Health and beauty products line Nature's Pearl, which was recently launched in the Puerto Rico market, has already recruited about 100 people for its sales and distribution network, company executive said. The goal is to recruit 500 salespeople during 2013.
The U.S. Small Business Administration and the University of Puerto Rico Carolina Campus have signed a “Strategic Alliance Memorandum” to work together to strengthen and expand small business development on the island, SBA Deputy District Director María de los Ángeles de Jesús said Friday.
Oriental Financial Group Inc. reported Thursday net income of $14.6 million for 2012, equal to $0.35 per common share results, and is predicting a strong 2013 attributed to its acquisition of BBVA Puerto Rico, which “has created a larger, diversified and growth oriented banking platform.”
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