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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FAA plans Sept. 28 public hearings on LMM P3
August 30, 2012
The Federal Aviation Administration will hold on Sept. 28 what will likely be the only public hearing on the proposed public-private partnership through which the government of Puerto Rico would turn the management of the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport over to Aerostar Holdings, News is my Business learned.
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Private colleges contribute to upward mobility
August 30, 2012
Private and post-secondary institutions represent an important economic and social mobility tool in Puerto Rico’s economy, according to the findings of a study conducted by the Estudios Técnicos research firm.
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‘Priceless Puerto Rico’ program exceeds 1st year expectations
August 30, 2012
Puerto Rico’s inclusion in MasterCard’s “Priceless Cities” program has resulted in higher-than-expected levels of success during its first year and is now being set up for an expansion beyond the San Juan metropolitan area into other towns with brisk tourism activity.
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Op-Ed: The nightmare is over
August 30, 2012
Two weeks ago, one of my most prized possessions, my laptop, was stolen at the airport security checkpoint in Cancún, on the way back from a press junket. That was an experience I wish on no one, because having something so important disappear practically right before one’s eyes is enough to send anybody into a tailspin.
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Guayacán announces 8th edition of ‘EnterPRize’ business plan competition
August 29, 2012
Puerto Rico start-ups looking to finance their operations will have the chance to vie for three cash prizes totaling $80,000 to be awarded during this year’s eighth annual edition of the “EnterPRize” business plan competition, sponsor Grupo Guayacán announced Tuesday.
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Private Sector Coalition, NY Fed swap ideas to develop island economy
August 29, 2012
Concrete ideas for creating jobs, especially for recent graduates, and a strong commitment to jump-start the economy were the result of the recent meeting between representatives of the Private Sector Coalition and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which established agreements to work together to benefit Puerto Rico’s competitiveness.
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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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Retail sales up 2.24% in 1st semester of ’12
August 28, 2012
Puerto Rico’s retail activity showed a positive upturn during the first six months of the year, totaling $17.5 billion, or a 2.24 percent increase over the same period in 2011, government agency Puerto Rico Trade and Export announced Monday.
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Energy Answers WTE plant gets support from Arecibo neighbors
August 28, 2012
A group of Arecibo residents has gathered and submitted more than 1,500 signatures in favor of the proposed $500 million, 77-megawatt waste-to-energy plant project by Albany, NY-based Energy Answers International Inc. for the Cambalache sector of the northern Puerto Rico town.
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Chef Ducasse out of W Retreat, eatery re-opens as Sorcé
August 28, 2012
Two and half years after renowned Restaurateur and Chef Alain Ducasse opened his first restaurant in the Caribbean, miX on the beach at the W Retreat & Spa in Vieques Puerto Rico, the hotel announced a new eatery, Sorcé, has taken its place.
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Op-Ed: ‘Nothing happens in Aguirre’
August 28, 2012
Those were the words used by the youngsters of Barrio Aguirre in the municipality of Salinas to describe their community.
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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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