Members of the Puerto Rico Farm Bureau, which represents a cross-section of the island’s agriculture sector, met with members of the U.S. Government Accountability Office in Hato Rey Thursday to lay out the reasons why the island should be exempt from Jones Act provisos.
The Puerto Rico Society of Certified Public Accountants presented Thursday a sweeping list of recommendations for the candidates running for governor in November, to solve problems in five specific areas: electricity costs; the ailing retirement system; the municipal tax system; economic development; and the health system.
The San Juan cruise ship port has made it into an elite group of 16 such facilities around the world that welcomed more than a million passengers last year, rubbing shoulders with major U.S. mainland and European cities.
Pasta To Go Enterprise, which specializes in fresh pasta dishes, opened its third location in Puerto Rico Thursday, moving into a strip mall in Isla Verde to cater to the busy tourist zone.
The Department of Transportation and Public Works announced Thursday it will be conducting seven workshops to discuss Puerto Rico long-range transportation strategy, with the goal of getting citizen input.
A high-ranking executive of Mexico’s Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste said his company is one of two groups remaining to take over the operation of the Luis Muñoz Marín International airport through a public-private partnership with the government, News is my Business learned.
A combination of strong growth in deposits and loans drove BBVA Puerto Rico’s first quarter results, which reflected an $8.6 million net profit for the period, up 42.4 percent year-over-year, the bank disclosed Wednesday.
CompUSA announced Wednesday the opening of a new store at the Plaza Del Caribe mall in Ponce, its second location on the island, creating 50 new jobs.
The Puerto Rico office of the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Puerto Rico Professional College of Engineers and Land Surveyors will cosponsor on May 8, the Annual Business Matchmaking Event both organizations have conducted jointly for the past eight years.
Auto executives serving the Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Island markets agreed Tuesday that the best time to buy a new car and invest in the auto industry is now, as the sector has upheld the momentum begun last year and is on track for improvement in 2012.
Banco Popular announced Tuesday the launch of its new mobile banking application for the iPhone and iPod touch, which will be available to download for on the Apple App Store, starting Thursday (Apr. 26).
Some 75 volunteers grouped under the Puerto Rico chapter of the International Association of Microsoft Channel Partners recently participated in a cleanup effort of the Tortuguero Natural Reserve in Vega Baja.
Gov. Luis Fortuño unveiled Tuesday a $9.082 billion general fund budget proposal for fiscal 2013, representing a 2 percent reduction from the $9.260 billion budget in effect through June 30.
Sprint's network conversion is finally underway, a move stateside industry sources said Monday could lead to an August deployment of the 4G next-generation technology.
Oriental Financial Group Inc.'s conversion into a more traditional bank following the April 2010 acquisition of the defunct EuroBank seems to be going in the right direction, as on Monday the financial institution announced $9.5 million in income for the first quarter ended Mar. 31.
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