Eagle Industries adding 300 jobs, pumping $1.8M into local operations
August 29, 2011
Eagle Industries is spreading its wings in Lares, with the addition of 300 new jobs through a planned expansion that will result in retaining the same number of workers at its Mayagüez operation, government and company officials said Monday.
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Agriculture hit with $17.8M in hurricane-related damage
August 24, 2011
Hurricane Irene dealt a $17.8 million blow Puerto Rico’s agriculture as it unleashed its strong wind and dumped inches of rains on the island since Sunday, ripping up or drowning acres of plantains and fruit and vegetable crops, government officials said Tuesday.
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Fortuño: U.S. ‘acted too late’ to avoid downgrade
August 8, 2011
Contrasting Puerto Rico’s current economic conditions with those of the U.S. mainland’s, Gov. Luis Fortuño said the “U.S. is starting to suffer the consequences of not acting immediately” to its escalating fiscal troubles.
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