Posted by Toni Peters | Jun 1, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s unemployment rate for April rose slighty on the March figure, from 10.4% to 10.9%, according to a report by the government statistics agency DANE published Thursday. There was a 0.3 percentage point decrease on...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | May 31, 2012 | Economy
Colombia became the 87th member country of the international trademark system and is now signed up to the Madrid Protocol for the International Registration of Marks. The Madrid system for the international registration of...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | May 31, 2012 | Economy
An increase in Colombia’s benchmark interest rate is unlikely due to the financial crisis in Europe, a central bank board member told Reuters Wednesday. Cesar Vallejo, a member on the board of Colombia’s central...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | May 30, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s state-run oil company Ecopetrol reportedly invested over $713 million in environmental projects in 2011. The environmental administration department of Ecopetrol used the money to adhere to legal standards and...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | May 30, 2012 | Tourism
Avianca, Colombia’s national airline carrier, on Wednesday announced a codeshare agreement with Sky Airline of Chile that will go into effect on Thursday. A codeshare agreement is a business arrangement whereby two...
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