Oriental Bank recently bestowed $32,000 to college students as part of its in-house scholarship program for employees' children, the bank announced Monday.
Aon Hewitt, the global talent, retirement and health solutions business of Aon plc, announced that it has more than 200 positions for full-time client services representatives for its call center in Puerto Rico.
Parallel18, a San Juan-based international accelerator for high impact innovative enterprises that want to scale their businesses from Puerto Rico, selected 33 startups that will move to the island for five months to accelerate their companies and learn from business and technology experts worldwide.
EVERTEC Inc. announced results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2016 Thursday, reporting a 5 percent growth in revenue to $97.7 million, compared with $93.4 million in the prior year.
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department collected some $9.1 billion in revenue for the General Fund during Fiscal 2016, exceeding Fiscal 2015 numbers by $214.4 million or 2.4 percent, agency Secretary Juan Zaragoza-Gómez said.
The Puerto Rico Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America Chapter (AGC-PR) will host its 43rd annual convention and Expo Construcción at the Wyndham Hotel in Rio Mar Aug. 25-28, the trade group announced.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Tuesday that the agency is accepting applications for funding to help support the development of advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals and bio based products.
PR Business Link, an organization that caters to recipients of government incentives through Acts 20/22, on Monday launched a new “Tax Incentive Calculator,” an online tool to help entice new investors and businesses to Puerto Rico, which will bring new and increased business to local companies.
The U.S. Small Business Administration has released its Small Business Innovation Research online tutorials to help small businesses navigate the SBIR program, the agency announced.
The research for new diagnostic methods and therapy for endometriosis, the development of genetic tools to assist in the preservation of the bees and new methods to mitigate problems of coastal erosion are some of the projects of the new group of Grantees of the Science & Technology Grants Program, of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust.
The construction of the University of Puerto Rico’s Comprehensive Cancer Center Hospital is nearing the home stretch, with more than 85 percent of it already completed and a target end date of October.
Plaza Provision Company, a food distributor in Puerto Rico, has purchased its fourth Thermal Energy Storage system from Viking Cold Solutions, and where installed, has reduced energy consumption by more than 30 percent, executives said Wednesday.
Banco Popular North America, a subsidiary of Popular Inc., announced Tuesday the launch of Popular Direct, a national online banking platform that offers competitively priced Certificates of Deposits and a savings account.
The new regulations for medical cannabis recently adopted by the Puerto Rico Department of Health set more flexible ownership requirements for all cannabis establishments, create new licenses for cannabis transportation, storage and distribution while opening new opportunities for the growing medical tourism sector.
Following the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico's default, ratings for the island's two main banks, Popular (BPOP) and First BanCorp (FBP), will not be immediately affected, according to Fitch Ratings.
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