SBA loan program hits lending record in FY 2014
November 7, 2014
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s 7(a) Loan Program reached another lending record in FY 2014, SBA Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet announced Thursday.
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OFG Bancorp selected to Barron’s 400 Index
November 7, 2014
OFG Bancorp announced Thursday it has been selected to be included in the 2014 Barron’s 400 Index. The index, jointly developed by Barron’s Magazine and stock research firm MarketGrader, measures the performance of the most fundamentally sound and attractively priced stocks.
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Triple-S reports 3Q14 results, stock repurchase program
November 5, 2014
Triple-S Management Corp. announced Tuesday net income of $4.7 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, reflecting a 75 percent drop from last year's third quarter net income of $18.6 million
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Guayacán lands grant to launch I-Corps Puerto Rico
November 5, 2014
The U.S. Economic Development Administration has awarded Grupo Guayacán Inc. a $62,000 technical assistance grant to launch I-Corps Puerto Rico, a customer discovery boot camp for entrepreneurs looking to build and develop scalable business models, the nonprofit announced Tuesday.
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Puerto Rico to host 96 conventions through Jan.
November 4, 2014
Puerto Rico has been selected to host 96 events including, conferences, annual meetings and sports activities for this winter season. This represents an estimated 40,894 room nights and a total direct spending of $23 million into the local economy, Meet Puerto Rico President Milton Segarra said Monday.
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Money mag names Popular Community Bank ‘Best Bank’
November 4, 2014
Popular Community Bank, a subsidiary of Popular Inc., has been included among the “Best Banks” in Money Magazine’s recent survey, which reviewed 70 of the nation’s largest banks for their checking, savings, and CD terms.
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O:live Boutique tapped for best-inspired design
November 4, 2014
Following its 2013 award, the O:live Boutique Hotel again has been nominated in 2014 by the London based International Boutique Hotel Awards in the category of best-inspired design in America and the World, hotel executives announced Monday.
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Puerto Rico’s economic activity down 1.8% in September
October 31, 2014
Puerto Rico’s Economic Activity Index continued its free-fall in September, when according to the Government Development Bank there was a 1.8 percent year-over-year drop in the results, marking yet another month of contraction.
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Oriental rings NYSE closing bell to mark milestones
October 31, 2014
José Rafael Fernández, president of OFG Bancorp and its subsidiary, Oriental Bank, headed a delegation of company employees and clients, to ring the closing Bell of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, celebrating the bank’s 50th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of OFG Bancorp’s exchange listing.
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Thousands of professionals apply for free English course
October 29, 2014
Some 7,000 Puerto Rican professionals from a gamut of sectors applied for a Department of Education-backed free conversational English course that had only 550 spaces available, showing the need for this type of education to language skills, officials from America Aponte & Associates, the company hired to teach the classes, said Tuesday.
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Service for onelinkpr.net e-mail to be discontinued
October 29, 2014
Liberty Puerto Rico announced Tuesday that effective March 15, 2015, Google’s Google Apps ISP will stop supporting all e-mail addresses in its service, including those for the onelinkpr.net domain.
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NIMB gaining international exposure via Dow Jones
October 27, 2014
News is my Business, now approaching its fourth anniversary, has gained a significant international following in the last quarter, since its integration into the New York-based Dow Jones News Service.
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Op-Ed: Puerto Rico needs a financial control board
October 27, 2014
A renewed slide in investor confidence, on the heels of worsening economic and budgetary trends in Puerto Rico, raises the specter that in the absence of enlightened political leadership in San Juan, the U.S. Congress may soon have to establish a federal oversight board to manage the Commonwealth’s grave fiscal situation.
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‘I love Puerto Rico tomatoes’ campaign takes SME win
October 27, 2014
Integrated communications campaign “I Love Puerto Rico Tomatoes” promoting the local tomato harvest for 2014, received top awards by the Puerto Rico Sales and Marketing Association during the recently held annual Marketing Excellence Awards Summit.
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Popular Inc.’s 3Q net income drops 72% year-over-year
October 23, 2014
Popular Inc. reported Wednesday net income of $62.6 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, which represents a 72 percent drop when compared to the $229.1 million reported for the same year-ago period.
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