BMedia Group acquires Showtime Outdoor Media
December 22, 2015
Local billboard company BMedia Group announced that it acquired Showtime Outdoor Media.
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SBA Surety Bonds program guarantee limit up by 20%
December 22, 2015
Small businesses will have more contracting opportunities beginning in Fiscal 2017 thanks to a law President Obama signed recently that increases the maximum Small Business Administration surety bond guarantee percentage by 20 percent.
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La Familia Pawn & Jewelry inaugurates 21st store
December 22, 2015
La Familia Pawn & Jewelry recently inaugurated its 21st store in Puerto Rico, a 2,500 square-foot location in the town of Guaynabo.
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Op-Ed: P.R. should be ‘internationalized’ island
December 21, 2015
The Puerto Rico Mexican Entrepreneurial Society, in which I participate as a board member, is a group that comprises Mexican and Puerto Ricans and epitomizes what the island’s future should be.
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Last chance to benefit from ‘Martes de Plaza’ discounts
December 21, 2015
Banco Popular’s “Martes de Plaza” discount and promotional program at the Plaza Las Américas and Plaza del Caribe shopping centers will be valid for the last time on Dec. 22, coinciding with the busiest week of the holiday shopping season.
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Crowley Selects Eagle LNG as marine fuel provider
December 18, 2015
Crowley Puerto Rico Services Inc. announced Thursday it has selected Eagle LNG Partners as the liquefied natural gas-supplier for the its new LNG-powered, Commitment Class ships, which will be delivered in 2017 for use in the U.S. mainland to Puerto Rico trade.
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EPA wraps up $7.3M cleanup plan for San Germán site
December 16, 2015
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday it has finalized a plan to address contaminated soil and groundwater at the San Germán groundwater contamination Superfund Site in the southern town.
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P.R. revenue collections $15.4M below estimates in Nov.
December 15, 2015
Puerto Rico General Fund collections reached $488.6 million in November, falling $15.4 million short of estimates, but $36.7 million above what the government shored up during the same month in 2014, Treasury Secretary Juan Zaragoza said Monday.
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United marks 15 years of Aguadilla-NY/Newark route
December 15, 2015
United Airlines is celebrating 15 years of service on the Aguadilla-New York/Newark route.
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Santander Consumer to open servicing center in P.R.
December 14, 2015
Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. announced that in 2016, it will be opening Santander Consumer International Puerto Rico, a new office and servicing center for certain performing loan portfolios.
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Hampton Inn donates $62K to Boys & Girls Club
December 14, 2015
Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton San Juan has “formed a bond with the Boys & Girls Club of Puerto Rico and its initiative to inspire future leaders of the tourism industry,” and to show its support, it raised a total of $62,580 for the organization by earmarking $1 per room sold over the last year.
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Science Trust launches Parallel18 to spur startups
December 10, 2015
The Puerto Rico Science Technology & Research Trust is turning to the startup ecosystem as a contributing solution to Puerto Rico's current economic crisis with the launch of Parallel18, a program with the goal of expanding the horizons of local entrepreneurs in the short term and create economic development in the long run.
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Autocentro to invest $5M in Nissan, Toyota dealerships
December 10, 2015
Puerto Rican firm Autocentro announced Wednesday a $2.5 million investment to open a new Nissan dealership in San Juan, spanning 39,000 square feet and creating 50 jobs.
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Visa awards FirstBank for efficiency against fraud
December 10, 2015
The incidence in debit and credit card fraud has been in on the rise in Puerto Rico given the different ways fraudsters use to obtain a cardholder’s information.
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Guayacán advocates science, math to 500 high schoolers
December 9, 2015
Grupo Guayacán, a nonprofit with more than 10 years of experience in entrepreneurial development programs, on Tuesday gathered more than 500 students to encourage careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) and entrepreneurship as part of the kickoff of a new educational initiative aimed at high school students.
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