FirstBank announced Wednesday it has granted a $664,112.00 loan to Presbyterian Academy, an educational institution in Carolina, for the purchase and installation of a photovoltaic system on its main buildings, which will reduce the it’s electricity expenses.
The 60 Plus Association announced Thursday the formation of "Main Street Bondholders," a new small bondholder coalition made up of ordinary investors from Puerto Rico and the U.S. mainland who hold retirement, college and life savings in Puerto Rican bonds.
About 18 percent of all movers in the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico, totaling 8.5 million people, moved to a different metropolitan area in the last year, according to new statistics released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
A handful of promotions and a national designation headline this edition of “Climbing the Corporate Ladder.”
Rep. José Enrique Meléndez, sent a letter to President Obama Tuesday asking his administration to intervene and become more active in their engagement when dealing with Puerto Rico’s economic crisis.
Grupo Guayacán Inc. announced Monday the launch of the 7th edition of its Guayacán Venture Accelerator program. In this second edition for 2015, the GVA debuts a new and expanded curriculum with new workshops and instructors, and a strengthened mentoring component, organization executives said.
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.
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