Mario Pérez (Credit: © Mauricio Pascual) Puerto Rican consumers appear to be getting their confidence back, at least when it comes to swiping their MasterCard at the cash register. Such is the conclusion that Mario Pérez, general manager for MasterCard’s Caribbean region, offered based on last quarter’s performance levels on the island and throughout Latin […]
Time is running out for the Borders bookstore in Carolina, which is set to close on April 15 — just two weeks shy of the contractual deadline that Illinois-based Hilco Merchant Resources, LLC has to finish liquidating as much as it can from the stores destined to close.
Fast-food Italian eatery chain Sbarro filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for its stateside business, a decision that is not expected to affect the local eight-restaurant operation, News is my Business learned Monday.