Court slaps 37 retailers with $205K in fines in Britto knock-off case
December 29, 2011
A total of 37 defendants in the copyright infringement case filed by pop Artist Romero Britto earlier this month will have to pay a combined $205,000 in fines, imposed by the judge overseeing the case after failing to reach an out-of-court settlement agreement.
chat_bubble0 Comment
visibility3735 Views
P.R. tsunami shelter inventor turns to online investors for financing
December 23, 2011
Miguel Serrano, the local inventor and developer of the STATIM tsunami and flood shelter project, announced Thursday the launching of a global “crowdfunding” campaign to raise the $100,000 in financing he needs to expedite plans to build and commercialize his novel disaster preparedness technology.
chat_bubble1 Comment
visibility4937 Views
FCC takes steps to quiet loud TV commercials
December 19, 2011
One of the most persistent problems of the modern television age — loud commercials — are about to become a thing of the past with the recent passage of the 2010 Commercial Advertising Loudness Mitigation Act.
chat_bubble1 Comment
visibility3663 Views
Pierluisi asks 15 e-retailers to explain refusal to ship to P.R.
December 19, 2011
Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi this week put the spotlight on some of the most popular online retailers, asking them to explain why they will not ship to Puerto Rico arguing among other things that the island must abide by the same federal trade and consumer protection laws as all of the 50 states.
chat_bubble1 Comment
visibility3358 Views
Private Sector Coalition calls for changing P.R.’s image
December 19, 2011
The Private Sector Coalition is calling for the union of all sectors, to change the perception that Puerto Rico is one step from becoming a narco-state maintained by an underground economy into one seen as having the region’s best infrastructure, technology and professionals.
chat_bubble0 Comment
visibility8934 Views
Historic newspapers, photos salvaged from former SJ Star building
December 13, 2011
Nearly 50 years of Puerto Rico’s history captured in print and photographs that had been stored in the library of the former The San Juan Star newspaper in Guaynabo are being pulled out of the building this week by a brigade from the University of Puerto Rico.
chat_bubble19 Comments
visibility12498 Views
Advia Network launches online media buying service
December 8, 2011
Under the slogan “Network Power,” online media buying company Advia Network unveiled its service through which customers have access to simultaneous advertising space in multiple local media outlets.
chat_bubble0 Comment
visibility2553 Views
Menonita Hospital System picks up San Juan Bautista assets for $5.1M
December 2, 2011
The Menonita General Hospital Health System has been selected by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court as the winning bidder to buy the assets of the San Juan Bautista Hospital in Caguas for $5.1 million, the company revealed Thursday.
chat_bubble3 Comments
visibility7490 Views
Ex Costa Rican president Arias to speak at CofC luncheon
November 29, 2011
Oscar Arias-Sánchez, two-term president of Costa Rica and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, will be addressing the local business community during this Friday’s quarterly luncheon of the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce.
chat_bubble0 Comment
visibility3820 Views
Commercial mission to DR nets $18M in sales
November 29, 2011
A delegation of 15 local companies that participated in a commercial mission earlier this month came back with their hands full and the possibility of garnering more than $18 million in immediate and projected sales, Economic Development and Commerce Secretary José Pérez-Riera and Enlace Empresarial President Luis Torres-Llompart said Monday.
chat_bubble0 Comment
visibility3137 Views
P.R. Venture Forum summit focuses on ‘driving growth and building sustainability’
November 29, 2011
The 12th annual Puerto Rico Venture Forum Summit, which will focus this year on the theme of “Driving growth and building sustainability: Expanding your venture opportunity” is slated to take place Dec. 6 at the Condado Plaza Hotel, Grupo Guayacán announced Monday.
chat_bubble0 Comment
visibility10584 Views
Ferries del Caribe foundation builds homes on DR-Haiti border
November 8, 2011
A group of businesspeople, professionals and families of Puerto Rican and Dominican descent have come together to collaborate with the Ferries del Caribe Foundation to build 199 cement homes for underprivileged families living in subhuman conditions on the Haiti-Dominican Republic border, the company announced Monday.
chat_bubble0 Comment
visibility5256 Views
New ACH president: Sector will pick itself up by ‘thinking outside the box’
November 2, 2011
Contractor Alejandro Brito, who for the next two years is presiding the Puerto Rico Homebuilders Association, applauded the Gov. Luis Fortuño administration’s decision Tuesday to extend the housing incentive program he said has been “totally effective” through the end of 2012.
chat_bubble0 Comment
visibility8377 Views
Financial planning key to avoiding individual, family money woes
October 31, 2011
In uncertain times such as the present, when economic stability is not a given, it is up to individuals and families to take responsibility for their financial planning to achieve short- and long-term peace of mind, field professionals recommend.
chat_bubble0 Comment
visibility2975 Views
Less than half of Britto knock-off suit defendants pursue settlement
October 28, 2011
The attorney for Pop Artist Romero Britto said Thursday that about 60 of the defendants sued nearly eight weeks ago for copyright and trademark infringement violations are in talks to settle the damages they have caused the Miami-based company.
chat_bubble0 Comment
visibility10600 Views
A Dow Jones/Factiva content provider since 2014
Subscribe to our Dollars & Sense podcast!
NIMB ON SOCIAL MEDIA