Davis, CA-based Blue Oak Energy and Point 2 Structural Engineers will lead the construction of the $50 million solar projects the U.S. Coast Guard will roll out at its Borinquen Air Station in Aguadilla and the Río Bayamon Housing Center in San Juan.
The island’s bankruptcy rate held on to its seventh consecutive monthly decline in October, when a total of 1,077 cases were submitted to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. The figure represents 90 fewer filings and an 8.35 percent drop in comparison to the same month last year, research firm Boletín de Puerto Rico reported.
U.S. retail e-commerce spending for the first 25 days of the 2011 holiday season that got its start Nov. 1 has reached $12.7 billion, marking a 15 percent increase versus the same period last year, according to comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, said Sunday.