 2022 Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves said on Tuesday he plans to present a bill to sell state-owned banks Banco de...
UK Insurance Broker Jailed over Costa Rican Corruption October 28, 2010 A London-based insurance broker has been jailed after admitting making or authorizing corrupt payments worth almost $2 million to officials...
Los Angeles Judge Dismisses Sterility Verdict Against Dole July 19, 2010 By Linda Deustch A judge on Thursday dismissed a $2.3 million judgment against Dole Food Co. in a lawsuit by purported Nicaraguan banana...
Munich Re: ‘Ever Higher’ Nat Cat Costs; Ups Chile Quake Loss to $1 Billion June 8, 2010 A bulletin from Munich Re, the world’s largest reinsurer, concludes that the “long-term trend towards ever higher natural catastrophe costs”...
Sources Indicate U.N. to Pick Costa Rica’s Figueres as New Climate Chief May 17, 2010 By Alister Doyle and David Fogarty Veteran Costa Rican climate diplomat Christiana Figueres is set to be appointed as the new United Nations climate chief, sources...
Prosecutors: Mobsters Worked as NYC Inspectors October 5, 2009 By Jennifer Peltz Corruption in New York City’s construction industry ran so deep that mobsters worked as city building inspectors in recent years,...
G-20 Leaders Blacklist 4 Tax Havens April 6, 2009 By David Stringer Four nations were blacklisted as uncooperative tax havens Thursday after G-20 leaders declared the age of banking secrecy was over...
G20 Seals $1.1 Trillion Deal April 3, 2009 By David Ljunggren and Lesley Wroughton World leaders clinched a $1.1 trillion deal on Thursday to combat the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and...
AIR Analyzes Costa Rica Quake January 13, 2009 According to catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimated that the earthquake, which struck Costa...
Big Dig Tunnel Victim’s Family Settles Lawsuit for $28 Million October 2, 2008 By Denise Lavoie The family of a Costa Rican woman killed when the ceiling of a downtown Boston tunnel collapsed has settled a...