Footwear maker Crocs expands in Puerto Rico
December 14, 2010
Casual footwear retailer Crocs Inc. has doubled its presence on the island by opening two new locations in Plaza Las Americas and Plaza Carolina. The new stores that opened last month joined the ones in Barceloneta and Old San Juan, which opened earlier this year. “Puerto Rico is a great market for Crocs and a […]
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CofC, Univ. of Miami to host health insurance conference
December 14, 2010
The Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce and the University of Miami's School of Business Administration on Tuesday announced a partnership to co-host the Puerto Rico Health & Insurance Conference 2011 "A New Economy in Health Care," on Feb. 2.
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iPad apps taking a bite out of newspaper subscriptions
December 14, 2010
The University of Missouri’s Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) recently released the results of a study predicting that news applications for Apple’s iPad will diminish newspaper print subscriptions next year. The study focused on how iPad consumers consume news content, concluding — among other things — that 84.4 percent of the people used the […]
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Caribe.Net activates $32.5M Puerto Rico-Florida broadband Internet network
December 13, 2010
Eight months after receiving $25.7 million from grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce to develop its Puerto Rico Bridge Initiative project, Internet Service Provider, Critical Hub Networks recently announced it has officially activated the Puerto Rico Bridge Initiative’s fiber optic network between Puerto Rico and Florida and has begun final network testing. In April […]
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Pilgrim’s Pride, To-Ricos parent, seeks to raise $500M
December 12, 2010
Poultry processing and food distributor Pilgrim’s Pride announced Friday it will price $500 million in senior unsecured notes, an increase from the original $350 million it sought to raise earlier this year. Pilgrim’s Pride — parent company of the To-Ricos chicken processing plant in Aibonito — intends to use the net proceeds from the offering […]
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Health clinic planned for LMM
December 12, 2010
The Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport is set to become the first facility of its kind to have a full-service primary care clinic on its premises, with the planned development of Primary Care Center of the USA.
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Aeroparque to get $3M to $5M overhaul
December 12, 2010
The Aeroparque, the recreational facility that provides a front-seat to airplane traffic at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, will be remodeled through an investment of between $3 million and $5 million, its operators said.
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NY biotech group looks to PR for business
November 16, 2010
No sooner had the local government signed off on a new law approving a 4 percent tax on controlled foreign corporations this week, that a stateside organization saw an opening to begin luring local manufacturing corporations to move north.
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PRHTA marks 60th anniversary
November 16, 2010
The Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association recently celebrated 60 years of achievements with a special event at the Puerto Rico Museum of Art.
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First Bank’s parent company gearing up for stock offering
November 16, 2010
First BanCorp, parent company of First Bank, is getting ready to to price a $500 million secondary common stock offering next week, as an effort to shore up its finances.
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AT&T adds new handsets, gadgets for Christmas season
November 16, 2010
AT&T de Puerto Rico recently held its "Product Showcase" event at its Guaynabo headquarters to unveil the variety of smartphones and consumer electronics it will be marketing during the holiday season.
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OneLink readies for digital platform change
November 16, 2010
If you are one of the thousands of OneLink customers who are still able to receive the company’s 55 basic cable channels without a converter box, you should know change is coming soon.
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