ZooAve on Wednesday, received an anteater that a homeless person had been caring for after it suffered a head injury. The rescue center expects to care for the animal for seven months, before releasing back it into the wild in Guanacaste. On average the center receives 2,000 injured animals per year. The anteater will be […]
Archives for March 13, 2014
ICE has trouble gaining new customers, Movistar and Claro grow
Although the number of cell phone lines increased by 1.2 million between 2012 to 2013, total market share held by the national telecom ICE declined. According to statistics from Sutel, the telecom regulator, in 2012, 79 percent of the market belonged to ICE, 9 percent Claro, 7 percent Movistar, 3 percent Tuyo Mobile, and 2 […]
Central Bank changes rules for currency intervention
On Wednesday evening, the central bank announced an expansion in its rules for managing the Foreign Currency Market (Monex), allowing for interventions to correct long term fluctuations of exchange rates. According to Rodrigo Bolaños, President of the Central Bank the change will prevent a “snowball effect” when exchange rates slides consistently in one direction. He added […]