The National Science Foundation (NSF) has granted $100,000 to the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez, for its “Recruiting, Retaining, and Engaging Academically Talented Students from Economically Disadvantaged Groups into a Pathway to Successful Engineering Career,” known as Engineering PEARLS. The funding will enable the project, now in its second year, to expand its scholarship base and […]
Popular Inc. has sold a 180,000-square-foot building, known as Caparra Center, to Triple-S Management Corporation through a private deal that keeps the price tag under seal. “We’re viewing this transaction as a private one. However, the acquisition of this 180,000-square-foot building will allow us to have the additional space to respond to our growth in […]
Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez announced a proposed $10.2 billion budget for the Commonwealth’s General Fund for Fiscal Year 2021. In her State of the Commonwealth and Budget address, she also proposed a consolidated budget of $28.2 billion that includes funds generated by a number of public agencies for the fiscal year that begins July […]
A Dow Jones/Factiva content provider since 2014
Subscribe to our Dollars & Sense podcast!
