To celebrate Discovery Channel’s Shark Week 2015, Liberty Puerto Rico will hold Blood for Sharks,” a blood drive campaign to benefit the Puerto Rico Blood Bank at Río Piedras Medical Center on July 2-3, the company announced.
The U.S. Department of Labor announced Monday it has awarded $80 million to workforce agencies in 44 states and in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia to provide re-employment and eligibility assessments.
The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York recently began formally soliciting nominations for candidates to serve on its board of directors for terms starting Jan. 1, 2016, the FHLBNY announced.
Columbus Communications and its local division Columbus Business Solutions recently delivered a donation of $60,000 each to Hogar Infantil Divino Niño Jesús in Luquillo and Hogares Teresa Toda in Canóvanas, from the proceeds of the 8th edition of its Charities Golf Tournament.
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department is prepared to handle the change rate of the Sales and Use Tax to 11.5 percent, from the current 7 percent, when it goes into effect July 1, agency Secretary Juan Zaragoza said Tuesday.
True Value Company on Tuesday announced National Lumber and Hardware as the newest purchasing partner of the cooperative.
Del Caribe Colors, a new paint shop for cars, recently opened its doors at Sabana Gardens Industrial Park in Carolina, following a $300,000 investment. The store is a division of Suzuki Del Caribe Inc.
Truenorth Corporation announced it has won the 2015 International Association of Microsoft Channel Partners LATAM Cloud Partner of the Year Award.
Puerto Rico businesses are “aware about the need to protect their most important assets” should some natural or induced event arise that could affect their operations, a study released Thursday by Aon plc, a risk management, brokerage, reinsurance, and human resources consulting and outsourcing services firm.
The Ritz-Carlton, San Juan announced Thursday it has been officially certified as a “Green Hotel” by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, the government agency responsible for tourism regulations and green lodging sponsored programs dedicated to the Caribbean.
More than 70 volunteers in San Juan took part in the 10th annual Global Community Day, held by Citi, joining more than 75,000 participants in 487 cities spanning 93 countries and territories who engaged in service activities to benefit their local communities.
The U.S. Small Business Administration this week published a final rule for the microloan program that provides more flexibility to SBA non-profit intermediaries, expands the pool of microloan recipients, and increases accessibility in SBA programs.
Forty-four Puerto Rican entrepreneurs will receive more than $500,000 in crowdfunding and grants to jumpstart their businesses as a result of their participation in Hit3001.com, a 12-episode reality TV program turning up-and-coming business leaders into hits.
Reliable Auto held its 12th annual golf tournament, raising $258,000 that were donated by the Reliable Foundation to 16 Puerto Rico nonprofit organizations that work with children, homeless people and pressing social needs.
Following an announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in May, the Commodity Credit Corporation announced that all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. may apply for up to $100 million in grants under the Biofuels Infrastructure Partnership.
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