Three talented Puerto Rican students will have the opportunity to live a once-in-a-lifetime experience as part of this year’s Ruta Quetzal BBVA cultural program, which will take them to Colombia and Spain this summer, BBVA President Rafael Varela announced Tuesday.
The President Barack Obama administration announced Tuesday the start of the third round of the $26 million multi-agency “Advanced Manufacturing Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge” to foster innovation-fueled job creation through public-private partnerships.
For the first time in 12 years and the second in its 84-year history, the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association is gearing up to elect Waleska Rivera, president of Danosa Caribbean, to head the trade group during elections slated for this weekend’s annual convention, Executive Vice President William Riefkohl said Tuesday.
Public affairs and digital marketing services agency Burson-Marsteller announced Tuesday the appointment of Lynnette Teissonniere as market leader for its operation in Puerto Rico. Teissonniere will be based in San Juan and will report to Ramiro E. Prudencio, president of Burson-Marsteller Latin America.
The Doubletree by Hilton Hotel San Juan in Condado recently received an “outstanding” classification during a quality control evaluation by Hilton Hotels, Yodil Cabán, general manager of the hotel, said Tuesday.
Kia Motors Puerto Rico looking for an ambassador to represent island customers at a brand loyalty at an event in Seoul, Korea, in September.
Wireless products and services are a powerful agent of social change that give billions of people around the world, including Puerto Rico, with anytime, anywhere access, according to a recent report by BSR and commissioned by CTIA-The Wireless Association.
Many articles have been written about the decline of customer loyalty, and how frugal buyers are putting a higher priority on price. Fortunately for small business owners, the repeat customer is far from becoming extinct. In today’s highly competitive environment, every necessary step must be taken to ensure the relationship with your customer doesn’t end at the point-of-sale.
Looking to fight crime in his town, Humacao Mayor Marcelo Trujillo recently installed a new $300,000 electronic surveillance system to back up the work of the municipal police force.
The economic recession of the past six years has affected all income levels and has pushed the need for financial planning up a couple of notches on many people’s “to-do” list.
A trio of 10th grade students from the Antonio Reyes Padilla Vocational High School with a clear vision of how to further the economic development their hometown of Utuado walked away this year’s winners of the 14th edition of the Partnership for Economic Education and Personal Finance’s National Economy Competition held late last week.
Some 800 educators and support staff from schools throughout Puerto Rico took part in a recent forum co-sponsored by Microsoft Puerto Rico and the Education Department.
As the mortgage banking industry tightens conditions for loan approvals, market newcomer Multi Mortgage has been quietly positioning itself as a go-to option for local consumers, closing on some $20 million in loans less than a year after being established.
Triple-S Salud announced it will be relaunching its “A clean island is a healthy island” public service campaign in an effort to continue generating awareness of the harmful effects of litter on the environment.
WHEATON, Md. — Three years ago, the large squat building at the entrance to suburban Westfield Wheaton Mall housed a Circuit City. These days, the big-box retailer is long gone — a victim of bankruptcy and hard times — and has been replaced by the Washington, D.C., area’s first fully bilingual private institution of higher learning.
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