With a calculator on hand, the Luis Muñoz Marín Foundation is hosting a seminar entitled “You and your budget,” to teach participants the skills they need to design a budget, make adjustments and plan financial decisions.
Horizon Lines Inc. announced Friday it will raise its rates for shipping cargo between the mainland United States and San Juan, starting April 1.
Following the government’s promise to establish a free internet center in each municipality, Telecommunications Regulatory Board President Sandra Torres inaugurated Thursday new facilities that will offer free Internet access to more than 2,200 Juana Díaz residents.
The Treasury Department pumped $731 million into the government’s General Fund last month, or $216 million more than what it collected during January 2011. The 42 percent hike was fueled by income and excise taxes, Treasury Secretary Jesús Méndez said Thursday.
The island's bankruptcy filings continued to drop in February, when 11 percent fewer cases were submitted to the court, versus the same month in 2011, according to preliminary numbers released Thursday by research company Boletín de Puerto Rico.
The Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority in partnership with Citi Community Capital, a department of Citigroup’s Municipal Securities Division, has created a $45 million revolving loan fund that will provide capital for the construction of for-sale single- and multifamily-homes for low and moderate income residents of Puerto Rico, government officials announced Thursday.
Keeping up with the latest trends in computer science and information technology, the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico in Hato Rey is poised to become the first college on the island to offer a graduate computer science course in cloud computing, starting next semester.
The passion for a business idea can lead potential entrepreneurs to hesitate, as turning it into a reality involves time, effort and money. To help proponents prove the feasibility of their ideas, Grupo Guayacan Inc. is organizing its eighth annual EnterPRize business plan competition.
Vieques — Casa Solaris, the newest addition to the eco-friendly Hix Island House hotel on this island municipality, quietly opened two months ago and has been drawing a consistent wave of guests looking to stay in the first all-solar, off-the-grid guesthouse in the region, property manager Bob Gevinski told News is my Business.
Looking to lend a hand to Puerto Rico nonprofits, Oriental Bank & Trust is taking a different approach to its Individual Retirement Account program this year, launching Tuesday a product that lets customers who open an account choose an organization that will benefit from a cash donation from the bank.
During the fourth edition of its “Electronic Equipment Recycling Day” event, the Puerto Rico CPA Society collected more than 17,000 pounds of unwanted electronics that will be kept out of the island’s dumpsters.
Telecommunications and technology provider Claro Puerto Rico recently struck an agreement with retailer JCPenney to open point-of-sale kiosks at the Plaza las Américas and Carolina stores.
The U.S. Department of Labor announced Tuesday it has released an additional $8.5 million in emergency funding to continue cleanup and recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, which struck Puerto Rico in August 2011.
Less than a year after setting sail between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, America Cruise Ferries is ready to expad its ferry service to St. Martin, Guadalupe and Martinica starting in 2013, company officials announced Monday during a news conference aboard the vessel.
Pharmaceutical giant Amgen has teamed up with the University of Puerto Rico and private universities to launch its BioTALENTS program.
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