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Epson launched its SureColor F9200 dye sublimation printers at Colombiatex, Colombia’s textile industry trade show this year. The SureColor line of dye sublimation printers allow designers and producers to print intricate, full color designs either directly on fabric, or on...

Ecopetrol (BVC:ECOPETROL; NYSE:EC; TSX:ECP) has announced that effective February 15, chemical engineer Adolfo Tomás Hernández Núñez has been appointed the new vice president of refining and industrial processes for the Colombian-government controlled petroleum company. Hernandez...

Superfinanciera, Colombia’s Financial Superintendence that oversees banking and insurance operations, has issued Resolucion 0130 de 2016, a cease and desist order against Cooper Gay Ecuador C.A. Intermediario de Reaseguros, demanding that they suspend all reinsurance...

New York – Citi (NYSE:C) today announced its intention to exit from consumer banking operations in Brasil, Argentina and Colombia. The businesses, which include retail banking and credit card operations, will initially be transferred from Citicorp into Citi Holdings and will...

20 Orinoco Crocodiles (Crocodylus Intermedius) were reintroduced into their natural habitat this month, in the Tuparro National Park, the same environment that received 21 crocodiles in May of last year. Orinoco Crocodiles (Caimán Llanero in Spanish) are a critically endangered...

Empresas Publicas de Medellin (EPM), the municipally owned multinational utility company based in Medellín, Antioquia was announced the winner of the Lighthouse Innovation Awards 2015 prize, for setting itself apart as a visionary and leader in applying modern technologies to...

Ecopetrol’s  (BVC:ECOPETROL NYSE:EC TSX:ECP) board of directors has decided to delist the Ecopetrol ADRs (Depositary Receipts) from the Toronto Stock Exchange, pursuant to section 720 of the TSX Companies’ Manual. The decision was based, according to a statement put out this...

Rainbow Tree is a software company dedicated to providing early childhood education software that engages young learners, and can be utilized in a scholastic or home environment. Conceived in the US, Rainbow Tree’s founders decided to stake their claim in Medellin’s Ruta-N; a...

Colombia’s Agencia Nacional del Espectro (National Spectrum Agency) and MINTIC (Ministry of Information and Communication Technology) have imposed fines on three hotels operating in Bogotá for unlawfully using electronic devices to jam mobile phone signals within their premises...

Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed the insurance financial strengths (IFS) ratings of Chubb de Colombia Compañía de Seguros S.A. after the completion of the ACE and Chubb merger by Switzerland-based Chubb Limited (NYSE: CB, formerly named ACE Limited). The merger...