For several months the Dominican business community has been voicing its observations about the difficulties and high costs of doing business in the Dominican Republic in comparison with the Central American nations. One of the major obstacles was the process surrounding the creation of a corporation. Yesterday, President Leonel Fernandez, fresh from his trip to Europe, and pushing for more agility within the local business community, an agility that could well attract more investments from abroad, got a response. The National Council of Competitiveness (CNC) announced that the legalization process for a corporation would now be 72 hours, rather than the 78 days formerly required. This means that the National Office of Intellectual Property would legalize a corporation within 72 hours of the formal request being filed by the corporation’s owner. According to Andres Vanderhorst Alvarez, head of the President’s IT office, the CNC and his office will have a site up on the Internet that will make the former stumbling block a thing of the past. According to both the President and his aides, this is a step towards greater competitiveness for the DR.