Anderson Research Puerto Rico launches new index
September 9, 2013
Public and private companies doing business in Puerto Rico will begin benefiting from the tools offered through the Customer Satisfaction Index, a scientifically proven and patented methodology by The American Customer Satisfaction Index to be introduced to the local market next month by Anderson Research International LLC.
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Puerto Rico P3 Authority halts juvenile facility project
September 6, 2013
The Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority announced that the New Beginnings Juvenile Facility Project, also known as “Nuevo Comienzo,” will not proceed to the Request for Proposals stage.
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Ex MasterCard exec Vargas joins Atlanta consulting firm
September 6, 2013
Atlanta-based consulting firm Bank Solutions Group is expanding its footprint into Puerto Rico with the addition of Miguel Vargas, an experienced banking and payments executive and consulting expert. Vargas is former general manager of MasterCard in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Education, infrastructure are roadblocks for Puerto Rico
September 5, 2013
While Puerto Rico’s competitive capacity depends mostly on its capacity to innovate, the island faces great challenges in education and infrastructure — areas that require immediate attention to position it favorably against other global economies.
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Puerto Rico Film Commission opens call for funding
September 5, 2013
Looking to boost the island’s film industry, the Puerto Rico Film Commission announced the start of this year’s funding cycle for fiction feature films, which runs from today through Sept. 26.
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Gov’t, Centro para Puerto Rico join to create 200 jobs
August 29, 2013
The Puerto Rico Economic Development and Commerce Department, Puerto Rico Trade and Export and the Centro para Puerto Rico — headed by former Gov. Sila Calderón — signed a collaboration agreement Wednesday to create of 200 new jobs and develop an incubator for community enterprises in 2014.
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EnterPRize competition evolves into growth platform
August 28, 2013
EnterPrize, Puerto Rico’s most comprehensive business plan competition, is entering its eight year with a new focus on becoming a development platform that offers integrated support for future entrepreneurs.
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Metropistas donates $65K to Sila M. Calderón Foundation to boost entrepreneurship
August 28, 2013
Several entrepreneurial, self-starting projects that promote economic independence and job creation in communities throughout the northern part of the island will be receiving a boost from a collaboration between metropistas (Autopistas Metropolitanas de Puerto Rico, LLC) — the company in charge of managing Highways PR-22 and PR-5 — and the Sila M. Calderon Foundation.
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Parranda.org co-founder featured in ‘Americas Quarterly’
August 12, 2013
Puerto Rican entrepreneur Antonio Sosa-Pascual has been recognized as a “civic innovator” in the summer 2013 issue of “Americas Quarterly,” a policy analysis and debate magazine published by the Americas Society and Council of the Americas, based in New York City.
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Firm to foster franchising in Puerto Rico
August 8, 2013
Franchising is a job booster in Puerto Rico and a local firm is planning to expand its training program to four different venues islandwide this month in a move to foster this type of entrepreneurship, News is my Business has learned.
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DDB Latina Puerto Rico nabs regional award
August 6, 2013
Advertising agency DDB Latina Puerto Rico announced Monday it has won the Impact Award, bestowed by parent agency DDB Worldwide.
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Puerto Rico governor signs law to shore up investment
August 1, 2013
Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla recently signed the Puerto Rico Investment Companies Law to encourage investment and capital creation through more flexible regulation.
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Puerto Rico Manufacturers Assoc. to host forum on Cuba
July 30, 2013
The Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association will be hosting a forum to discuss business opportunities in Cuba on Aug. 2, in anticipation of an educational mission to the Caribbean island nation, trade group President Waleska Rivera announced.
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Loíza St. fest to raise street profile
July 29, 2013
It is billed as the First Loíza St. Festival and if all works out, this "block party" planned for Aug. 4, a Sunday, along one of San Juan's best-known roads, could well become a yearly event that benefits area businesses and entertains the masses.
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Interphex Puerto Rico returns in October
July 29, 2013
Interphex Puerto Rico, an annual event covering the full spectrum of life sciences and building and facilities management that brings the industries together for a unique combination of conferences, exhibitions, workshops, partnering opportunities, and networking events will return Oct. 10-11 to the Puerto Rico Convention Center.
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