JetBlue Airways announced Wednesday that its new daily nonstop service from Chicago's O'Hare to San Juan, set to begin Nov. 20, is now out for sale.
Wireless telecommunications provider T-Mobile announced Wednesday it has opened a pre-order period for customers interested in buying the new iPhone 5.
California-based Borrego Solar Systems Inc. plans to enter Puerto Rico’s renewable energy market through a pair of solar-powered projects to produce more than 23 megawatts of power, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.
Barbados, an island highly dependent on tourism, is reeling under continued economic difficulties in Europe — its main tourism market — as well as a pending hike in the U.K. airline passenger duty and several violent attacks against British nationals.
The Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico and the Center of Information Assurance for Research and Education will be hosting the first “CyberSecurity 2013 Cloud and Social Networking Conference” April 19 to discuss what is considered one of the hottest IT issues worldwide.
Telecom carrier Claro officially cut the ribbon on its newest customer service center in Guayama, to provide attention to customers in Puerto Rico’s central and southern regions.
Universal Protection Service, a division of Universal Services of America and one of the largest providers of security services in the United States, announced it has picked up the assets of Allegiance Security Group from Trivest Partners, LP.
One of the Caribbean’s top tourism destinations, the Bahamas, now has a world-class international airport to boast about. Yet who will foot the bill for this strikingly modern, $409.5 million expansion project remains a matter of controversy.
Ford Puerto Rico announced Monday the 12th edition of its “Conservation and Environment Grants Program” to help individuals and nonprofit organizations on the island in projects that promote environmental welfare.
The Puerto Rico Sales and Marketing Executives Association will host its 11th annual convention April 3-5, with a full agenda of panel discussions at the Convention Center.
Regional air carrier American Eagle ended its 27-year run out of the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan over the weekend, flying away from the Caribbean and Puerto Rico for the last time.
FirstBank Puerto Rico has entered into three separate agreements to sell a total of $532 million bad commercial loans with a book value of $315 million, for $201 million, or 38 percent of the unpaid principal balance.
Visitor traffic to the Caribbean region should increase by 4 percent to 5 percent this year, reports the Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization. That follows strong growth in 2012 that saw the islands of the Caribbean welcome 25 million visitors — 5.4 percent more than in 2011 and the largest number of stay-over visitors in five years.
Puerto Rico’s unemployment rate showed a slight drop in February, settling at 14.5 percent, or 0.1 percentage points below the 14.6 percent the Labor Department reported for January.
Puerto Rico farmers and rural small businesses for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects looking to develop energy efficiency and renewable energy projects have the chance to obtain funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Energy for America Program, agency Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced.
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