Friedman & Feiger, one of the top law firms in Dallas, Texas, recently celebrated the inauguration of its first office outside the continental U.S., with an informal Open House and ribbon cutting ceremony in Hato Rey.
Puerto Rican travel agency wholesalers AAA Tours, Good Quality Tours and Sorymar Tours are among some 270 companies from 39 countries that took part in the Colombia Travel Mart fair in Bogotá and Medellín last week.
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department will begin a round of visits to San Juan metropolitan area businesses today to monitoring compliance of the Sales and Use Tax (known as IVU in Spanish).
Reliance on cloud computing services has become a growing trend among companies looking to cut down their costs by paying for what they consume — technologically speaking — while streamlining operations. In Puerto Rico, cloud computing related activity is already estimated at $300 million, and is expected to continue growing over the next decade.
Jani Clean, a Puerto Rican company specializing in janitorial products and services, was chosen as one of three small and medium-sized businesses in Latin America to receive the UPS Entrepreneurial Spirit Award for innovation and success.
The Ford Dealers Association of Puerto Rico donated $16,000 to the Alliance for a Drug-Free Puerto Rico, through the auction of a 2013 Ford Fiesta during the Antique Car Show held earlier this month.
OfficeMax announced Tuesday several new products and services to help small businesses in Puerto Rico find success “in a competitive environment in which entrepreneurs usually need to multitask and take on a variety of roles within their business.”
Energy Answers, the company looking to set up a waste-to-energy plant in Arecibo, recently partnered with the town’s National University College campus and Better World Books to establish a pilot project focused on reusing books and reducing the high volume of waste cluttering island landfills.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Monday the appointment of 10 members to the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics (NAREEE) Advisory Board, including Prof. Agnes Mojica, Chancellor of the San Germán Campus of the Inter American University of Puerto Rico.
The Founder Institute, the world’s largest start-up accelerator with more than 750 graduate companies, recently announced that applications are open for the Puerto Rico Spring 2013 semester session.
Telecommunications provider WorldNet recently hosted a seminar to lay out strategies that government agency leaders can follow to improve customer service: a key element in achieving a much-needed transformation and greater efficiencies in the public sector.
Batanga Media, the Hispanic market’s largest digital media company this week announced its expansion into Puerto Rico, leverage investments in technology, products and content to “create significant value for advertisers and websites, while providing compelling content to online audiences across the island,” company officials said.
The pristine, white-powdered sands and turquoise waters of Flamenco Beach — on Puerto Rico's island municipality of Culebra — have earned it a fifth place ranking among the world’s top 10 beaches included in Trip Advisor’s “2013 Travelers’ Choice Beaches Awards.”
Grupo Felcon, owner of the Mayagüez Ford dealership, has invested $5 million to build a new 20,000 square-foot dealership to continue building upon its more than two years of success in the western region, company officials said Wednesday.
Dish Network announced Wednesday the availability of the “Hopper Transfers” app, an exclusive feature for its Hopper with Sling Whole-Home High-Definition DVR service that lets customers move television recordings from the DVR to an iPad for viewing without an Internet connection.
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