High schoolers offer lessons in sustainable economic development
May 28, 2012
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.
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Microsoft recognizes innovative teaching
May 28, 2012
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.
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Co-op mortgage bank locks down $20M portfolio in 10 months
May 28, 2012
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.
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Triple-S Salud launches anti-littering awareness campaign
May 28, 2012
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.
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SUAGM opens Maryland campus as it expands across U.S., overseas
May 25, 2012
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 These days, the big-box retailer is long gone — a victim of bankruptcy and hard times — and has been replaced by the Washington, D.C., area’s first fully bilingual private institution of higher learning.
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Wells Fargo analyst outlines P.R.’s ‘economic failure’
May 25, 2012
While saying Puerto Rico is not “America’s Greece,” a senior analyst with Wells Fargo Securities said the time has come for the island to implement drastic change or risk facing an even bigger economic collapse.
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Arecibo residents express mixed feelings about waste-to-energy plant project
May 25, 2012
Arecibo-area residents got their chance to express their concerns about the waste-to-energy incinerator project that New York-based Energy Answers is proposing to build in their neighborhood during an informative meeting that drew heavy participation this week.
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FastSigns sets up shop in Guaynabo, plans 4 more stores
May 25, 2012
FastSigns, a Texas-based signage, graphics and visual communications company, officially opened its first local franchise in Guaynabo on Thursday, marking its first foray into the Puerto Rico market.
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P.R. gets $500K for self-employment programs
May 24, 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor announced the availability of $35 million in funds to develop, enhance and promote Self-Employment Assistance programs in all 50 states, including Puerto Rico, which will receive $504,523.
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Green Energy Fund spurs 111 solar energy projects islandwide
May 24, 2012
Over the past year, 111 green energy projects have sprouted up islandwide representing a joint investment between the government and the private sector of some $48 million.
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CNE: Rewiring Prepa doesn’t require ‘reiventing the wheel’
May 24, 2012
The surprising paralysis of the certification of the representatives of the public interest in the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s governing body is the most recent example of an arbitrary system that has taken power with impunity and that self-reproduces at the expense of the best interests of the people.
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MAPR launches social media platform
May 24, 2012
The Puerto Rico Museum of Art has teamed up with digital marketing agency Contáctica to launch the first social media platform created for a local museum.
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FCC changes put $180M in telecom funding to P.R. at risk
May 23, 2012
Some $180 million that Puerto Rico receives in funding assigned annually through the Federal Communications Commission could be at risk due to the methodologies the agency is implementing to phase out the Universal Service Program and usher in its replacement, the Connect America Fund.
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Oriental taps on ‘agility’ to boost commercial banking
May 23, 2012
Oriental Financial Group’s staff is literally lacing up its sneakers to keep up the pace with the goal the company has placed at the finish line: growing its commercial banking division at a brisk rate and closing $500 million in new loans this year.
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MetTel brings converged telecom solutions to market
May 23, 2012
Responding to enterprise customer demand for a single converged telecommunications solutions provider, New York-based Metropolitan Telecommunications (MetTel) announced Tuesday it has begun offering service in Puerto Rico.
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