Google launches online payment service
Thursday, June 29, 2006 Google has today launched its foray into the world online payment processing with Google Checkout. This is considered by many to be a rival to the payment giant PayPal, owned by eBay. This service is currently only available to U.S. residents. Google has created the service in a similar way to
Panama: Eleven years of a conflict between PPC and ex-workers of Port Authority
Friday, June 15, 2007 Eleven years ago the Panama Ports Company (PPC) got a concession to manage Panamanian Ports at the gates of the Panama Canal — Balboa and Cristobal. They made a contract with Panamanian State to get this concession. This concession began a conflict between ex-workers of these Ports (previously managed by Panamanian