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EBay to buy mobile payments company Zong for $240M
EBay Inc. is buying mobile payments provider Zong for about $240 million in cash so it can extend the reach of its PayPal online payments service, AP reported. The online auctioneer said Thursday that Zong will help strengthen PayPal's position in (...)

07 - 07 - 2011
Yahoo CEO reassures analysts about Alibaba stake
Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz assured stock market analysts that the Internet company is trying to repair the damage caused by a recent change in a key investment in China, according to AP. Bartz made her remarks Wednesday at the start of a six-hour (...)

25 - 05 - 2011
6.0 magnitude quake hits near Costa Rica capital
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 hit Costa Rica on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of injuries. The quake was centered about 16 miles (25 km) west of the capital city of San Jose at a depth of 43 (...)

14 - 05 - 2011
50 people survive shipwreck in Pacific off Costa Rica
Fifty people survived a shipwreck in the Nicoya Gulf off Costa Rica's Pacific Coast, Costa Rican media reported Monday. A group of tourists was travelling to Isla Tortuga, in western Costa Rica, when the vessel capsized Sunday, dpa quoted the (...)

27 - 12 - 2010
Quake Shakes Costa Rica
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck Friday night 41 km (26 miles) north-northwest of San Jose, Costa Rica, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. Journalist Djenane Villanueva in San Jose told CNN she felt the earthquake, that it was long, but that she (...)

09 - 10 - 2010
Chile: Escape shaft to reach miners by Saturday
Chile's mining minister announced that a shaft wide enough to provide an escape for 33 trapped miners should reach the men by Saturday _ and that their rescue could begin anywhere from two to 10 days after that. Once the drill breaks through to the (...)

07 - 10 - 2010
Clinton urges reform in Latin American nations
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is promoting democratic and social reforms in Latin America, where many nations have troubled political histories and uneven democratic performance, according to AP. At a meeting Thursday of top (...)

04 - 03 - 2010
Costa Rica elects 1st Woman President in Landslide
Costa Ricans have elected their first woman president as the ruling party candidate won in a landslide after campaigning to continue free market policies in Central America's most stable nation. With most of the votes from Sunday's election (...)

08 - 02 - 2010
Laura Chinchilla - Costa Rica's first female president
"I am the best alternative," Costa Rica's first female president Laura Chinchilla said during the election when asked why voters should choose her over her male competitors in Sunday's balloting, dpa reported. The differences between the (...)

08 - 02 - 2010
H1N1 flu rises to 47 in Costa Rica
The Costa Rican Health Ministry announced here on Friday that A/H1N1 flu death toll in the country had reached 47, while the number of the flu infected patients rose to about 1,500, Xinhua reported. Costa Rican Health Minister Luisa Avila, in an (...)

19 - 12 - 2009
Costa Rican President Arias sick with swine flu
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias was suffering from the A-H1N1 virus, or swine flu, the government announced Tuesday. Arias, 68, had a cold in the morning and a subsequent examination revealed that he had been infected with the swine flu (...)

12 - 08 - 2009
Mediator in Honduras crisis faces hard task
Mediation talks to solve the political deadlock in Honduras following a military coup dragged into a second day on Sunday as deposed President Manuel Zelaya's team said time was running out for a diplomatic solution, according to Reuters. Costa (...)

19 - 07 - 2009
Arias warns against violence as Honduras talks resume
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias on Saturday warned against the use of violence in settling the political dispute in Honduras in the wake of last month's coup, according to dpa. Arias is holding a second round of negotiations to settle (...)

18 - 07 - 2009
No end in sight in talks on resolving Honduran crisis
Meetings aimed at ending the political crisis in Honduras began Thursday at the home of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, but hours later there was sign of any headway, according to dpa. Arias, who has taken on the role of mediator, hosted (...)

10 - 07 - 2009
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