Massachussetts-based Boston Scientific on Friday announced the recall of more than 29,000 of its iCross Coronary Imaging Catheters distributed in the U.S. mainland, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Critical Hub Networks, managing company of the Puerto Rico Bridge Initiative, announced Friday it has established peering with Facebook, Google, and Amazon. The interconnectivity agreement will enable direct data exchange among the networks, bypassing the Internet, for faster, more efficient and reliable services.
The benefits of being able to access work, entertainment and other digital content anywhere, anytime and on any device — the philosophy behind cloud computing — are already rippling through Puerto Rico’s consumer and business community.
The island’s economy may be in crisis, but one may not be able to tell by looking at Puerto Rican women, who reportedly outspend their peers in the Latin American region on cosmetics and personal care products.
Just seven months after flipping the switch on its 4G network, T-Mobile announced Thursday a $5 million network enhancement that duplicates theoretical peak speeds to 42 megabits per second, throughout a considerable footprint in Puerto Rico.
American Airlines and partner Iberia announced Thursday they will be sharing the same terminal and counter space at the Luis Muñoz Marín Airport, starting Saturday.
Five months after its stateside parent announced it, Sprint Puerto Rico officials confirmed the upcoming local launch of its 4G Network Vision blueprint to deploy a cost-effective, innovative network plan to further enhance voice quality and data speeds for customers across the United States. When available, Sprint’s Network Vision is expected to consolidate multiple network […]
The competitiveness level among the island’s wireless carriers, which never seems to take a break, is peaking again this week as four of the five industry players turn to the media to announce new devices and services.
Looking to become “One with the environment,” FirstBank Puerto Rico launched a multi-pronged corporate responsibility campaign Wednesday using that very slogan.
The Gov. Luis Fortuño administration’s efforts to privatize the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport seems to be moving forward as American Airlines, the facility’s largest carrier tenant, recently agreed to sign off on the plan, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The Puerto Rico Hospitals Association recently named Hospital de la Concepción in San Germán “2011 Hero” for its 500 years of health care services, particularly to residents of the island’s southwestern region. “Aside from celebrating our people’s daily efforts to care for our community’s physical and spiritual well-being, we commemorate 500 years of humanitarian work […]
Doral Mortgage, a division of Doral Financial Corporation, launched Wednesday a new $1.5 million multimedia advertising campaign to tout the benefits of its services. The bank chose local comedian Raymond Arrieta as spokesman of the campaign focused on the “knowledge and service make a difference in your mortgage experience” tagline. “Raymond Arrieta is a much-loved […]
Slightly more than a month before the island’s current cruise ship incentives law expires, the Gov. Luis Fortuño administration filed Wednesday a new bill that would expand the scope of benefits offered to a sector that generates $245 million for the local economy.
President Barack Obama’s visit to the island in about three weeks will be brief, but will mark nearly half a century since John F. Kennedy’s visit in 1961. That was the last time the island, a U.S. jurisdiction, welcomed a sitting U.S. president. On June 14, Obama will lead members of the White House Task […]
Following a 15-year courtship, local advertising agency EJE Sociedad Publicitaria has agreed to enter into a corporate marriage with long-time business partner DDB Worldwide, giving birth to DDB˚ Latina Puerto Rico, executives from both companies announced Tuesday.
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