The developers of the Condado Duo Hotel complex, International Hospitality Associates, have entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for discharging pollutants into the San Juan stormwater sewer system, which is connected to the Condado Lagoon.
The controversy over whether Nutritional Assistance Program benefits should be expanded to include more fast-food restaurants escalated another notch Thursday when the Alliance for Adequate Nutrition supported its claim that it would be a mistake to do so by citing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recent opposition to the proposal.
After suffering several years of substantial losses locally and stateside, Banco Popular has “solidified its capital base” and is “now poised to build upon its dominant position in Puerto Rico while returning its mainland operations to profitability,” investment banking firm B. Riley said in a report released Wednesday.
Continental Airlines is moving in with sister carrier United Airlines, whose ticket counter is currently located inside Terminal B of the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport. The carriers, owned by United Continental Holdings Inc. will share space as part of the integration of both airlines, company officials announced Wednesday.
The Puerto Rico Convention Bureau announced Wednesday the appointment of Neil J. Mullanaphy as its new senior vice president of sales, effective this week. The Rutgers University graduate will be based in Washington, D.C., from where he will oversee the organization’s long-term selling strategies, as well as manage and supervise the Bureau’s sales team.
The unnerving traffic snarls that take place on a daily basis at the junction where at least four major roads meet near the San Patricio Plaza mall in Guaynabo could be gone for good due to a $10 million assignment the U.S. Department of Transportation approved for significant infrastructure improvements.
Gov. Luis Fortuño appointed former BBVA executive and banking industry veteran Rafael Blanco to head the Office of the Financial Institutions Commissioner, effective Jan. 1. Blanco will succeed current OCIF chief Alfredo Padilla, who will retire after nine years at the agency.
Three high-ranking executives — President Julio Juliá, Mark Rishell and Javier Magriná — have left Medical Card Systems Inc., the company’s board of directors announced Tuesday.
Nearly 50 years of Puerto Rico’s history captured in print and photographs that had been stored in the library of the former The San Juan Star newspaper in Guaynabo are being pulled out of the building this week by a brigade from the University of Puerto Rico.
Three popular eateries in the Isla Verde/Piñones area — Pepin’s Café & Tasca, Lupi’s Mexican Grill & Sports Cantina and the Waterfront Restaurant — are for sale, News is my Business has learned.
As AT&T’s proposed acquisition of rival T-Mobile USA virtually unraveled Monday after a federal judge granted a request to delay the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust case, an unlikely third party announced its interest in partnering with the latter carrier if the deal ultimately falls through, Bloomberg reported.
Exotericapr.com a new online lingerie store launched by a Puerto Rican entrepreneurial couple recently opened its virtual doors to the world, the company announced.
The Economic Development Bank this week marked the end of the first phase of the Vieques and Culebra Tourism and Commercial Development Loan Program, which has already approved $1 million in loans that have created 74 new jobs split between the two island municipalities.
The four largest wireless carriers serving the island banded together Thursday to express their concern over House Bill 1956 that seeks to create a registry of prepaid phone numbers in an attempt to keep track of the devices that have become a conduit for criminal activity.
Ford Motor Co.’s “Operation Goodwill” this year donated more than $100,000 to help local organizations and community drive their health, environmental protection and education initiatives, including Nuestra Escuela, Sapientis, Hispanic College Fund, San Juan Community Library, Centro para Puerto Rico, Susan G. Komen/Race for the Cure, American Cancer Society and “Ready, Safe, Drive.”
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