Puerto Rico’s unemployment rate jumped by a full percentage point year-over-year in December, when it reached 15.4 percent, Puerto Rico Labor Department statistics revealed Tuesday.
Meet Puerto Rico, the organization responsible for marketing and selling Puerto Rico to the meetings and conventions market, launched its new branding and image campaign Tuesday, with the slogan “On a tropical island. In the Caribbean.”
After wrapping up 2013 with a 5 percent growth in total sales, the launch of a new line of appliances, and more than 20 new customers and distribution channels added to its portfolio, Electrolux Puerto Rico plans to hold up its business and service model this year with the goal of maintaining its operation as a major hub for the Central America and Caribbean region, company officials said.
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