JetBlue will be increasing its frequency between Ponce’s Mercedita Airport to Orlando, Florida through an additional daily flight starting today, Puerto Rico Ports Authority officials said Thursday.
A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of Puerto Rico’s Multinational Life Insurance Company in Hato Rey.
Five years after announcing its intention to launch Internet Protocol-based, paid-television services, Claro de Puerto Rico officially announced Wednesday the availability of its IPTV offer in 37 towns.
In a letter sent Wednesday to Puerto Rico lawmakers, Virginia-based trade group Retail Industry Leaders Association members warned that a proposed gross receipts tax amendment would have “devastating effects” for retailers doing business on the island.
Students from nine local universities will present their proposals to improve the quality of life and promote sustainability in communities in need throughout the island at the national annual competition organized by Enactus Puerto Rico (previously known as SIFE), that will take place June 23-25, to select the champion team that will represent Puerto Rico at the World Cup 2013.
The DDB Latina Puerto Rico advertising agency recently nabbed a Gold Lion in the Outdoor category at the prestigious Cannes Lions international creativity festival for the “Last Meal” campaign created for Amnesty International. The agency also received a Silver Lion in the Public Relations category for the initiative “The Morning After Pillow,” for Unilever’s Axe.
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department reported Tuesday that net revenue General Fund collections for the month of May reached $612 million, exceeding by $15 million, or 2.6 percent, the collections on record for the same month in 2012.
In the first 100 days since the Puerto Rican government turned over the management of the, the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, to Aerostar Airport Holdings, the new operator said Tuesday it has already checked off a number of improvements from its list.
The San José Church in Old San Juan has been identified among the 11 most endangered historic places in America, the National Trust for Historic Preservation said Tuesday.
A delegation of five companies from Taiwan is on the island this week to pursue their interests in doing business with Puerto Rican counterparts. This delegation represents a cross-section of business sectors, namely the paper industry, industrial machinery, adhesive tapes, energy and building materials, organizers Puerto Rico Trade and Export Company and Taiwan External Trade Development Council said.
Santander Puerto Rico unveiled Tuesday its newest offer, dubbed Santander Select, through which it has vowed to extend a personalized experience and preferential access to the bank’s best services.
Representatives from 26 professional organizations from a cross-section of Puerto Rico’s economy, as well as thousands of businesses and workers, on Monday asked Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla and his administration for “transparency” and inclusion in the decision-making process to find solutions to the island’s precarious fiscal situation.
Puerto Rico’s automobile sales reached 7,736 units last month, 400 units less than the 8,136 cars that rolled off the lot in May 2012. The decrease represents a 4.9 percent market reduction, according to numbers released Monday by the United Automobile Importers Group (known as GUIA for its initials in Spanish).
Ford Motor Company announced Monday the appointment of Pablo Haase-Sánchez as managing director for Ford International Business Development Inc., Puerto Rico, Caribbean and Central America.
Aware of the benefits that its layaway program represents for Puerto Rico consumers, mega-retailer Walmart announced Monday it has activated its program at its six stores and 12 mega-stores throughout the island.
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