Published: August 17, 2007  "Santiago has unique things to offer and it is the ideal city for people with entrepreneurial drive. Going to Chile is like going to Singapore; everything runs smoothly for investors." Such is the opinion on the Chilean capital expressed by the Dutch sociologist Saskia Sassen, expert in globalization and its impact on cities and in charge of the latest MasterCard's Worldwide Centers of Commerce Index.
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Published: August 15, 2007  Relatively few countries possess all the factors necessary to support a thriving information technology sector, but the United States, Japan, South Korea and the United Kingdom provide the strongest environments for IT competitiveness, a new study concludes among 64 countries across seven regions.
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Published: August 15, 2007  Chile tops the list of Latin American countries in terms of control of corruption, regulatory quality and government effectiveness, ranked among developed countries according to the latest report issued by The World Bank, "Governance Matters 2007".
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Published: August 15, 2007  Chile is among the 30 countries with greatest "responsible competitiveness," an indicator established by the UN to measure the level of corporate social responsibility of companies in a specific territory among 108 countries.
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Published: August 15, 2007  Oracle expects to open a shared services center in Chile in October, Oracle's Latin American senior VP Luiz Meisler told press. According to a government statement, the company plans to build a 5-story building and hire some 290 engineers in the first stage of the project.
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