Lexmark shifts focus from printers to business solutions
August 23, 2013
After more than a year of quietly reshuffling its Puerto Rico operation, Lexmark executives met with members of the media Thursday to outline future plans that call for a marked shift from being strictly known as a consumer-oriented, multi-functional printer maker to a solutions provider catering to a corporate market they say is leaning more toward adopting digital technologies.
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Puerto Rico Planning Board OKs 2 green energy projects
August 23, 2013
The Puerto Rico Planning Board announced Thursday the approval of two renewable energy projects in the towns of Humacao and San Germán, which will generate a combined 65MW of energy through solar energy panels that will be connected to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s Distribution System. The Humacao project will be located in the […]
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MasterCard’s ‘Priceless Puerto Rico’ turns 2
August 23, 2013
Sales volumes for businesses participating in MasterCard’s “Priceless Puerto Rico” program grew by 9 percent, while the volume of transactions rose 13 percent in the last two years, the credit card company said upon announcing the results of the initiative launched in 2011 in partnership with the Puerto Rico Tourism Company and the Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association.
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Gov’t adopts ‘Puerto Rico, All- Star Island’ as new slogan
August 22, 2013
The Puerto Rico government announced Wednesday its latest institutional slogan, “Puerto Rico, All-Star Island,” to be used by all agencies to promote the island as “one of the best places in the world to invest.”
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Slot operators: ‘We’re not to blame for casino loses’
August 22, 2013
The president of the Union of Electronic Machine Operators (UDOME by its Spanish acronym), Rafael Hernández-Cañete, said Wednesday they are not to blame for casino revenue losses as a result of illegal slot machines, as the Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association claimed recently.
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USDA announces $40M in funding for farmer housing
August 22, 2013
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this week the availability of nearly $40 million to provide housing for farm workers and their families.
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AT&T Puerto Rico deploys 4G LTE in Jayuya
August 22, 2013
AT&T Puerto Rico announced Wednesday it has turned on its 4G LTE service in Jayuya, to deliver the latest generation of wireless network technology to that part of the island.
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DISH looking to grab 50% of Puerto Rico paid TV market
August 21, 2013
When DISH Network Corp. CEO Joseph P. Clayton came to Puerto Rico several months ago to assess his company’s local performance, he didn’t like what he saw.
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SuperMax launches REMAG coupon rewards program
August 21, 2013
Imagine, getting rewarded with manufacturers discount coupons for the things you buy the most just for recycling your old newspapers and magazines. Doing that is possible through REMAG, a program launched Tuesday by Puerto Rican supermarket chain SuperMax.
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Visa, MCS, EVERTEC, Pontifical University appoint execs
August 21, 2013
Visa names new group country manager Visa Inc. recently announced that Eduardo Coello has been appointed Group Country Manager of Visa Inc. for Latin America and the Caribbean. In this role, Coello will be responsible for business development and relationships with client financial institutions in 42 countries, including the Caribbean, Andean, Central America, and South […]
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‘Munny con Causa 2’ to benefit School of Plastic Arts
August 21, 2013
More than 20 Puerto Rican artists have placed their talent at the service of the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts for the upcoming fund raising auction “Munny con Causa 2” to take place at Froyo World in Miramar Aug. 22 at 7 p.m.
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Doral takes reforestation program to Barceloneta
August 21, 2013
Doral Bank recently took its “dparques” reforestation program to Barceloneta, where it will begin this year’s schedule of planting trees and gardens in low- or moderate-income communities.
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DISH-Claro bundle now available in Puerto Rico
August 20, 2013
DISH Puerto Rico and Claro today introduced a bundled offer to island consumers that includes pay-TV, broadband and voice services, in a bid to continue expanding their local footprints.
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The Little Gym in Guaynabo to close by Aug. 31 if unsold
August 20, 2013
The owners of The Little Gym franchise in Guaynabo, which has been in business for the past decade, told customers Monday that unless a buyer is found by tomorrow (Wednesday), the only location of the global franchise in Puerto Rico will close at the end of the month.
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Puerto Rico Treasury says it has bridged deficit by 75%
August 20, 2013
The Treasury Department has closed the gap between Puerto Rico’s actual General Fund income and the income estimated by the previous administration by 75 percent, agency chief and government CFO, Melba Acosta-Febo said Monday.
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