Martín Peña Channel youth express themselves through art
August 29, 2012
Because “idle hands are the devil’s playthings,” FirstBank and the Puerto Rico Museum of Art took it upon themselves to keep 20 students residing Martin Peña Channel neighborhood in Santurce quite busy for the better part of the summer embellishing one of the community’s main entrances.
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Claro launches wireless residential home phone service
August 29, 2012
Competition between Puerto Rico’s two largest wireless carriers, Claro and AT&T, over the mobile residential phone market is heating up, with the latter company’s introduction of its “Claro Hogar” service.
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Retail sales up 2.24% in 1st semester of ’12
August 28, 2012
Puerto Rico’s retail activity showed a positive upturn during the first six months of the year, totaling $17.5 billion, or a 2.24 percent increase over the same period in 2011, government agency Puerto Rico Trade and Export announced Monday.
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Energy Answers WTE plant gets support from Arecibo neighbors
August 28, 2012
A group of Arecibo residents has gathered and submitted more than 1,500 signatures in favor of the proposed $500 million, 77-megawatt waste-to-energy plant project by Albany, NY-based Energy Answers International Inc. for the Cambalache sector of the northern Puerto Rico town.
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Chef Ducasse out of W Retreat, eatery re-opens as Sorcé
August 28, 2012
Two and half years after renowned Restaurateur and Chef Alain Ducasse opened his first restaurant in the Caribbean, miX on the beach at the W Retreat & Spa in Vieques Puerto Rico, the hotel announced a new eatery, Sorcé, has taken its place.
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Op-Ed: ‘Nothing happens in Aguirre’
August 28, 2012
Those were the words used by the youngsters of Barrio Aguirre in the municipality of Salinas to describe their community.
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Bankers Association opens call for 4th edition of financial education video contest
August 28, 2012
The Puerto Rico Bankers Association and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, have opened the call for the fourth edition of the “Puerto Rico Financial Awareness Video Contest,” aimed at promoting the creation of audiovisual materials that help educate and raise awareness among the island’s young people on the importance of effective financial management.
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Piccolo e Posto owners ask court to dismiss personal liability claim
August 27, 2012
Lorraine Enterprises Inc., the owners of Guaynabo restaurant Piccolo e Posto, have filed a motion for reconsideration at the U.S. District Court for Puerto Rico regarding a recent judgment ordering them to pay close to $130,000 in pending minimum wages as well as $1,472 in outstanding overtime to 26 workers for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Op-Ed: Eliminating ‘energy vampires’ at home
August 27, 2012
With energy costs increasing every day in Puerto Rico, we have to be extremely vigilant about energy vampires in our homes. As much as half of the energy used in our homes goes to heating and cooling.
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Nissan Leaf rolling into market in ’13 vowing “0-emissions, 0-taxes”
August 24, 2012
The electric-powered Nissan Leaf will make its debut in the Puerto Rico market in January, paving the way for more environmentally friendly vehicles on local roads.
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Popular launches personal financial manager
August 24, 2012
Banco Popular recently unveiled its new “Personal Financial Manager” tool, to enable its customers to manage their money through the “Mi Banco” service.
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JetBlue’s maiden DC-SJ route lands at LMM
August 24, 2012
JetBlue Airways, Puerto Rico's largest carrier, launched Thursday its new nonstop "capital-to-capital" service from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport.
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UPDATED: Tropical Storm Isaac roundup — Cancellations, schedule changes
August 23, 2012
In preparation for Tropical Storm Isaac’s trek through the Caribbean, News is my Business has rounded up some of the most significant announcements issued Wednesday on cancellations and other weather-related changes.
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Op-Ed: Internet Buying — When you buy globally
August 23, 2012
The Internet has made it easy for many small businesses or individuals to purchase products and services at competitive prices from anywhere around the world.
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P3 Authority, Claret Consulting partner for 2-day training session
August 23, 2012
Virginia-based Claret Consulting, in collaboration with the Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnership Authority, will be bringing its “U.S. P3 Training Institute” to the island Oct. 18-20 to gather P3 practitioners from around the country in an intensive training session.
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