For decades, government officers and academia have indicated that the problem for doing research in Puerto Rico has been the lack of access to data. Paradoxically, regarding Puerto Rico, today we find ourselves with statistical independence threatened by political forces and with questionable data analysis produced by some organizations. Is inaccurate data analysis common in […]
Puerto Rico Trade and Export and nonprofit Inprende announced the selection of the 40 companies that will be part of the third generation of Puerto Rico Emprende Academy. The Puerto Rico Emprende Academy is a business training initiative for the development and strengthening of small- and medium-sized local businesses. “After a rigorous scrutiny process where […]
Popular Inc. closed 2018 with significant year-over-year increases in its net and adjusted income, according to its quarterly earnings report. For the 12-month period ended Dec. 31, 2018, adjusted net income was $487 million, up 76 percent from the prior year’s adjusted net income of $276 million. Net income for 2018 totaled $618.2 million, a […]