The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a $1 million loan to the Puerto Rico Economic Development Bank for job promotion in rural areas.
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist within Deutsche Post DHL Group, confirmed Thursday it invested close to $1 million in Puerto Rico last year.
Sacred Heart University announced Wednesday the receipt of a $150,000 gift from Ashton Soniat and his wife Lauren to establish the perpetual Robert Soniat Fund to provide scholarships to outstanding students with financial need.
With its new “Sé Imparable” initiative, Ford announced Tuesday it is looking for people in Puerto Rico who are “continually exceling and striving to improve other people’s lives as well as their own,” despite the island’s challenging economic and social environment.
The Puerto Rico Bankers Association is offering a series of recommendations to the island’s small and mid-sized business community so they can “get off on the right foot” this year.
The Puerto Rico MBDA Business Center, run by the Puerto Rico Products Association, will sponsor an event on Feb. 2 to spur business growth opportunities for local companies.
The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico confirmed Tuesday it will hold its fourth Board meeting in Puerto Rico on Jan. 28 at 8:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at El Conquistador hotel in Fajardo.
USDA Rural Development Under Secretary Lisa Mensah announced Wednesday that the agency is accepting applications for the Community Connect Grant Program and Broadband Program for FY 2017.
The U.S. Small Business Administration is inviting funding proposals from nonprofit organizations, state, local and tribal government agencies, and institutions of higher learning to provide “Boots to Business” entrepreneurship training to service members, military spouses, and veterans.
Liberty Puerto Rico announced Monday the opening of a new customer service center at Aguadilla Mall to offer more efficiency and convenience to customers in northwestern Puerto Rico.
Crunch Fitness Club will open its newest location in Puerto Rico in March, a $1.5 million, 30,000 square-foot gym at Plaza del Caribe in Ponce, company officials announced Monday.
FirstBank's Small Business Unit granted two loans under the SBA Express and SBA 7(a) Programs to Optifarma, LLC for the purchase of inventory and operational capital, the bank announced. The amount of the loans were undisclosed.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that Tuesday that PAZOS Fixed Base Operator Service opened a new general aviation processing facility at the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in Carolina.
PharmPix, a local full-service Pharmacy Benefits Management (PBM) company, has again earned URAC accreditation in its field, the company announced Tuesday.
The new administration under Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló on Wednesday released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ), seeking a new strategic advisor and legal counsel to move ahead with restructuring the Commonwealth’s $68 billion debt.
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