American Express extends ‘Small Business Saturday’ event to P.R.
November 19, 2018
Small Business Saturday, founded by American Express in 2010, is held each year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
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P.R./USVI to benefit from $4.7M in National Environmental Health Association projects
November 19, 2018
The two-year, $4.7 million agreement directs NEHA to conduct its work in jurisdictions impacted by the 2017 hurricanes Harvey, Irma and María.
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Op-Ed: Takeaways from Social Media Week 2018 San Juan
November 19, 2018
Social media is one huge “Tabula Rasa” where anyone with an interesting product or story can start a business.
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DirecTV P.R. launches scholarship competition for student filmmakers
November 19, 2018
Puerto Rico is one of several Latin American countries that can participate in the FACIUNI Scholarship competition.
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7 nonprofits receive Angel Ramos Foundation’s Tina Hills ’18 awards
November 19, 2018
Seven organizations, of different sizes and areas of action, were chosen winners of the Special Edition of the Tina Hills Award.
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Gov’t looking for tenants for 11 commercial spaces along Urban Train route
November 19, 2018
Luis Burdiel, president of the Puerto Rico Economic Development Bank offers details of a government-sponsored competition to select tenants for the commercial spaces at Urban Train stations.
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Cataño-based Able Sales poised to increase exports by 30% in ’19
November 16, 2018
Able Sales President Luis Silva unveiled the company’s new line of breakfast products manufactured in Puerto Rico.
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U.S. Navy contract grants Rome Research Corp. $7.3M contract to run Aguada radar
November 16, 2018
It must also run the Navy’s Low Frequency Fixed Submarine Broadcasting System with periods of performance from September 2018 to August 2023.
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Parallel18 Ventures co-invests $225K in 4 P.R., LatAm startups
November 16, 2018
This time, the companies were part of Generation 4, which completed the program in March of 2018.
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14 companies picked to participate in ‘Pymes Innovadoras’ program
November 16, 2018
Participating entrepreneurs will receive up to $100,000 in incentives to help them set off business growth plans, as well as market and export their innovative products based on science and technology.
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1K+ P.R. shops join ‘Orange Wednesday’ initiative on Nov. 21
November 16, 2018
The effort will be coupled with an educational campaign to raise consumer awareness about the importance for the economy to support a Puerto Rican business.
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Brands Of raises $1M investment to strengthen regional footprint
November 16, 2018
The agreement was formalized with both the local and foreign capital.
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Universal Group teams with Miranda to support P.R.’s ’20 Summer Olympic athletes
November 16, 2018
Like all Puerto Ricans, the island’s premiere athletes faced great disruption in their routines following Hurricane Maria’s landfall on Sept. 20, 2017, the island’s most devastating storm in 85 years.
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JetBlue launches facial-recognition self-boarding gate at JFK for int’l flights
November 16, 2018
JetBlue’s new biometric self-boarding gate comes on the heels of the airline’s successful trials at Boston Logan International Airport, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and New York-JFK.
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Don Q Rum launches annual ‘National Coquito Day’ celebration Dec. 21
November 16, 2018
Destilería Serrallés, producers of Don Q rum, took on the task of formalizing this tradition into a national holiday.
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