The Integral Agricultural Development Fund, known as FIDA in Spanish, received a $57,415 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to be used to provide energy audits or renewable energy development assistance to farmers, ranchers, and rural small businesses.
Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla met with a group of unidentified advisors to the Commonwealth’s creditors to communicate, first hand, the need for Puerto Rico reach a broad restructuring of its $70 billion public debt to sustainable levels, his office said Tuesday.
Publicis One, he global communications enterprise that unites all Publicis Groupe agency brands’ capabilities and expertise under one roof, announced Tuesday its new local leadership, headed by advertising industry veteran Erasto Freytes.
Grupo Guayacán, in collaboration with the Amgen Foundation, completed the first edition of its “STEM and Entrepreneurship” initiative aimed at high school students during an activity on Tuesday, crowing three teams of high schools students who participated.
After months of anticipation, H&M announced Tuesday the official opening date for its first store in Puerto Rico, located at The Mall of San Juan — on June 9th, 2016 at noon.
As many as 29 out of 562 U.S. municipal bond funds currently carry an exposure to Puerto Rican bonds greater than 5 percent, some with an estimated exposure approaching 50 percent.
Parallel18 announced Monday its call for applications for the second group of startups, each of which can receive $40,000 as a no-equity grant.
Liberty Business, Liberty Puerto Rico’s business division, on Monday launched its own corporate identity along with its dedicated website, logo and media campaign with the slogan “A tu medida.”
Puerto Rican food and beverage distribution company B. Fernández & Hnos. recently completed the installation of solar panels, which will generate 43 percent of the annual electricity consumption of the enterprise.
Students and professors from Sacred Heart University will have the support of the Puerto Rico Small Business and Technology Development Centers (PRSBTDC) to create new businesses based on innovation, the organizations announced Monday.
Although the government of Puerto Rico paid its General Obligation bonds and guaranteed debt due May 1, which totaled about $103 million, Moody’s Investors Service believes it will enter into an eventual default of these bonds in the absence of a federal stay on litigation.
The U.S. Small Business Administration and the Puerto Rico Professional College of Engineers and Land Surveyors (CIAPR by its Spanish acronym) will conduct on May 10 their 11th Business Matchmaking Event, officially kicking-off Small Business Week on the island.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday it has assigned more than $5.6 million to six rural primary health care centers in Puerto Rico to renovate, expand or build facilities.
The Puerto Rico Tourism Co. on Thursday urged travelers to “make informed decisions” about summer plans, attempting to dispel perceptions about the extent of the spread of the Zika virus on the island.
Rebexa Group, a Puerto Rican company dedicated to providing consulting services related to medical product regulatory issues, is marking its 10th anniversary with the opening of its new offices in Mayagüez.
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