Puerto Rico has been assigned $288,650 through the Small Business Administration’s State Trade and Export Promotion (STEP) program to support activities to increase exporting by small businesses, the agency announced Monday.
The Puerto Rico Department of Justice has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for certiorari, ruling the constitutional validity of the Public Corporation Debt Restructuring Act, which would allow the island’s public corporations to restructure their debts through an orderly process.
Puerto Rican software development company, Rock Solid Technologies Inc., has for the first time ranked in the annual Inc. 5000 listing, taking spot 4,805 among the nation's fastest-growing private companies.
San Juan-based, full-service transaction processing company EVERTEC Inc. announced Thursday key organizational changes in its leadership team.
Starbucks Coffee Company and Baristas Del Caribe, LLC, an affiliate of Empresas Fonalledas, a family-owned Puerto Rican group of companies, announced Wednesday that Baristas Del Caribe has acquired exclusive rights to operate Starbucks 19 stores in Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico Medical Tourism Corporation and Florida-based Medical Tourism Association announced Wednesday the Caribe Hilton and the Condado Plaza Hilton are the island’s first hotels to be certified after the training and inspection process under the Medical Tourism Program.
FirstBank’s latest campaign, dubbed “Duplica tu Balance” (“Double your balance”) takes off today, offering customers an automatic entry to the draw of two partial awards of $5,000 and of a grand prize of up to $50,000 with each transaction registered on their personal deposit accounts through Nov. 20, 2015.
U.S. Small Business Administration head María Contreras-Sweet was in Puerto Rico Monday to announced a series of initiatives to spur the island’s economy and create jobs.
Puerto Rico’s private sector continues to appoint new executives to its ranks, with technology, legal and capital management firms taking center stage in recent weeks.
Open Mobile, one of several mobile network operators in Puerto Rico, is partnering with Assurant Solutions on a trade-in program that enables customers purchasing a new mobile phone to get instant credit for their old one.
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department announced Friday that General Fund net revenues totaled $626.5 million in July 2015 — the first month of Fiscal 2016 — representing a $2.3 million increase when compared to July 2014.
With an investment of $200,000, Italian creamery Gelato & Co. has officially opened its first location in Puerto Rico, as a joint venture with the San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino, company officials announced Sunday.
HERE Studios, a local company lead by entrepreneur Vicente Cajigas, recently opened a new film studio at the Saint Just Industrial Park in Trujillo Alto equipped with the latest technology and facilities required by the industry.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Home Repair Program is offering qualifying rural homeowners the opportunity to apply for loans and grants to repair their dwellings, agency officials announced.
The Foundation for Puerto Rico announced Thursday it is focusing its efforts on developing new social and economic strategies that will transform Puerto Rico into a global destination, based on the premise that tourism is key to improve the economy.
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