UPS Puerto Rico customers can now use their smartphones to track packages, calculate shipping rates and find the delivery company’s nearest location following the inclusion of 35 additional countries and territories in its mobile website.
Oscar Arias-Sánchez, two-term president of Costa Rica and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, will be addressing the local business community during this Friday’s quarterly luncheon of the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce.
A delegation of 15 local companies that participated in a commercial mission earlier this month came back with their hands full and the possibility of garnering more than $18 million in immediate and projected sales, Economic Development and Commerce Secretary José Pérez-Riera and Enlace Empresarial President Luis Torres-Llompart said Monday.
The 12th annual Puerto Rico Venture Forum Summit, which will focus this year on the theme of “Driving growth and building sustainability: Expanding your venture opportunity” is slated to take place Dec. 6 at the Condado Plaza Hotel, Grupo Guayacán announced Monday.
Ohio-based industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation has been named a Thomson Reuters 2011 Top 100 Global Innovator for its achievements as one of the world’s most innovative companies.
Doral Healthcare Finance announced Monday it has provided $4.5 million in working capital to healthcare companies in New York and Wisconsin.
Davis, CA-based Blue Oak Energy and Point 2 Structural Engineers will lead the construction of the $50 million solar projects the U.S. Coast Guard will roll out at its Borinquen Air Station in Aguadilla and the Río Bayamon Housing Center in San Juan.
The island’s bankruptcy rate held on to its seventh consecutive monthly decline in October, when a total of 1,077 cases were submitted to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. The figure represents 90 fewer filings and an 8.35 percent drop in comparison to the same month last year, research firm Boletín de Puerto Rico reported.
U.S. retail e-commerce spending for the first 25 days of the 2011 holiday season that got its start Nov. 1 has reached $12.7 billion, marking a 15 percent increase versus the same period last year, according to comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, said Sunday.
Wireless carrier AT&T will be sponsoring for the first time in Puerto Rico its Youth for Broadband Awareness Literacy & Education program, looking to offer technology and computer training to youth through a partnership with the Boys and Girls Club. The event will take place in Carolina, Dec. 1-2, News is my Business learned.
In the wake of its successful three-year run as a service provider to the island’s BMW and Mini Cooper vehicle owners, Autogermana BMW is considering opening two more similar operations to serve the southern and western regions, Miguel Cruz, director of parts and services for the company.
Wireless speeds for Puerto Rico Telephone (Claro) customers are about to get a whole lot faster.
Procter & Gamble announced it will be distributing the Christmas edition of its “brandSAVER” manufacturer’s coupons booklet this Sunday, through one of the island’s major circulation newspapers, as well as at information centers at Plaza Las Américas and Plaza del Caribe in Ponce.
Luquillo-based Liberty Cablevision announced Tuesday the arrival of broadband download speeds of between 20 megabits per second and 30 Mbps through its upgraded DOCSIS 3.0 network. Internet clients can expect “more potent, stable and reliable” connections, company officials said.
Economic Development Bank President Ivonne Otero said Tuesday that local farmers participating in the agency’s urban market events over the past 24 months have generated some $1.2 million in direct sales, plus another similar amount in deals to export their goods, as well as sell them at retail establishments on the island.
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