Doral employees urge to gov’t to end fight, spare jobs
October 17, 2014
A group of Doral Bank employees held a news conference Thursday, urging Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla to stop the government’s “attack” on their workplace, and “save their jobs.”
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Liberty Puerto Rico launches ‘Liberty Everywhere’
October 16, 2014
Liberty Puerto Rico recently launched its newest product, “Liberty Everywhere,” through which it vows to “transform the ways in which its customers access and use video content.”
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Bahía Beach Resort selects Claro as telecom provider
October 16, 2014
Telecommuncations company Claro Puerto Rico and the St. Regis Bahía Beach Resort and Golf Club announced an agreement by which the former will provide the residents of Bahía Beach its television and fiber optic broadband services with speeds of up to 150 Megas for Internet service.
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PR MBDA receives $100K for aerospace industry training
October 15, 2014
The Puerto Rico Minority Business Development Agency Center, a nonprofit run by the Puerto Rico Products Association, received funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce to establish a technical assistance program to help minority companies join the aerospace industry supply chain.
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Polytechnic Univ., MAPFRE team up for scholarships
October 14, 2014
The Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico recently signed an agreement with MAPFRE Foundation through which the global insurance company will provide an annual scholarship for post-graduate studies in Spain and five annual scholarships for students specializing in e-learning studies focusing on insurance.
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Puerto Rico strongly represented in IMEX America show
October 14, 2014
Starting today, a delegation of Puerto Rico’s tourism industry, led by Meet Puerto Rico, will participate in the fourth edition of IMEX America, the largest tradeshow for the international meetings, events and incentive travel industry in the U.S., held in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Walmart ‘tells its story’ in new institutional ad campaign
October 8, 2014
Walmart Puerto Rico announced the launch of a campaign in which partners, suppliers, manufacturing, agribusiness representatives and nonprofit entities take part in relating the the “positive impact that the presence of this company on the island has had on their lives and their businesses.”
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Claro offering free IPTV service through Jan. ’15
October 8, 2014
Telecommunications provider Claro announced Tuesday it will provide its broadband-based ClaroTV paid television service free of charge until January 2015 to customers who sign up to its bundled package this month.
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AT&T, Univ. of USVI partner to curb texting while driving
October 7, 2014
The University of the Virgin Islands and AT&T recently held a joint event in the neighboring territory seeking to drive home the message with students that no text is worth a life or injury.
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Doral, Rooms to Go offer joint financing alternatives
October 7, 2014
Doral Mortgage and furniture retailer Rooms to Go recently announced a partnership to offer customers special financing offers on loans closed before Nov. 20, 2014.
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AmEx inaugurates Puerto Rico corporate office
October 6, 2014
American Express Global Corporate Payments announced the opening of its new office for its corporate cards business line for Puerto Rico and the Caribbean at Metro Office Park in Guaynabo.
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Sprint offers free minutes to Mexico, parts of LatAm
October 6, 2014
Wireless carrier Sprint announced recently that for a limited time, it will be giving new customers who switch to an eligible plan 500 free minutes a month to mobile phones and landlines in Mexico and nine additional Latin American countries, including the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Spain and Brazil. The “Sprint Mexico & More” promotion runs […]
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Puerto Rico Treasury Dept. unveils revamped website
October 3, 2014
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department unveiled Thursday its redesigned website, to among other things, promote “greater transparency and easier access to information and services,” agency Secretary Melba Acosta said.
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FCC levies $25K fine against San Juan telecom operator
October 2, 2014
The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday disclosed it has issued a $25,000 fine against CMARR Inc., a San Juan-based telecommunications operator for “willfully interfering with Federal Aviation Administration weather radar[s]” by operating unlicensed radio transmitters.
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FirstBank joins Food Bank’s ‘Mochila Alegre’ program
October 2, 2014
In Puerto Rico, 56 percent of children live in families that suffer from food instability, according to 2011 data from the National Council of La Raza.
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