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Pressured By Coronavirus Pandemic, August PriceSmart Sales Flat

Pressured By Coronavirus Pandemic, August PriceSmart Sales Flat

PriceSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSMT) announced that for the month of August 2020 net merchandise sales increased 0.9% to $262.4 million USD from $260.0 million in August a year earlier. Foreign currency exchange fluctuations impacted net merchandise sales negatively by 3.9%, or $10.1 million versus the same one-month period ...

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Costa Rica Invited To Join OECD

Costa Rica Invited To Join OECD

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has announced that it has extended an invitation to Costa Rica to become the 38th member state of the organization.

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itelBPO Sells 30% Equity to Jamaican Investment Funds

itelBPO Sells 30% Equity to Jamaican Investment Funds

Jamaican contact center outsourcing company itelBPO announced yesterday that it has sold 15% ownership stakes to Portland Private Equity, a Jamaican private equity firm, and PanJam Investment Limited, a publicly traded Jamaican investment company listed on the Jamaican Stock Exchange. ...

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