Cementos Argos ’09 net profit almost triples
Cementos Argos, Colombia’s largest cement company, said Tuesday its consolidated net profit in 2009 almost tripled to 210 billion Colombian pesos ($109 million) from the COP71 billion reported in 2008.…
Cementos Argos, Colombia’s largest cement company, said Tuesday its consolidated net profit in 2009 almost tripled to 210 billion Colombian pesos ($109 million) from the COP71 billion reported in 2008.…
Colombia’s benchmark IGBC stock index gained 0.21% to close at 11,621.04 points, led by state-controlled oil firm Ecopetrol, which rose 1.6% to COP2,540 ($1.32) on speculation that its dividend will…
With some Colombian coffee farmers struggling to stay afloat, two coffee-growing cooperatives have launched a business model to market their roasted coffee directly to buyers and improve their revenues. The…
The money-losing Juan Valdez chain of Colombian coffee shops will close its Times Square branch in New York City on February 28, Colombia’s National Federation of Coffee Growers, or Fedecafe,…
Japan and Colombia extended their fifth round of talks on an investment protection agreement in Tokyo Friday. The two nations hope to close the deal by the end of next…
Colombian and Panamanian diplomats next month will start negotiations to seal a free-trade agreement, Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata said in a statement Thursday. The Colombian President Alvaro Uribe recently…
Recently my outlook on Colombian politics has tended to be more pessimistic than most people’s. This is probably because I am in the (growing) minority of Colombians who oppose Alvaro…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recommended that Colombia lowers its spending and reforms its tax system in order to decrease its budget deficit and foreign debt, local media reported…
Colombian coffee production in January fell to around 515,000 bags, a yield estimated to be the Andean nation’s lowest since 1976. January production fell 43% compared to the same month…