A little over a month after opening its first restaurant in Puerto Rico, frozen yogurt and smoothie retailer Red Mango said this week that sales have exceeded initial expectations by 40 percent and announced the development of a second location is underway.
Investing in early childhood is a good business deal. That was the conclusion of a panel of economic experts gathered for the Childhood Investment Meeting that took place during the 10th edition of the Global Forum on Early Care and Education that wraps up at the Sheraton Convention Center Hotel today.
The Redevelopment Authority for Roosevelt Roads (LRA) this week published a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking applications from entities with the credentials and expertise to improve and operate the fuel storage facilities in Roosevelt Roads in Ceiba through a lease agreement.
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and medical technologies provider Hill-Rom announced Wednesday a multimillion-dollar investment to improve and expand the company’s medical device manufacturing operations on the island.
Celebrating 20 years of association, RadioShack and Call2Recycle announced this week they will be expanding their battery collection and recycling program to stores in Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
The World Alliance for Decentralized Energy (WADE) announced Tuesday its first annual Caribbean Energy Conference, to be held May 14-16, 2014 at the Sheraton Hotel.
Álvaro Fischer, president of Fundación Chile, was recently invited to address entrepreneurs from Oriental Bank’s commercial banking division, on the topic of innovation in entrepreneurship and available opportunities for Puerto Rico’s economic development.
DDB Latina Puerto Rico/EJE Sociedad Publicitaria recently added the Coca-Cola brand as well as Open Mobile to its roster of clients, after competing successfully for both clients, the agency announced Tuesday.
Nonprofit Association of Latino Professionals in Finance & Accounting, or ALPFA, recently hosted a meet-and-greet networking event gathering more than 100 young business professionals from different organizations and colleges looking to form alliances to strengthen Puerto Rico’s economy and education through collaborations, initiatives and creative solutions that pursue positive results.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking applications from rural small businesses and agricultural producers for funding to make energy efficiency improvements or to install renewable energy systems, both on the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico.
The U.S. Small Business Administration and the Puerto Rico Professional College of Engineers and Land Surveyors (CIAPR by its Spanish acronym) will conduct on Tuesday their 10th annual “Business Matchmaking Event” to pair small firms with federal government agencies seeking vendors.
A new ownership team led by Post Capital Partners and 30-year waste management industry veteran Randy Jensen has acquired the solid waste operations of Waste Management Inc. in Puerto Rico, for an undisclosed amount.
Badillo Saatchi & Saatchi obtained eight Sun awards — one Gold, four Silver and three Bronze — at FIAP 2014, becoming the top winner from Puerto Rico for the second consecutive year at this festival and the second in Ibero America in radio.
News is my Business, Puerto Rico’s first English-language digital business newspaper, recently became part of the Dow Jones & Company international news service, putting the world’s focus on the island’s economic landscape.
Oriental Financial Group reported Monday earnings of $20.3 million for the first quarter of the year, representing $0.42 per share diluted, compared to $16.6 million, or $0.35 per share diluted, in the preceding quarter, and $17.7 million, or $0.37 per share, in the first quarter of 2013.
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