Aware of the importance of reducing the environmental damage caused by contamination related to the improper discarding of mobile phones, FirstBank has launched a device collection program.
Ford Puerto Rico and the Ricky Martin Foundation have joined forces to promote an anti-human trafficking educational campaign with their exhibition on wheels called “Abolitionists in Action.”
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department released Tuesday a draft of the Commonwealth’s unaudited Basic Financial Statements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, more than a year after their required release.
The Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority’s board of directors approved Tuesday a plan mapping out its finances through the end of the fiscal year that is anchored on the approval of the bill establishing a new credit-issuing entity that is already facing opposition.
WASHINGTON — José Raúl Perales, a Santurce-born regional trade expert who spent years advising the Puerto Rican government — and later the U.S. private sector and the Department of Homeland Security — says bankruptcy protection and tax breaks alone won’t help the island regain its long-term competitiveness against global rivals.
Royal Isabela, the world-class golf and private membership club perched on the coastline of northwest Puerto Rico, has been included in TripAdvisor’s list of “Top 25 Small Hotels in the Caribbean” for the third consecutive year.
The telecommunications industry is marking the 20th anniversary of the Telecom Reform Act of 1996, which in Puerto Rico sparked unprecedented levels of competition in a sector formerly dominated by a single carrier and astronomical calling rates.
Leaders of Puerto Rico's Private Sector Coalition continued their push in Washington DC for the enactment of economic development measures for the commonwealth as the true way out of the fiscal crisis.
Puerto Rican artisan wholesale bakery Cidrines announced Wednesday a significant expansion of its stateside reach through the delivery of its fresh pastries and breads to more than 500 stores across the Florida market.
Quintessentially Lifestyle, a global private members’ club offering concierge services and lifestyle management services has established a local operation and will be introducing its services at the Puerto Rico Investment Summit on Feb. 11-12.
Caterpillar Inc. announced Wednesday it has selected Puerto Rico-based Rimco to be the Cat equipment dealer for Cuba. Currently, Rimco serves as the Cat dealer for Puerto Rico and the Eastern Caribbean.
Puerto Rico retail sales for the month of October 2015 — the most recent available from the government — showed a 3 percent drop in comparison to the same month in 2014, to $3.1 billion.
The tenth edition of Grupo Guayacán’s business competition, EnterPRize, kicked off with the participation of this year’s 25 semi-finalists in a series of workshops that are part of its educational curriculum.
M. Holland Co., a distributor of thermoplastic resins, announced Tuesday it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Able International Corp. and Tril Export Corp., both headquartered in San Juan.
As part of its social responsibility campaign “Navega con seguridad,” Liberty Puerto Rico celebrated “Safer Internet Day 2016” on the island on Tuesday for the ninth year in a row.
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