Loíza St. energized by wave of new restaurants, stores
June 4, 2014
A wave of new developments is sweeping across Loíza Street, injecting renewed vibrancy into this well-known sector of San Juan and highlighting once again the area's resilience in the face of Puerto Rico's endless recession.
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Productos La Finca founder is SBA’s ’14 Small Biz Person
May 12, 2014
The Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration recently chose Eniel Torres-Ojeda, president of Productos La Finca Inc., to receive its “2014 Puerto Rico Small Business Person of the Year” award, during the closing ceremonies of Small Business Week on the island.
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Entrepreneurs must reinvent, operate outside the box
March 12, 2014
Hundreds of business owners took part in the “Entrepreneurs First” workshop hosted by FirstBank and the autonomous municipality of Caguas Tuesday, at the Centro Criollo de Ciencia y Tecnología (C3TEC) to learn about how to reinvent their businesses, educate themselves and strengthen local industries.
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SBA, INTENE partner to serve northeast region small biz
December 10, 2013
The U.S. Small Business Administration and the Technology Initiative of the Northeast have entered a strategic alliance, through which the federal agency will expand its reach to more potential entrepreneurs, and further promote Puerto Rico’s economic development, SBA District Director Yvette T. Collazo announced Monday.
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Gov’t, PRTEC team up to boost small, mid-sized biz growth
December 5, 2013
Puerto Rico Trade and Export and the Puerto Rico Techno Economic Corridor signed a partnership agreement Wednesday to boost the commercial development and job creation along the island’s western flank.
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AmEx extends ‘Small Business Saturday’ to Puerto Rico
November 26, 2013
Credit card company American Express will celebrate “Small Business Saturday” for the first time in Puerto Rico on Nov. 30.
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‘Made in Puerto Rico’ fair to be on web for 1st time
November 20, 2013
This year's edition of the Made in Puerto Rico Fair, to be held Dec. 7 and 8 in Caguas, will be on the wide world web for the first time.
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SBA lending in Puerto Rico, USVI up 8% in FY 2013
November 7, 2013
The U.S. Small Business Administration supported more than $75 million in loans to Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands small businesses during fiscal year 2013, an 8 percent increase over fiscal year 2012, the agency announced Wednesday.
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Puerto Rico start-ups to pitch business ideas in NYC
October 15, 2013
Four Puerto Rico start-ups will pitch their businesses and products in New York City today, at the “Startups of Puerto Rico Showcase event” slated to take place in Manhattan.
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New government taxes scaring off entrepreneurs
October 10, 2013
Uncertainty over the impact of new taxes on businesses may be putting a break on entrepreneurship with Puerto Rico's largest bank reporting a slowdown in its small business loan activity.
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Study: Exporting is costly for small, mid-sized companies
September 30, 2013
Puerto Rico’s small and mid-sized businesses have a variety of possibilities for expansion in foreign markets that provide great potential to export their products and achieve greater economic strength and growth, although few have departments currently engaged in foreign trade.
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Consumer Credit, COFECC partner to help local small biz
September 18, 2013
Aware that an individual’s financial health is key to the development of their micro, small and medium business ventures, Consumer Credit Counseling Services and the Corporation for Business and Community Financing, known as COFECC, announced Tuesday the terms of a partnership to help participants strengthen their knowledge and personal finance management.
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SBA looking to stimulate R&D activity in Puerto Rico
September 11, 2013
For years, Puerto Rico has had a long-standing reputation for being a mecca for manufacturing and production for major companies who flock to this Caribbean island in search of talented workers and tax benefits.
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SBA lending in Puerto Rico, USVI up in 3Q13
July 24, 2013
The U.S. Small Business Administration approved 476 loans in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands during the first nine months of fiscal year 2013, an 18 percent increase over loans approved during the same period in 2012.
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Puerto Rico gov’t, companies to buy goods from Corp. of Industries for the Blind
June 27, 2013
Puerto Rico government agencies and big companies from the private sector are rallying to help people with disabilities through a two-fold initiative backed by the Family Department.
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