Posted December 14th, 2007 by Christopher Howard
Eleven years ago Aerocasillas was the first company in Costa Rica to offer an innovative mail service. Since then the company has grown by leaps and bounds . What they basically do is provide a mail drop and P.O. box in Miami and a physical address where people can send or receive letters [...]
Posted December 1st, 2007 by Christopher Howard
NewswireToday - /newswire/ - New York, NY, United States, 11/18/2007 - A recent survey found that ten percent of baby-boomers are interested in retiring outside of the United States.
The approximately 76 million members of the baby boomer generation show a great interest in retiring to Central America. Most of these retirees will head for Mexico, [...]
Posted August 25th, 2007 by Christopher Howard
By Ecorazzi*, celebrity gossip and news
Mel Gibson hasn’t exactly had the best last couple years. Religious passions, anti-Semitic slurs, and various alcohol-related charges have clouded what otherwise has been a spectacular career. Financially, thanks in large part to Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, money is no longer a real concern — and it appears [...]
Posted July 20th, 2006 by Christopher Howard
Costa Rica’s Central bank recently announced that foreign investment will top one billion dollars this year.
Wendy’s, Baskin Robbins 31, Dunkin Donuts and Cinnabon will open branches in Costa Rica within a year. Global Financial Group will build a 215 room Hyatt Regency Hotel at Brasil Beach in Guanacaste. Hyatt operates 216 hotels in 44 countries.
The [...]
Posted February 27th, 2006 by Christopher Howard
The interview was done in the garden of the Torremolinos Hotel in San Jose, Costa Rica. Mark Mullen from NBC asked me a series of questions about and living and investing here. He stopped me about every three minutes to make sure the cameraman and sound people recorded what I said. We also [...]