Published: January 17, 2008  The second round of CORFO's National Registry of Individuals with Advanced English Language Skills has just accredited over 21,510 new individuals, building on the first national exam held in January 2004. The Registry, the first of its kind in the world, includes over 37,000 English speakers accredited to international standards (TOEIC-Test of English for International Communication). This tool will be available to foreign companies setting up in Chile who wish to hire workers in various fields with a particular level of English.
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Published: January 17, 2008  The Government has announced the creation of a Public-Private Strategic Council whose mission is to design and implement action in order to strengthen the development and expansion of offshoring in Chile.
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Published: January 17, 2008  Eighty percent of companies listing securities on the Ibex-35, a selective index of Spain's stock exchange, say they will increase their presence in Chile, confirming the country's positive evaluation abroad.
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Published: January 17, 2008  Chile leads Latin America in economic freedom and scores eighth in the world, ahead of Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Hong Kong, meanwhile, was deemed the world's freest economy for the fourteenth year in a row, ahead of its rival, Singapore, according to the Heritage Foundation's 2008 Index of Economic Freedom carried out in 162 countries.
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Published: January 17, 2008  According to the World Bank's global International Comparison Program report, Mexico is proportionally the most expensive country in Latin America, followed by Chile. The study compares economies around the world and shows the most and least expensive countries according to price indexes based on the experience of travelers who make purchases in different countries after exchanging their currency.
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Published: January 16, 2007  Experian Group Limited (EXPN), a leading Irish multinational offering financial analysis and intelligence services to American organizations and consumers, has opened its offices in Santiago. The company, with head offices in Dublin and branches in Costa Mesa, California, and Nottingham, England, employs over 13,000 professionals in 36 countries around the world and supports clients in more than 60 countries.
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