Pittsburgh looks to draw Puerto Ricans into its economy
June 23, 2014
Pittsburgh, PA — Music and sports are two pursuits that cross borders and link cultures. This weekend, this northeastern city relied on both to convey its desire to boost diversity and attract more Latinos, which are significantly underrepresented in this community.
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Global Internet privacy study reveals conflicting views
June 20, 2014
Consumer viewpoints on online privacy vary widely by geography and the type of activity engaged in while surfing the Web, a recently released study by EMC Corporation concluded.
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Convention Center district developments fueling activity
June 9, 2014
The Puerto Rico Convention Center management team hosted this weekend a business meeting for clients and sponsors to unveil the new plans for the meeting facility and the Conventions District Authority in Miramar.
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Panama energy exec: Sector privatization is all or nothing
May 21, 2014
The man responsible for leading the privatization of Panama’s energy sector, Fernando Aramburú-Porras, said during a conference organized by the College of Engineers and Surveyors that restructuring that country’s formerly chaotic energy system "was a pill we had to swallow to sustain economic growth that we enjoy today."
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Puerto Rico gov’t drums up business in Central Florida
May 19, 2014
Following a two-day trip to Florida last week, Economic Development and Commerce Secretary Alberto Bacó-Bagué urged the state’s large and growing Puerto Rican population to seek business opportunities in their homeland.
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Groups weigh in on government revenue shortfall
May 15, 2014
Two of the island’s largest private-sector trade groups, the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce and the CPA Society, weighed in Wednesday on the possible reasons for the $442 million revenue shortfall the Treasury Department reported for the month of April.
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Products Assoc.: Puerto Rico needs a coherent plan
May 7, 2014
The Puerto Rico Products Association unveiled Tuesday five key recommendations gathered during its recent annual convention, to help the island get back on the path of cohesive economic development.
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Advertising creativity rewarded at Cúspide 2014 festival
May 5, 2014
J. Walter Thompson San Juan, Badillo Saatchi & Saatchi and DDB Latina were the runaway winners of this year’s 32nd edition of the Cúspide Festival, an annual awards competition sponsored by the Puerto Rico Association of Advertising Agencies.
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Puerto Rico has big potential as food mecca
May 2, 2014
Positioning Puerto Rico as a gastronomic tourism destination could yield more visitors, grow agriculture to make the island more sustainable and create jobs, food and hospitality industry professionals said ahead of the first Conference of Gastronomic Tourism of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean to be held next week.
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Waste Management Puerto Rico gets new owner
May 2, 2014
A new ownership team led by Post Capital Partners and 30-year waste management industry veteran Randy Jensen has acquired the solid waste operations of Waste Management Inc. in Puerto Rico, for an undisclosed amount.
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Diplomats in Wash. tout emerging ‘Pumas of the Pacific’
May 1, 2014
WASHINGTON — Move over, Asian tigers. It looks like the four so-called “Pacific Pumas” — Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru — have become the latest darlings of the investor crowd.
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NIMB joins Dow Jones international news service
April 29, 2014
News is my Business, Puerto Rico’s first English-language digital business newspaper, recently became part of the Dow Jones & Company international news service, putting the world’s focus on the island’s economic landscape.
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Lands Authority: ‘There’s plenty of land to be developed’
April 29, 2014
Puerto Rico Lands Authority Executive Director Luis Rivero-Cubano recently told members of the Associated General Contractors that there are plenty of business opportunities for the sector to develop residential, tourism and commercial properties throughout the island.
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Puerto Rico in hot pursuit of stateside investors
April 25, 2014
Puerto Rico is in hot pursuit of the wealthiest stateside investors, with the public and private sectors banding together to showcase the benefits — both legal and natural — that the island has to offer.
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World Bank: ‘Long way to go’ to social equality in LatAm
April 25, 2014
WASHINGTON — After Dr. Jim Yong Kim graduated from college in 1993, his first trip to Washington was to join a noisy protest against the World Bank.
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