GM Security Technologies, a provider of secure cloud computing, big data and integrated security, recently announced a strategic agreement with the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust, and the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, to launch an innovation and incubation "cluster" for cybersecurity.
A broad segment of the Puerto Rican diaspora and local economic and social organizations met Thursday with House Speaker Jaime Perelló to identified critical areas that must be addressed jointly in Congress, as it shapes solutions for the island’s fiscal crisis.
Lifestyle and fashion apparel retailer Urban Outfitters Inc. will be opening its first store in Puerto Rico in September at The Mall of San Juan, this media outlet has learned.
The 9th edition of “Saborea Puerto Rico: A Culinary Extravaganza” fest will bring together more than 80 local chef and invited Food Network and Travel Channel chefs who will demonstrate their skills this weekend.
Every U.S. citizen is subject to the provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code ("USIRC") regardless of their place of work or residence. Since people born in Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens, they are subject to the provisions of the USIRC.
Puerto Rican law firm McConnell Valdés LLC is marking seven decades of uninterrupted contributions to the development of the island’s legal profession, as well as its economic and social transformation.
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said Wednesday the legislation enacted giving Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla the power to suspend debt service payments would lead to a further credit downgrade, to “default” status.
Seeking to expand human capital to help push Puerto Rico forward and find new solutions that lead island residents toward a better future, the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce is launching a new initiative called "Puerto Rico is about all of us."
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands district office will host on April 20-21 the entrepreneurship training course for veterans known as “Boots to Business: Reboot in San Juan.”
A group of investors — including certain mutual funds — holding $5 billion in Puerto Rico's General Obligation bonds revealed Monday the terms of a joint restructuring proposal that calls for offering the government a five-year moratorium on principal payments and $750 million in upfront liquidity.
As Puerto Rico finds itself in the midst of furthering its role in the knowledge economy on a large scale, the Puerto Rico Agricultural Biotechnology Industry Association (PRABIA) and the Mayagüez campus of the University of Puerto Rico signed Tuesday a collaboration agreement that will benefit the agronomists that graduate each year.
A group of holders of outstanding bonds of the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico Monday seeking to enjoin certain transfers of assets by GDB they claim are prohibited under Puerto Rico law.
With 16 participating teams of innovators and entrepreneurs, the third edition of I-Corps Puerto Rico program kicked off this past weekend at the University of Puerto Rico’s Mayagüez campus.
Nine months after Liberty Puerto Rico picked up the assets of Choice Cable TV, the telecommunications company announced that effective today, both companies will operate as Liberty islandwide.
The Bahamas is still trying to get back on its feet ever since last year’s Baha Mar scandal, in which a $3.5 billion mega-resort on Nassau’s Cable Beach largely financed by China’s Export-Import Bank shut its doors and declare bankruptcy even before opening.
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