As a small business owner, today’s competitive market may be intimidating. If a competitor cuts prices or offers other incentives, you may feel tempted to do the same thing to hold on to your customers, even if it puts the stability of your business at risk.
The United States Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as constitutional. It is a major breakthrough for social justice in the United States.
As a mom to three kids — a teenager among them — keeping my finances in check while pleasing everyone’s needs and wants can be a tough balancing act.
The surprising paralysis of the certification of the representatives of the public interest in the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s governing body is the most recent example of an arbitrary system that has taken power with impunity and that self-reproduces at the expense of the best interests of the people.
More fires were reported in Puerto Rico last year than in 2010 but they spelled out lower financial losses, according to Puerto Rico Fire Department statistics.
On January 31, 2011, Puerto Rico enacted a new Internal Revenue Code (the “2011 Code”), which reformed the island's tax system, containing significant changes for individual and corporate taxpayers.
As you are preparing your 2011 Puerto Rico tax forms, you are probably wondering which deductions are still allowed and which were eliminated. Well, if you are used to making charitable donations, you’re in luck!
A deduction on the tax return is allowed for an unforeseen loss of the principal residence of a taxpayer incurred during the taxable year.
It really, really unnerves me whenever a journalist or talk show host — especially on the radio — while criticizing or making fun of a politician’s discourse, event or photograph in the news media, almost always identifies the action as a “public relations gimmick” or “public relations stunt.”
Sales and advertising are often associated with marketing. While these are an important part of marketing, there is a horde of other tools and tactics. These tools help to enhance your business’ attractiveness and customer visibility. Using these resources along with careful research and planning, help to yield a successful marketing strategy.
Advertising is a basic and valuable marketing tool for any small business. But developing and placing an ad does not mean it will immediately generate more sales.
Recent studies show that Puerto Ricans’ DNA carries 15 percent of Taíno genes. As described by Christopher Columbus, Taínos “… were well built, with very handsome bodies and very good faces … they do not carry arms or know them. They should be good servants.”
Eighteen months after purchasing the failed R-G Premier Bank, Scotiabank of Puerto Rico will culminate the merger of both institutions by closing all of its 46 branches and central offices next Thursday afternoon and reopening them Monday, Nov. 14, upon completion of the integration.
The introduction of organic milk into the Puerto Rico market, stalled while the slow regulatory process runs its course, will help rather than hurt the local milk industry currently in a state of crisis due to excess production and declining sales, said SuperMax officials eager to add this product on supermarket shelves at the request of cancer patients.
The most effective form of marketing is word-of-mouth. But people can’t spread the word about you and your small business if they don’t know you.
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