Investments and Business

A few years ago buying a car was something relatively simple, only a few variables were taken into account: price, maintenance cost, consumption and mechanical features. Now that there is talk that the car is a 'computer on wheels', 'infotainment' is the protagonist of the first order. If before the vehicles were divided between gasoline and diesel engines, now the division is between Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. In practice, both systems do the same thing, transferring the functions of a smartphone to the screens of car radios. The first is a Google development and the second belongs to Apple,…

Six highway concessionaires were fined by the Superintendency of Industry and Transportation for failing to comply with the deadline stipulated to implement the electronic collection of tolls for their cargo, which expired on October 30. Due to said non-compliance with the norm BTS Concessionaire, Autopistas de la Sabana, Cartagena Road Concession, Montes de María Concession, Vial del Pacífico Concessionaire and Río Pamplonita Road Union, they will have to pay a sum of 152,000 million pesos.(Also read: Mintransporte clarifies how the restriction for private cars will work). Ayda Lucy Ospina Arias, Superintendent of Transportation, the entity is accompanied by the concessions…

What triggers road rage? Despite how dangerous it is to get involved in an argument and its possible legal consequences (personal injury or property damage), it is common to see drivers getting carried away by anger.​There are many reasons, but there are big differences according to individual studies carried out by various institutions around the world. The main ones seem to be a mixture of temperament and environment which 'warms the mood'. These reports or studies attribute aggressive driving to day-to-day stress, work, personal or family problems; and it is also clear, to the big traffic congestions, the traffic jams.Anonymity,…

The first half of this year could not have been better for the pension savings of the nearly 19 million people who contribute for their retirement in a private fund (AFP). Positive expectations given the decline in global inflation and interest rates; the appetite for emerging markets and, in the case of Colombia, the appreciation of public debt Given the perception that investors have about the infeasibility of government initiatives, the profitability of these resources shot up.(Also read: Colombia accelerates to consolidate its immediate payment system). In the first six months of 2023 the yields were historic and reached 31.8…