Puerto Rico’s wireless carriers, in cooperation with local and federal government agencies, are working toward deploying a platform known as the Commercial Mobile Alerts System, to be able to deliver real-time messages to subscribers in case of an emergency.
The Puerto Rico Institute of Robotics, a local nonprofit dedicated to sparking the interest and knowledge among students in the disciplines of science, math, engineering, and technology, has been chosen among nine organizations that will partner with NASA this summer to help the agency implement its 2011 “Summer of Innovation” education program.
Telecommunications provider Claro announced Wednesday the availability of the trailblazing iPad2 mobile tablet, which it will market through payment plans allowing customers to finance it for 24, 36 or 48 months.
Gov. Luis Fortuño’s administration has three months to show Moody’s Investors Service that it is taking enough — and correct — action to address the Commonwealth Retirement System’s $28 billion funding shortfall to avoid a possible downgrade of its current A3 rating.
Squeezed by a decline in demand for its print telephone directories as consumers and advertisers turn their attention to online and mobile versions of the bulky book, Caribe Media Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday in Delaware.
Nearly three months after abruptly closing down its local drugstore chain and filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, El Amal is liquidating the inventory it has left, the company in charge of the transaction announced in an ad published Tuesday.
Accompanied by Gov. Luis Fortuño and other government officials, retailer Walmart broke ground Wednesday on the new Supercenter it plans to build in the heart of Santurce, through a $50.2 million investment.
The number of bankruptcy cases filed on the island in the month of April represented an 11 percent drop in comparison to the same month last year, Boletín de Puerto Rico reported Monday.
The survey that will determine Puerto Rico’s ranking in this year’s World Economic Forum’s Competitive Report has been distributed to members of the local business community, who the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce is urging to fill it out to help paint a clear picture of the island’s current standing.
He is an urban planner who lives on a five-acre farm in rural Vega Baja with his wife and a bunch of animals. But make no mistake about it, Ruben Flores Marzán, who was named Puerto Rico Planning Board president less than a month ago, is not horsing around when it comes to development.
Puma Energy Caribe, LLC has agreed to clean up the former Caribbean Petroleum Refining facility in Bayamón, and address environmental conditions at 147 gas stations throughout Puerto Rico under two agreements proposed Monday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Following a $2.9 million investment, the Polytechnic University announced Monday its expansion into the Central Florida region, with the inauguration of its new 40,000 square-foot campus.
Groupon, the wildly popular e-commerce website that offers deep discounts on "the best stuff to eat, see and buy," is launching its deal-of-the-day service in Puerto Rico on May 9, News is my Business learned.
German enterprise software developer SAP this week released results for the first quarter ended March 31, reporting a 247 percent growth of its business in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, attributed directly to booming technology adoption by small and mid-sized businesses.
Oriental Bank, one of only several financial institutions doing business in Puerto Rico that weathered last year’s banking debacle, reported $13.1 million in net income for the first quarter of 2011, up 4.7 percent from the same period last year.
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