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Dominican Republic.- A new company that will start operations in the Dominican Republic will generate 500 jobs said Eddy Martínez Manzueta, Director Investment and Export Center (CEI-RD).
He revealed that the company is Call Center industry leader, GlobCom.

SANTO DOMINGO.– President Leonel Fernandez should give the go-ahead to build a plant to process sugar cane to produce ethanol, at a cost of $148 million, said Tuesday a growers union, mill workers and the companies involved in the project.
The president of the company Conazucar, Miguel A. Santana, said though the government agreed to lease [...]

Dominican beer known for its white veil of ice is making inroads in South Florida
Santo Domingo.– Ask for a cold one in this sun-drenched Caribbean nation, and chances are you’ll get a Presidente beer. It likely will be “dressed like a bride,” with white frost on a bottle stored nearly frozen.

SANTO DOMINGO.- The Public Works Ministry continues the works to rebuild the highway which links the Central Mountain town, Constanza, at a cost of more US$1.4 billion.
The highway’s reconstruction includes the roadway’s expansion and improving some sections so heavy vehicles can use without risks.

SANTO DOMINGO.- Dominican Republic’s stock-market has posted RD$6.3 billion in trades so far this year, said its general manager Darys Estrella Mordán, who said 29 percent of that amount was in the secondary market, reports newspaper Hoy.
She said 13 issues have been made in the primary market this year, whose total has yet to be [...]

SANTO DOMINGO.- Just days away from the inaugural of the Santo Domingo International Book Fair 2008, Dominican literature in the pen of Junot Diaz obtains the highest prize, a Pulitzer, the first for an author from this country.