The Technology and Innovation Committee of the Puerto Rico CPA Society will hold its first “Innovation in Accounting and Finance Forum” on May 20 at the Condado Plaza Hilton Hotel.
The Integral Agricultural Development Fund, known as FIDA in Spanish, received a $57,415 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to be used to provide energy audits or renewable energy development assistance to farmers, ranchers, and rural small businesses.
After months of anticipation, H&M announced Tuesday the official opening date for its first store in Puerto Rico, located at The Mall of San Juan — on June 9th, 2016 at noon.
Puerto Rican food and beverage distribution company B. Fernández & Hnos. recently completed the installation of solar panels, which will generate 43 percent of the annual electricity consumption of the enterprise.
Students and professors from Sacred Heart University will have the support of the Puerto Rico Small Business and Technology Development Centers (PRSBTDC) to create new businesses based on innovation, the organizations announced Monday.
Rebexa Group, a Puerto Rican company dedicated to providing consulting services related to medical product regulatory issues, is marking its 10th anniversary with the opening of its new offices in Mayagüez.
Tenants at La Oficina, a shared office space located at the Caribe Building occupied mostly by arrivals under the government’s Law 20/22 incentives programs, recently took part in an event with the Puerto Rico Community Foundation to learn about innovative ways to give back to their new communities.
Electronic transaction processing firm EVERTEC announced Wednesday the availability of the new version of its mobile payment solution, EVERPay mPOS.
José Juan Dávila, vice president and current CEO of AT&T Mobility has been named the head of both the wireless carrier and DirecTV, which will begin consolidating their Puerto Rico operations as part of the $50 billion merger agreement completed last year.
Loisaida Inc., a leader in intergenerational programming that supports the needs of the Latino community in New York City, announced Tuesday the expansion of its services to offer programming that equips entrepreneurs with the basic tools for success.
Codetrotters Academy, the first programming school in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, announced Monday the graduation of 17 more students from its “Intro to Web Development” course, totaling 34 students that have graduated from the academy since it opened its doors last Fall.
A consortium of the world’s leading independent media agencies have joined forces to launch Local Planet, a new global media agency network. Puerto Rico’s Media Management & Partners among Local Planet’s founders agencies, the group announced Monday.
M. Holland Company, a distributor of thermoplastic resins, has completed the previously announced acquisition of sibling companies Able International Corp. and Tril Export Corp., both headquartered in San Juan.
The Puerto Rico Tourism Co. on Wednesday confirmed it is doing “everything in its power” to protect visitors to the island as it deals with the spread of the Zika virus, which so far has affected “less than one half of one percent” of the population,” agency Executive Director Ingrid I. Rivera-Rocafort said.
The multi-sectorial “Echar Pa’lante” alliance sponsored by Banco Popular recently joined forces with the Georgia Institute of Technology, to train more than 110 university professors from eight universities on entrepreneurship.
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