The U.S. Government Accountability Office is “actively working” on Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi’s request to determine the economic impact that the cabotage laws have on Puerto Rico, his office said Monday.
Nearly 40 commercial customers who opted out of the $52.2 million settlement that maritime cargo companies Sea Star and Crowley reached with the U.S. government a few months ago have filed a new class-action suit against the carriers at the U.S. District Court in South Carolina.
In line with its renewed service platform launched earlier this month to meet the needs of small and medium businesses, FirstBank and the Small Business Administration announced Monday the first closing under the agency’s pilot 504 loan refinancing program to Coamo Golf Bakery for $173,098.
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