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Toronto based executive search firm The Caldwell Partners International Inc. (TSX: CWL) today announced a significant expansion into Latin America by forming a strategic alliance with CPGroup Latam Ltd., a company founded by the partners that established and led the Latin...

Surgery sounded like it was going cost Edward Janssen an arm and a leg. Even though he had medical insurance, his deductible created out-of-pocket expenses that would force the 58-year-old construction worker from Kansas to go to great pains to come up with the $80,000 to pay for...

The Hotels.com Club Sandwich Index (CSI) continues to compare the dining costs of hotels worldwide with its annual price barometer, the Club Sandwich Index. This year, the elevated report by Hotels.com – the CSI 2.0 – added three more hotel dining items to make the...

Colombia remains among the fastest-growing economies in Latin America, with government estimates signaling the country will grow approximately 3.5 to 4% in 2015, while the country’s central bank forecasts a 3.2% increase in GDP. At a time of domestic and external challenges,...

Bogotá’s Knightsbridge School, a part of Knightsbridge Schools International (KSI) has recently received its International Baccalaureate (IB) designation, allowing the school to offer this internationally recognized high-school (secondary, pre-university education) diploma...

Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas on Monday confirmed the commitment of the national government to finance 70% of the construction of Bogotá’s first subway line. “We reiterate our commitment to the construction of the Metro in the capital of the country, which will...

Hamburger purveyor Carl’s Jr. continues its Latin America expansion with the opening of its first restaurant in Colombia last week. Located at Parque de La 93 on Bogotá’s north side, the restaurant marks the first of a multi-unit development agreement between Carl’s Jr. parent...

Colombia’s largest chain of brew pubs, Bogota Beer Company (BBC), has been sold to Ambev, the Brasil based subsidiary of global beer and beverage giant Anheuser-Busch Inbev, owner of brands such as Budweiser, Corona, Skol, and Stella Artois. The transaction was led by Colombian...

Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) has announced the launch of the Unisys Global Innovation Center in Bogotá, Colombia. This center will be focused on the creation of customized IT solutions for Unisys clients throughout the world. The Bogotá center will be the second of its kind...

Paula Cortés Calle, the president of the Colombian Association of Tourism and Travel Agents (ANATO), announced last week new flights on Colombian air carrier Satena, flying from Bogotá to Armenia, Quindio starting May 25, with travel agencies already selling tour packages that...