Oriental’s People Pay fuels online, mobile banking use
March 12, 2015
Oriental Bank on Wednesday said online banking usage is up by 60 percent, while mobile banking traffic has increased by 338 percent less than a year after launching its People Pay platform, exceeding initial expectations.
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Caribbean Produce Exchange signs $800K expansion
March 11, 2015
Caribbean Produce Exchange, a distributor of fruit, vegetables and eggs in Puerto Rico, recently signed an agreement with Puerto Rico Trade and Export to pave the way for an $800,000 expansion of its storage and distributions facility.
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UPR to get free access to Microsoft Office 365 Pro Plus
March 11, 2015
In an effort to help prepare college students with the skills needed to succeed in the 21st century, Microsoft Puerto Rico, in collaboration with the University of Puerto Rico, announced Tuesday the launch of "Student Advantage," a program through which 107,500 UPR students, teachers and non-teaching staff of the system will have access to the Office 365 platform for education, free of charge.
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U.S. gov’t, Total Petroleum reach $1.6M settlement
March 10, 2015
Total Petroleum Puerto Rico Corp. and the U.S. government announced a settlement agreement Monday related to alleged company violations against the Resource Conservation Recovery Act at 31 gas stations in Puerto Rico and four in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Infosys BPO opens in Aguadilla, creates 250 jobs
March 10, 2015
Infosys BPO, the business process outsourcing subsidiary of Infosys, inaugurated its new operations center in Aguadilla on Monday, where it will generate 250 jobs.
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Women’s lifestyle retailer Caché going out of business
March 10, 2015
Women’s lifestyle and luxury retailer Caché is going out of business, closing all of its 153 locations, including the one store it has in Puerto Rico in Plaza Las Américas, its parent company, Great American Group, announced Monday.
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Claro extends broadband to 8 new sectors in Yauco
March 10, 2015
Telecommunications company Claro announced Monday it has extended broadband services to eight sectors in the town of Yauco, where a combined 965 families will have access to the benefits associated with high-speed Internet.
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Aon launches cost-cutting, online risk management tool
March 10, 2015
on, a risk management, brokerage, reinsurance, and human resources consulting and outsourcing services firm, announced the launching of Aon RickConsole, an online tool to efficiently manage claims processes.
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Toyota ‘optimistic’ in ’15 despite economic challenges
March 9, 2015
With 2015 well underway, Toyota de Puerto Rico Corp. executives remain committed to staying the course so as to overcome the many challenges facing the local auto industry.
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67% of island youth believe men can grow more at work
March 9, 2015
With all things being equal in the work place, and despite the milestones women have achieved over the past decades, much remains to be done to achieve true professional gender equality, the results of the latest survey on employment by Universia showed.
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Statistics Institute opens enrollment for trainings
March 9, 2015
The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute has begun the registration period for the second half of its workshops cycle, which are offered each semester to offer the theoretical and practical foundations for statistics-related topics.
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CNE outlines 7 strategies to spur P.R.’s economic dev’t
March 6, 2015
On the heels of testimony presented before the Senate the prior day, the Center for a New Economy on Thursday offered seven strategies to jumpstart Puerto Rico’s economy, that sidestep the government’s proposed tax reform — for now.
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Condado Palm Inn & Suites marks 2nd anniversary
March 6, 2015
The owners of the Best Western Plus Condado Palm Inn & Suites officially recently marked the second anniversary of the property located at the heart of San Juan’s trendy Condado district.
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CNE advises shelving tax reform until economy improves
March 5, 2015
Saying that it "is a serious attempt to carry out a comprehensive change of the tax system,” the Center for a New Economy suggested during public hearings Wednesday that the reform should be put off until Puerto Rico’s adverse fiscal conditions improve.
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Portek International Private Ltd. to operate Ponce port
March 5, 2015
More than a decade and hundreds of millions of dollars later, the Port of the Americas Authority board of directors announced Wednesday the selection of Portek International Private Limited to direct the operations and development of the much delayed structure in Ponce.
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