The Puerto Rico Bankers Association said Wednesday the government’s decision to include Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority in the Puerto Rico Emergency Moratorium and Financial Rehabilitation Act could jeopardize the closing this year of the consensual restructuring support agreement.
The U.S. Census Bureau announced Tuesday it plans to conduct a test census in selected areas within Puerto Rico beginning February 2017.
Baskin-Robbins announced Tuesday that Island Creamery Inc. has acquired more than 20 Baskin-Robbins shops in Puerto Rico, becoming the brand's new sole franchisee on the island.
Debt insurer Assured Guaranty has aligned with the Ad Hoc Group of Puerto Rico's General Obligation Bondholders, agreeing to the deferral of principal repayment of Puerto Rico General Obligation Bonds on terms “economically consistent with the previously released term sheet,” the group said Monday.
The Coliseo de Puerto Rico has been ranked 15th in the list of Top 100 arenas worldwide in Pollstar Magazine's 2016 rankings, venue officials confirmed Monday.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making up to $44 million available to farmers, ranchers and businesses to develop new bio-based products and expand markets through the Value-Added Producer Grant program.
GM Security Technologies, a provider of secure cloud computing, big data and integrated security, recently announced a strategic agreement with the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust, and the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, to launch an innovation and incubation "cluster" for cybersecurity.
Puerto Rican law firm McConnell Valdés LLC is marking seven decades of uninterrupted contributions to the development of the island’s legal profession, as well as its economic and social transformation.
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands district office will host on April 20-21 the entrepreneurship training course for veterans known as “Boots to Business: Reboot in San Juan.”
As Puerto Rico finds itself in the midst of furthering its role in the knowledge economy on a large scale, the Puerto Rico Agricultural Biotechnology Industry Association (PRABIA) and the Mayagüez campus of the University of Puerto Rico signed Tuesday a collaboration agreement that will benefit the agronomists that graduate each year.
Agricultural Under Secretary Lisa Mensah announced Monday that $5.8 million nationwide in competitive funding is available to help start, improve or expand cooperative businesses in rural areas.
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., a global player in the solar photovoltaic industry, announced that it will supply METKA-EGN USA, LLC with 57.65 MW of PV solar modules for the largest facility of its kind in Puerto Rico.
The 2016 World Candles Congress & Suppliers Trade Show, jointly sponsored by the National Candle Association and the Latin American Candle Manufacturers Association announced the upcoming Luminaria Project, which will support Casa Cuna de San Juan, an organization that provides safe refuge and a transitional home for abandoned children.
Looking to add to the island’s efforts to promote agriculture as a sustainable source of growth and economic development, a group of entrepreneurs will host Agrohack, a conference focusing on the sector, on May 28.
Crowley Maritime Corporation recently set the main engine onto El Coquí, the first of two new, “Commitment Class ConRo” (combination container and Roll/On-Roll/Off) ships that will be powered by liquefied natural gas for use in Jacksonville-to-Puerto Rico ocean cargo trade on 2017, the company announced Tuesday.
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