New Lexus dealership opens in Ponce
September 3, 2012
Luxury automaker Lexus recently inaugurated its newest dealership on Route 2 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The $1.5 million, 4,000 square-foot facility features a four-vehicle showroom, a 60-vehicle parking facility, a certified, pre-owned sales department, as well as parts and service areas.
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Enlace Empresarial organizing mission to DR trade fair
August 31, 2012
Professional organization Enlace Empresarial and Puerto Rico Trade and Export are inviting local entrepreneurs to an upcoming business conference to promote local exports in “Expocibao,” the largest and most important multisectoral fair in the Dominican Republic.
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Microsoft Windows ‘Upgrade Offer’ available in LatAm
August 31, 2012
Microsoft Corp. today Thursday the availability of the Windows Upgrade Offer for for Latin American consumers purchasing a new Windows 7 PC.
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Martín Peña Channel youth express themselves through art
August 29, 2012
Because “idle hands are the devil’s playthings,” FirstBank and the Puerto Rico Museum of Art took it upon themselves to keep 20 students residing Martin Peña Channel neighborhood in Santurce quite busy for the better part of the summer embellishing one of the community’s main entrances.
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Claro launches wireless residential home phone service
August 29, 2012
Competition between Puerto Rico’s two largest wireless carriers, Claro and AT&T, over the mobile residential phone market is heating up, with the latter company’s introduction of its “Claro Hogar” service.
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Bankers Association opens call for 4th edition of financial education video contest
August 28, 2012
The Puerto Rico Bankers Association and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, have opened the call for the fourth edition of the “Puerto Rico Financial Awareness Video Contest,” aimed at promoting the creation of audiovisual materials that help educate and raise awareness among the island’s young people on the importance of effective financial management.
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Popular launches personal financial manager
August 24, 2012
Banco Popular recently unveiled its new “Personal Financial Manager” tool, to enable its customers to manage their money through the “Mi Banco” service.
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JetBlue’s maiden DC-SJ route lands at LMM
August 24, 2012
JetBlue Airways, Puerto Rico's largest carrier, launched Thursday its new nonstop "capital-to-capital" service from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport.
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P3 Authority, Claret Consulting partner for 2-day training session
August 23, 2012
Virginia-based Claret Consulting, in collaboration with the Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnership Authority, will be bringing its “U.S. P3 Training Institute” to the island Oct. 18-20 to gather P3 practitioners from around the country in an intensive training session.
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Popular Community Bank launches mobile banking app
August 22, 2012
Popular Inc.’s stateside subsidiary, Popular Community Bank, announced Tuesday the launch of its mobile banking application for iPhone and Android devices, which offers special features for small and mid-size business owners and their staff to manage finances from virtually anywhere.
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Mayagüez to host 3rd edition of Green Energy Business Conference
August 20, 2012
The town of Mayagüez will host this Friday an event to generate awareness and educate on solar energy and energy efficiency. The "Green Energy Business Conference – The Solar Challenge" conference will gather academics, green energy industry professionals and businesspeople interested in developing renewable energy and energy conservation projects in their facilities.
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SBA, stakeholders to meet for fiscal year-end roundtable
August 16, 2012
U.S. Small Business Administration Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands Deputy District Director, María de los Ángeles de Jesús, invited local agency stakeholders — lenders and other resource partners — Wednesday to meet with her on Aug. 28 to discuss matters currently affecting small businesses on the island.
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Diageo recruiting for ‘Learning skills for life’ program
August 14, 2012
ritish liquor producer Diageo announced Monday it has begun recruiting college students for the next edition of its “Learning skills for life” program, an eight-week, hands-on training on Puerto Rico’s service and tourism industry.
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Aquafina launches special bottle to benefit Susan G. Komen Puerto Rico
August 13, 2012
Water bottler Aquafina is introducing a special 16-ounce package to raise funds for the Susan G. Komen Puerto Rico foundation dedicated to fighting breast cancer.
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Banco Popular hosting 8th annual 5K race
August 10, 2012
Banco Popular offered details Thursday of the eight edition of its 5K “Corre un País” race, which just like it did last year, will benefit nonprofit organization Iniciativa Comunitaria and its “Brega Bien” outreach program.
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