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The QR code system was invented in 1994, at the Denso Wave automotive products company, in Japan. [5] [6] [7] The initial alternating-square design presented by the team of researchers, headed by Masahiro Hara, was influenced by the black counters and the white counters played on a Go board; [8] the pattern of position detection was found and determined by applying the least-used ratio (1:1:3 ...
Established on February 7, 1968, it commenced operations in June 1970. Currently composed of 21 countries from Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, and 13 private banks, it stands as one of the principal sources of multilateral financing and a significant knowledge generator for the region. CAF is a multilateral financial institution whose ...
Banco Intercontinental (BANINTER; fell in 2003) Bancrédito (fell in 2003) Banco Mercantil (fell in 2003) Republic Bank (local operations bought by Banco BHD in 2007) Banco Altas Cumbres (local operations bought by Scotiabank in 2008) Banco Peravia; Asociación Peravia (disestablished in 2014)
Rob Wile. Updated August 2, 2024 at 8:11 AM. The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 4.3% in July and hiring slowed, adding to signs of a broader downturn in what has been a solid U.S. economy. The ...
July 28, 2024 at 11:06 AM. Martin Phillipps, the frontman for beloved and influential New Zealand rock band the Chills, died unexpectedly today (July 28) at the age of 61, according to a social ...
The Bank of the Nation, known in Spanish as the Banco de la Nación, is the bank which represents the Peruvian government in financial transactions in both the public and private sectors, as well as at both domestic and international levels. It is a state institution, but it should not be confused with the Central Reserve Bank of Peru, the ...
Paraguay's first dictator was José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia who ruled Paraguay from 1814 until his death in 1840, with very little outside contact or influence. He intended to create a utopian society based on the Genevan theorist Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Social Contract. [19] Rodríguez de Francia was nicknamed El Supremo.
Costa Rica is an observer of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. On 10 September 1961, some months after Fidel Castro declared Cuba a socialist state, Costa Rican President Mario Echandi ended diplomatic relations with Cuba through Executive Decree Number 2.