Puerto Rico Treasury collects $495M in July
August 30, 2013
Puerto Rico Treasury Secretary Melba Acosta said Thursday the government collected $495 million in General Fund revenue in July, the first month of the current fiscal year.
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Puerto Rico CPA Society, EDB ally to identify financing
August 30, 2013
The Puerto Rico CPA Society and the Economic Development Bank have partnered to, among other things, identify financing sources and services to help promote local products and services companies with the goal of creating jobs and strengthening existing businesses, EDB President Joey Cancel-Planas said Thursday.
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Gov’t, Centro para Puerto Rico join to create 200 jobs
August 29, 2013
The Puerto Rico Economic Development and Commerce Department, Puerto Rico Trade and Export and the Centro para Puerto Rico — headed by former Gov. Sila Calderón — signed a collaboration agreement Wednesday to create of 200 new jobs and develop an incubator for community enterprises in 2014.
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20 women-owned businesses to split $700K from Doral
August 29, 2013
Doral Bank announced Wednesday the 20 winners of this year’s edition of its “Despegue Empresarial” initiative — a component of its Mujeres d Éxito community program — through which it will assign a total of $700,000 to support the professional and economic growth of women in Puerto Rico.
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Univ. of Miami, Pierluisi Foundation team on scholarship
August 29, 2013
The University of Miami School of Business Administration announced an alliance with the José Jaime Pierluisi Foundation to boost the number and amount of scholarships available to participants in the School’s Puerto Rico Executive MBA program.
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Banco Popular to expand envelope-free services at ATMs
August 28, 2013
A year after launching “Depósito Fácil” (“Easy Deposit”), a service that allows Banco Popular clients to deposit checks without having to use an envelope or fill out a deposit slip, the financial institution announced Tuesday it will be expanding the number of ATMs enabled to accept those transactions from 10 to 50 by the end of September.
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‘Made in Puerto Rico’ fair to showcase local goods, talent
August 28, 2013
With the goal of showcasing a broad range of local products and prove the island’s productive capacity, the Puerto Rico Products Association will sponsor the 4th edition of the “Made in Puerto Rico” fair.
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EnterPRize competition evolves into growth platform
August 28, 2013
EnterPrize, Puerto Rico’s most comprehensive business plan competition, is entering its eight year with a new focus on becoming a development platform that offers integrated support for future entrepreneurs.
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Metropistas donates $65K to Sila M. Calderón Foundation to boost entrepreneurship
August 28, 2013
Several entrepreneurial, self-starting projects that promote economic independence and job creation in communities throughout the northern part of the island will be receiving a boost from a collaboration between metropistas (Autopistas Metropolitanas de Puerto Rico, LLC) — the company in charge of managing Highways PR-22 and PR-5 — and the Sila M. Calderon Foundation.
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Puerto Rico Tourism Co. to sponsor U.S. Open tourney
August 28, 2013
In partnership with the United States Tennis Association (USTA), the Puerto Rico Tourism Co. announced its sponsorship of the U.S Open taking place in New York. As part of the unspecified multi-million dollar agreement, the agency will become an official sponsor of this year’s tournament.
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SolarWorld supplies DR’s largest solar installation
August 28, 2013
Solar panels from SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer for more than 35 years, now power the largest solar-electric installation in the Dominican Republic.
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ASORE sponsors seminar on new taxes, industry impact
August 28, 2013
The Puerto Rico Restaurants Association, known as ASORE, sponsored a seminar Tuesday on the recently approved Law 40, which has brought on a new set of taxes, and its impact on the industry.
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Puerto Rico GDB head reacts to Barron’s cover story
August 27, 2013
Puerto Rico has made significant progress in addressing its financial challenges and continues to focus on taking aggressive action to achieve fiscal stability and promote economic growth, said Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico Acting President José Pagán, in response to a story by published respected weekly paper Barron’s.
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Puerto Rico bankruptcies drop 2% in July, up 3% Y-T-D
August 27, 2013
Puerto Rico bankruptcies were down 2 percent in July, when 821 cases were filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, research firm Boletín de Puerto Rico disclosed Monday.
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‘Practical Techie:’ Optimizing websites with key tools
August 27, 2013
Keeping a website functional and fully purposed, is not only prudent but financially rewarding. If your commercial site is of you’re own doing, or professionally designed, keeping it running the way it should is a sound business move. Not only for profit reasons, but to avoid technical hassles or legal entanglements.
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