Puerto Rico Trade and Export’s Expo Partners service is offering local companies an opportunity to work with international trade experts to develop and implement a plan to expand the scope of their products or services beyond the island’s shores.
José Sifontes, who held the post of U.S. Small Business Administration District Director for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, José Sifontes, passed away Dec. 28, the agency announced Monday.
The Economic Development Bank will be setting its sights on promoting self-employment initiatives in 2012, targeting specific sectors with orientation sessions and, perhaps most importantly, funding, agency President Ivonne Otero said.