The Science, Research and Technology Trust is set to sign an agreement with the Georgia Institute of Technology to establish the Puerto Rico Institute for Research and Economic Development, to facilitate collaboration between industry and academia to promote research and development of marketable technologies, Economic Development and Commerce Secretary José Pérez-Riera said Thursday.
U.S. Census Bureau and Puerto Rico Planning Board officials announced Tuesday the start of the question-and-answer cycle to gather data on the island’s economic activity.
On Jan. 12, 2010 — the day a powerful earthquake destroyed Haiti’s capital city and wrecked its economy — Paul Altidor was at the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince, advising his government on a pending deal to privatize the state-owned phone monopoly.
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