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This year Venezuela seeks to strengthen five themes with Brazil

Commercial, industrial, agricultural, political and diplomatic cooperation will be the five points that Venezuela and Brazil, business partners, plan to deepen and boost this year, said the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro after a meeting with the Brazilian President, Dilma...
Posted On 03 Jan 2015
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CFN production credits in 2014 exceeded the $ 4,000 million in 2014

In 2014, The National Financial Corporation exceeded the $ 4,190 million in loans for the productive development of the country, the entity said. Throughout 2014, the placement of this development banks were located in $ 672 million, superior to previous years. María Soledad...
Posted On 02 Jan 2015
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Local industry would be able to manufacture kitchens for beneficiaries of the bond

The local industry announced it would be able to meet the demand of 500,000 induction cookers the Government will require for the beneficiaries of the Human Development bond, said Diego Malo, Director of Fibroacero, company that along with Induglob and Mabe are part of the...
Posted On 02 Jan 2015
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Oil price starts with an annual loss this 2015

Crude starts this January 1 a new day with an annual loss approaching 50%, after that WTI (West Texas Intermediate) closed the last day of the year at $ 53.27 and Brent at $ 56.82. The price recorded on Wednesday, December 31 by the WTI, in reference to the Ecuadorian crude, is...
Posted On 02 Jan 2015
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Concession for 4G network would be signed with Claro and Movistar this month

Concession contracts to povide the spectrum for the deployment of the 4G LTE network were not signed last year with Movistar and Claro, as the Ecuadorian government had planned. Augusto Espín, Minister of Telecommunications, said that negotiations continue “advancing and...
Posted On 01 Jan 2015
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International Oil closed at $ 54.12 in late 2014

The WTI Crude, reference to  the Ecuadorian crude, closed at a price of $ 54.12 in December 30 of 2014, said the international news agency Efe. The figure shows a recovery from the losses that had been accumulating in recent months. The numbers reflect an increase of 0.95%....
Posted On 01 Jan 2015
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Domestic products will continue to enter the EU without tariffs in 2015

Yesterday, the decision to extend the benefits of tariff preferences to Ecuador for two years was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (EU). Today expires the General System of Plus Preferences for Ecuador, through which around 1000 products can enter the...
Posted On 31 Dec 2014
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New Incentives Law defines the tax increase on cigarettes

Ecuador raised taxes to discourage the consumption of harmful products such as cigarettes and to promote the national industry,upon taking effect this December 30 the Organic Law on Production Incentives and Tax Fraud Prevention. According to the Internal Revenue Service (SRI by...
Posted On 31 Dec 2014
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Mexican tycoon would have bought El Comercio newspaper

El Comercio newspaper, of Quito and with 107 years of existence, would have been sold to Mexican media tycoon Angel Gonzalez in a value close to 45 million, said the newspaper El Universo. Unofficial sources indicated that the negotiations lasted about a year. Sources close to...
Posted On 31 Dec 2014
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Basic salary increase is expected for today

Today at 10:00 the Minister of Labour, Carlos Marx Carrasco, would announce the Unified Salary increase (SBU for its Spanish acronym) of 2015, after for two occasions, representatives of workers and employers before the National Wages Council (Conades for its Spanish acronym)...
Posted On 30 Dec 2014
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