Puerto Rico gets $1.9M to develop health care plan
December 17, 2014
Puerto Rico will receive up to $1,944,740 to design health care payment and service delivery models that will improve health care quality and lower costs, Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia M. Burwell announced Tuesday.
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JWT global ad agency looks to future as it turns 150
December 10, 2014
With innovation at the core of its 150th anniversary of JWT, the local team of JWT San Juan is getting ready to renew its commitment to the pioneering spirit that has distinguished the global agency since its founding by ad man J. Walter Thompson.
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UBS Puerto Rico slashes 40 jobs in restructuring
December 9, 2014
UBS Puerto Rico is cutting 40 out of 100 positions as part of a restructuring announced earlier this year that could also entail closing at least two of its five local offices. The layoffs are effective immediately.
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Panama’s U.S. ambassador offers upbeat outlook for ’15
December 9, 2014
WASHINGTON — Panama, host of the VII Summit of the Americas next April, will see its economy grow faster in 2015 than anywhere else in the Western Hemisphere.
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Collaborative space in Santurce gets broadband hookup
December 5, 2014
The Foundation for Puerto Rico and Columbus Business Solutions announced Thursday an agreement whereby the latter will outfit the nonprofit’s “Colaboratorio” space in Santurce, enabling grassroots organizations sharing the space to have access to high-speed broadband technology.
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San Juan among ‘100 Resilient Cities Challenge’ winners
December 4, 2014
Puerto Rico’s capital, San Juan, is one of this year’s 35 winners of this year’s “100 Resilient Cities Challenge,” joining a network created by The Rockefeller Foundation last year, organizers announced Wednesday during a summit in Singapore.
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Business leaders discuss challenges affecting operations
December 1, 2014
More than 25 business leaders gathered to share their strategies in the face of the economic challenges Puerto Rico is experiencing, pointing out four specific issues that jump out under current conditions.
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Guayacán lands grant to launch I-Corps Puerto Rico
November 5, 2014
The U.S. Economic Development Administration has awarded Grupo Guayacán Inc. a $62,000 technical assistance grant to launch I-Corps Puerto Rico, a customer discovery boot camp for entrepreneurs looking to build and develop scalable business models, the nonprofit announced Tuesday.
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NIMB gaining international exposure via Dow Jones
October 27, 2014
News is my Business, now approaching its fourth anniversary, has gained a significant international following in the last quarter, since its integration into the New York-based Dow Jones News Service.
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Bahía Urbana to close ’14 with more than 100 events
October 27, 2014
Bahía Urbana, a mixed-use entertainment venue in the San Juan Bay area, will close 2014 with more than 100 events between box office and free events for the community, and an estimated 250,000 attendees, General Manager Linnette Isona said.
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PR Tech Corridor gets $7M grant to curb unemployment
October 16, 2014
The Puerto Rico Technoeconomic Corridor in Mayagüez has been selected to receive more than $7 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Labor to join the effort to help curb long-term unemployment.
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Pulitzer winner: Investigative journalism ‘good business’
October 15, 2014
Investigative reporting is a long-standing practice in journalism known for its all-consuming nature when it comes to time and resources. However, becoming involved in this type of exercise — which can be said is becoming a lost art — is not only a media outlet’s way of performing its civic duty, but ultimately makes great business sense.
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Gov. signs bill to spur development of creative industries
October 15, 2014
Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla signed Tuesday Senate Bill 655, which establishes public policy for promoting and giving stimulus to creative industries, conceives the Creative Industries Advisory Board and assigns $1 million to Puerto Rico Trade and Export to oversee those tasks.
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8 small businesses picked to operate in Roosy Roads
October 8, 2014
The Roosevelt Roads Redevelopment Authority announced the selection of eight microbusinesses from Puerto Rico’s eastern flank to establish operations inside the former Navy base that is currently being repurposed for public access.
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Study: Puerto Ricans’ personal wealth down 22%
October 7, 2014
Puerto Rico residents have seen their personal wealth levels drop by a whopping 22 percent between 2009 and 2013, based on the performance of the Puerto Rico Stock Index over that same period of time, according to an analysis of the numbers by private firm H. Calero Consulting.
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