10th edition of ‘Best Employers’ survey underway
March 8, 2013
It is a fact that the success of a responsible company depends on its ability to transform to create a workforce committed to the organizations’ goals and projections. The Puerto Rico “Best Employers” study helps identify and acknowledge companies excelling in creating a healthy workplace while achieving their business goals. By combining these and other attributes, companies on this list become benchmarks for their industries.
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Univ. of Miami School of Business offers scholarships for Puerto Rico MBA program
March 7, 2013
The University of Miami School of Business Administration announced Wednesday a new scholarship program to support participants in its Puerto Rico Executive MBA program. Scholarships ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 will be available to qualified individuals who are admitted to the class beginning in October 2013.
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TRB opens free Internet center in Caguas
March 7, 2013
In an effort to promote education and foster technological advancement for residents of the Municipality of Caguas, the Telecommunications Regulatory Board and the municipal government officially opened Wednesday the town’s first community center with free Internet access.
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Hato Rey boutique ‘repurposing’ fashion for a cause
March 6, 2013
For more than three years, high-fashion shop Eco Boutique Renovable has been benefitting countless of underprivileged women in Puerto Rico through donations of previously owned clothing and accessories, meeting its goal of recycling and reusing quality items.
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Texas law firm Friedman & Feiger opens Puerto Rico office
March 5, 2013
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.
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3 Puerto Rico travel agents in Colombia Travel Mart expo
March 4, 2013
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.
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Treasury hits the road to audit IVU compliance
March 1, 2013
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).
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WorldNet launches ‘Cloud Direct’ services
March 1, 2013
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.
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Island firm among UPS ‘Entrepreneurial Spirit Award’ winners
February 28, 2013
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.
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Ford Dealers donate $16K to Alliance for a Drug-Free Puerto Rico
February 28, 2013
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.
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OfficeMax launches products, services for Puerto Rico small businesses
February 27, 2013
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.”
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Energy Answers, Nat’l Univ. College partner to recycle books
February 26, 2013
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.
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Inter American Univ. Chancellor appointed to USDA board
February 26, 2013
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.
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Applications open for Puerto Rico Founder Institute spring semester
February 25, 2013
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.
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WorldNet seminar strategizes to transform customer service in gov’t
February 22, 2013
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.
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