The Public Buildings Authority sold more than $1 billion in bonds in the Puerto Rico and U.S. markets within the last week, which it will use to build and upgrade some 100 public schools and repay a credit line it has with the Government Development Bank, GDB President Juan Carlos Batlle said Wednesday.
Boston-based Sovereign Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Banco Santander, has named former Government Development Bank President Carlos García to the position of chief of staff reporting directly to Jorge Morán, president and CEO of Sovereign Bank and country head of Santander businesses in the United States.
Puerto Rico’s Economic Activity Index for February showed the first month-over-month increase, of 0.4 percent in comparison to January, since October 2010, the Government Development Bank said Sunday.
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