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.
The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York released Monday its unaudited financial highlights for the quarter ended Mar. 31, disclosing, among other details, net income for the quarter of $75.4 million.
Puerto Rico Lands Authority Executive Director Luis Rivero-Cubano recently told members of the Associated General Contractors that there are plenty of business opportunities for the sector to develop residential, tourism and commercial properties throughout the island.
As part of Mentor Month, the Puerto Rico office of the U.S. Small Business Administration and AARP Puerto Rico will conduct their fourth Mentor Day event today.
Meet Puerto Rico successfully launched, in Brazil, the new “Escape the Meeting Blah!” promotion at "World Travel Market Latin America," the main Latin American travel industry show, held annually in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The Board of the Puerto Rico of Information Technology Cluster (PRITC), an organization dedicated to making Puerto Rico a global leader in the IT industry, recently unveiled its strategic plan and announced the actions it is taking to carry out its mission.
In early April, the government of Puerto Rico disclosed the hiring of a New York law firm that has handled more than 30 sovereign debt restructurings, including those of Greece, Argentina, Iraq and Russia.
Puerto Rico will celebrate its third annual Puerto Rico Restaurant Week — a culinary event that gives diners the opportunity to sample the best restaurants on the island at special prices — from May 14-20, said Gustavo Antonetti, president of Kinori Group, the company that produces the event.
First BanCorp., the bank holding company for FirstBank Puerto Rico, reported Thursday net income of $17.1 million for the first quarter of 2014, or $0.08 per diluted share, compared to $14.8 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2013 and a net loss of $72.6 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2013.
Sam’s Club Regional General Manager, Carmen Kingston, announced Thursday the beginning of a program to export products made in Puerto Rico to its clubs in Florida, as part of an initiative focused on strengthening local industry and job creation.
The Puerto Rico Senate passed legislation Thursday that exempts electric-powered vehicles from excise taxes as established by Senate Bill 884, which proposes the "Act for the Promotion of Vehicles Powered Mostly by Electricity.”
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