Puerto Rican retailer Pitusa consolidating, selling assets
November 27, 2012
In a move to continue achieving operational efficiencies, Puerto Rican retailer Pitusa is consolidating its hardware store business under its Metropolitan Lumber & Hardware Inc., a company it founded in 2009, News is my Business learned.
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Pontifical University, Casa Pueblo seal collaboration agreement
November 27, 2012
The Pontifical University in Ponce and Adjuntas-based nonprofit Casa Pueblo recently struck a partnership that pursues implementing economic development, agricultural, educational and cultural projects in central Puerto Rico through the exchange of ideas, services, resources and research techniques.
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‘Cyberlunes.com’ lists Puerto Rico, U.S. online deals
November 26, 2012
Cyber Monday, the Internet’s biggest shopping day of the year is here and, for the first time, local and national retailers catering to Puerto Rico consumers are posting their deals and offers on www.cyberlunes.com, the local version of the www.cybermonday.org site that started the online retail movement seven years ago.
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Draftfcb nabs Cannes award for best outdoor ad
November 26, 2012
Integrated communications agency Draftfcb Puerto Rico won the National Diploma, the highest national award in the outdoor category during the recent edition of the Cannes Lions Festival for the poster called “Movies,” created to mark Coca-Cola’s 125th anniversary.
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Google Engage launches in Puerto Rico
November 23, 2012
Google Engage, a program created by Google to teach the ‘ins-and-outs’ of online advertising, is now available in Puerto Rico to give users the chance to train, learn and become certified in free tools like “Apps,” “AdWords” and “Analytics,” the company announced.
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Puerto Rico lottery launches new Facebook page, revamps website
November 23, 2012
In keeping with the growth in popularity generated by social networks, the Electronic Lottery of Puerto Rico recently established an official page on Facebook, through which its “friends” can see the winning numbers for all drawings as soon as they are drawn.
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MasterCard grants shopping trip to 3 Make-A-Wish patients
November 23, 2012
As part of the recently celebrated Priceless Night at Plaza Las Américas, MasterCard joined the Make-A-Wish Puerto Rico Foundation to fulfill the wants of three ill youngsters who had dreamed of a day of shopping at the Hato Rey mall.
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Smartphones, tablets, flat-screens among ‘hot’ electronics this Christmas
November 22, 2012
This year’s gift-giving season officially kicks off tomorrow and for those whose favorite presents are in the form of wireless devices and electronics, you should know the lineup is wide-ranging and cutting-edge.
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Expedia: Travel to Puerto Rico up 28% in 1st half of ’12
November 21, 2012
Bookings to Puerto Rico made on the more than 100 Expedia and Hotels.com sites worldwide grew by 28 percent in the first six months of 2012, compared to the same period last year, the online travel company confirmed Tuesday.
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AT&T ramps up anti-texting-and-driving campaign
November 21, 2012
With the busiest travel days of the year ahead, millions of people will be hitting Puerto Rico roads to visit their families for Thanksgiving.
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2nd Blossom Boutique lingerie shop opens
November 20, 2012
A second location of budding lingerie chain Blossom, owned by entrepreneur Nanette Rodríguez, recently opened at the Villas de San Francisco Plaza II mall in San Juan.
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SBA Puerto Rico to host seminar for vets
November 20, 2012
The Puerto Rico Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration invites veterans and other members of the military to its next entrepreneurial development seminar on Nov. 30, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at SBA’s facilities in Hato Rey.
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Caguas, Triple-S Salud holding ‘Play Streets’ event
November 19, 2012
The municipality of Caguas has been included in 10 cities to host “Play Streets,” an initiative that calls for closing roads to traffic and opened to the community to encourage physical activity. The event will be held in Puerto Rico in partnership with Triple-S Salud.
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NIMB marks 24 months of informing Puerto Rico, world
November 16, 2012
News is my Business, Puerto Rico’s only all-digital English-language business news service, is marking its second anniversary today.
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Biopharma sector proposes solutions to its challenges
November 16, 2012
The biopharmaceutical industry is a major driver of Puerto Rico’s social and economic development, not just for the 86,000 direct and indirect jobs its creates, but for the multiplier effects it has upon other sectors.
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