The U.S. Small Business Administration is seeking nominations for its annual Tibbetts and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Hall of Fame Awards.
Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy filings jumped by 10 percent year-over-year in March, when 1,007 cases were filed. The bulk of the cases belonged to the Chapter 13 category, which allow individuals to reorganize their finances.
Puerto Rican rum distiller Destilería Serrallés Inc. will increase its rum production in Puerto Rico, adding up to 8 million proof-gallons in the next 3 years, company and government officials announced Tuesday.
The on-location production for Universal Cable Productions’ ““Royal Pains”” television series, currently in its sixth season on USA Network, wrapped this week in Puerto Rico, after four weeks of pre-production and eight days of shooting in several locations across the island.
Puerto Rico’s Purchasing Managers Index for the manufacturing sector increased to 52.8 in February, vaulting over the 50-point threshold after two consecutive months of falling short, the report released Tuesday by the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics revealed.
Constructora Santiago II Corp., a federal construction contractor in San Juan, will make a lump sum payment of $40,000 to three female carpenters who were allegedly sexually harassed, retaliated against and denied regular and overtime work hours comparable to those of their male counterparts.
The Puerto Rico Products Association announced Tuesday this year’s “Quality Excellence Awards” winners, who represent “the best of the island’s products and services, professionalism and contributions.”
In a bid to usher in Spring, Meet Puerto Rico has launched its new “Escape the Meeting Blah!” campaign, which rewards meeting and incentive industry planners for booking groups at member hotels and resorts in Puerto Rico between April 1 and May 30, 2014.
Representatives from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization are visiting Puerto Rico this week to provide technical assistance to help island officials produce statistics on education funding and expenses that are standardized and comparable with those of other countries and jurisdictions.
New York-based Crunch Fitness will open its first gym this summer in Puerto Rico, marking its official entrance into the competitive market with a location just outside Plaza Escorial in Carolina, company officials announced Monday.
The Sales and Marketing Executives of Puerto Rico will focus this year’s conference on the development of creative business strategies, which are key to helping companies face and survive the challenges associated with the island’s current economic conditions.
Telecommunications provider Claro and Turabo University announced Monday the start of a partnership to develop projects focused on saving energy and using renewable energy.
Popular Inc. announced Monday the launch of its news Twitter account, @BPOPComm and a revamped online newsroom to which media and the general public will have complete access to obtain information about the financial institution.
The Puerto Rico government released key economic statistics late Friday that reflected a slide in the Economic Activity Index of 2.4 percent year-over-year in February, as well as put the island’s jobless rate at 15 percent that month.
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