Census: 1 in 5 movers relocate to different metro area
August 26, 2015
About 18 percent of all movers in the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico, totaling 8.5 million people, moved to a different metropolitan area in the last year, according to new statistics released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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EVERTEC announces organizational changes at helm
August 21, 2015
San Juan-based, full-service transaction processing company EVERTEC Inc. announced Thursday key organizational changes in its leadership team.
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FirstBank’s ‘Duplica tu Balance’ promotion takes off
August 20, 2015
FirstBank’s latest campaign, dubbed “Duplica tu Balance” (“Double your balance”) takes off today, offering customers an automatic entry to the draw of two partial awards of $5,000 and of a grand prize of up to $50,000 with each transaction registered on their personal deposit accounts through Nov. 20, 2015.
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Open Mobile, Assurant Solutions team on device trade-in
August 18, 2015
Open Mobile, one of several mobile network operators in Puerto Rico, is partnering with Assurant Solutions on a trade-in program that enables customers purchasing a new mobile phone to get instant credit for their old one.
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New film studio opens in Trujillo Alto
August 17, 2015
HERE Studios, a local company lead by entrepreneur Vicente Cajigas, recently opened a new film studio at the Saint Just Industrial Park in Trujillo Alto equipped with the latest technology and facilities required by the industry.
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USDA announces funding to repair rural area homes
August 17, 2015
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Home Repair Program is offering qualifying rural homeowners the opportunity to apply for loans and grants to repair their dwellings, agency officials announced.
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San Juan passport agency reopens to public Aug. 17
August 14, 2015
The San Juan Passport Agency will reopen to the public for U.S. passport services beginning Aug. 17, 2015, at the Minillas Government Center, agency officials announced Thursday.
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P.R. Hispanic Chamber to orient on doing business in FL
August 12, 2015
After hearing many stories of people and businesses that are leaving Puerto Rico to relocate to Florida with no idea of the resources available to them, the Puerto Rico Hispanic Chamber of Broward County will be offering a 3-hour orientation seminar on Sept. 9.
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P.R. gets nearly $14M in federal funds for projects
August 10, 2015
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is allocating $10.1 million to Puerto Rico under four separate grant programs.
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Gila LLC to manage Puerto Rico electronic tolls system
August 4, 2015
Texas-based Gila LLC, has been awarded an Electronic Toll Collection System operations and maintenance contract for the toll roads owned and operated by the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority and Autopistas Metropolitanas of PR, known as Metropistas.
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USDA opens cycle for broadband build-out loans
August 3, 2015
The USDA announced the availability of loans to build broadband in rural areas, along with changes to the program required by the 2014 Farm Bill.
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Puma Energy pilots propane gas distribution plan
August 3, 2015
Looking to serve demand by vehicles and fleets making the conversion from gasoline or diesel to propane gas, Puma Energy will launch a pilot program later this month to begin offering propane gas at two of its service stations, company CEO Víctor Domínguez said.
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Island company to test new tech to detect tuberculosis
July 31, 2015
Puerto Rican company Caribbean Biotechnologies Inc. was recently granted approval by the Ministry of Health of Haiti to conduct clinical studies to test its new technology for the instantaneous detection of Tuberculosis in patients, in partnership with International Child Care's Grace Children's Hospital in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
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Puerto Rican company Vibranalysis goes int’l as Vibra
July 29, 2015
VibrAnalysis, a Puerto Rican company that provides reliability engineering and condition-based maintenance services, has renewed its corporate image and logo, rebranding itself as Vibra.
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Triple-S gets perfect score from federal employees
July 28, 2015
For the fifth year in a row, Triple-S received the “PlanSmartChoice Plus” award and was recognized as the island’s only plan to get a perfect score in all categories evaluated.
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