The 2013 Toyota RAV4 is definitely one of those crossover vehicles that feel like an SUV, but drive like a sedan. This year’s redesigned edition offers spacious interiors, sleek exteriors and a powerful, fuel-efficient engine that makes the behind-the-wheel experience as comfortable as it is practical.
Dairy and fruit juice drinks manufacturer Suiza Dairy marked Nutrition Month in March by launching a new variety of products, including a 100 percent lactose-free milk, and teaming up with a Puerto Rican dietitian and chef to create awareness of the importance of taking care of one’s body through healthy eating.
The Arecibo campus of the Inter American University and Banco Popular are joining forces to host a seminar this week, “Junte para Echar Pa’lante,” aimed at young entrepreneurs looking for ways to get ahead. The event will take place April 4, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the college’s theater.
Taubman Centers and New Century Development Corp. announced Tuesday that $400 million The Mall of San Juan upscale retail project will have its grand opening in two years, on March 26, 2015.
Wireless carrier T-Mobile announced Tuesday its plans to introduce “radically simple” unlimited plans, eliminate contracts, and add new devices to its portfolio, including the highly-anticipated iPhone 5, which will be available starting April 12.
Seaborne Airlines has cleared a new milestone with the recent certification by the Federal Aviation Administration of the Saab 340B aircraft. As a result, starting April 1, the regional carrier will begin offering nonstop flights between the St. Croix Henry E. Rohlson, St. Thomas Cyril E. King, and Tortola Terrence B. Lettsome airports and the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport.
A group of 50 volunteers organized by the Puerto Rico Chapter of the International Association of Microsoft Channel Partners recently got together to clean up the Cerro Gordo beach and park in Vega Alta, which boasts one of the island’s most popular beaches.
Less than four months after Suzuki Motor Company of Japan announced it would discontinue the sale of new cars in the continental United States, Suzuki del Caribe announced Tuesday it will do the same in the Puerto Rico market after 2014.
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico announced Monday it completed the previously announced sale of a portfolio of non-performing commercial and construction loans, and commercial and single-family real estate owned, with a combined unpaid principal balance on loans and appraised value of other real estate owned of approximately $995 million and book value of approximately $540 million to an entity majority owned by a joint venture between Caribbean Property Group LLC and certain affiliates of Perella Weinberg Partners’ Asset Based Value Strategy.
The Puerto Rican government’s economic team is in Washington D.C. this week to “disclose and advance plans to stabilize the government's finances and revive the island’s economy,” the Treasury Department said Monday.
The U.S. International Trade Commission should conduct a study similar to what the U.S. Government Accountability Office released last week when implementing a free trade agreement “to confirm the impact of the treaty on the economy, companies and consumers of the countries that sign the treaty to supplement the lack of data referenced by the GAO study itself,” the head of the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce (CofC) said Monday.
Puerto Rico Supplies Group recently unveiled its redesigned company website, which incorporates the latest advances in programming technology and a dynamic design that reflects the local distributor’s “forward-looking thinking, continuous growth and leadership in the local industry.”
The Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a Department of Defense operational committee, announced Monday that eight Puerto Rico Guard and Reserve members nominated their employers for the 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. The agency received 2,899 nominations nationwide.
David Álvarez, former executive director of the Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnership Authority, has been named a principal consultant in the strategic consulting group of Parsons Brinckerhoff, a global infrastructure strategic consulting, engineering and program/construction management organization.
Puerto Rico’s executive branch has the necessary staff, resources and commitment to take over managing and resolving the island’s fiscal issues and block out all of the “noise” coming out of the Legislature, veteran Economist José Joaquín Villamil recently said.
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