Investments made in Puerto Rico by companies performing research and development activities totaled $449.3 million in Fiscal 2013, up 3.3 percent in comparison to the total reported in 2009, the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute revealed.
Members of a newly formed nonprofit, non-partisan organization under the name Puerto Rico is the Answer has taken upon itself the task of actively help international investor prospects identify and set up attractive business ventures on the island, using fiscal autonomy as the cornerstone of the effort.
The Puerto Rico Investment Summit, a two-day conference held in collaboration with the Department of Economic Development and Commerce of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Paulson & Co., will be held later this week, focusing on Puerto Rico as a business and investment destination.