Some 18,000 local homeowners faced foreclosure last year
February 1, 2011
Some 18,000 homeowners in Puerto Rico were facing the possibility of losing their homes to their mortgage bank as of November 2010, the Financial Institutions Commissioner’s office (OCIF, as it is known by its initials ...
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PR unemployment averages 16.1% in ’10, highest since 1993
January 21, 2011
Puerto Rico’s out-of-work force averaged 16.1 percent during calendar year 2010, representing the highest rate since 1993, when the average was 17 percent, the Department of Labor and Human Resources informed Friday.
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850 local companies file for bankruptcy in ’10
January 18, 2011
The year 2010 witnessed the struggle by 850 commercial establishments that sought protection from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, either to reorganize or liquidate their operations, local research firm Boletín de Puerto Rico revealed Tuesday. In ...
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