The Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust has partnered with Grupo Guayacán, Inc. to extend its joint I-Corps Puerto Rico program — a customer discovery boot camp for entrepreneurs looking to build and develop scalable business models — during fiscal year 2016.
Puerto Rico’s economic crisis, layoffs and company closures appear to have sparked an entrepreneurial spirit among young people, who, according to a recent poll by Universia and Trabajando.com, confirmed an interest in starting a business.
The USDA announced the availability of loans to build broadband in rural areas, along with changes to the program required by the 2014 Farm Bill.
Looking to serve demand by vehicles and fleets making the conversion from gasoline or diesel to propane gas, Puma Energy will launch a pilot program later this month to begin offering propane gas at two of its service stations, company CEO Víctor Domínguez said.
Puerto Rico’s economic activity registered a year-over-year decrease of 0.4 percent, and a month-over-month reduction of 0.3 percent, according to the latest index released by the Government Development Bank Thursday.
Puerto Rican company Caribbean Biotechnologies Inc. was recently granted approval by the Ministry of Health of Haiti to conduct clinical studies to test its new technology for the instantaneous detection of Tuberculosis in patients, in partnership with International Child Care's Grace Children's Hospital in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
First BanCorp, the bank holding company for FirstBank Puerto Rico reported Wednesday a net loss of $34.1 million for the second quarter of 2015, or $0.16 per diluted share, compared to net income of $25.6 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2015 and net income of $21.2 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2014.
To commemorate its 20 years in the city of San Germán, German company Fresenius Kabi will invest about $10 million in technology and automation of its manufacturing operations in three years, Eric James, CEO of parent company Fenwal International Inc., said Wednesday.
Since its launch in 2011, the Nissan Juke has stood out from the crowd with its fiercely sculpted headlights and hood, muscular lines, hidden rear door-handles and fluid rear-hatchback design.
The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, a coalition of 39 of the U.S. mainland’s largest Latino advocacy organizations, held a press conference Tuesday with Congressional, Puerto Rican, and labor leaders today calling on President Obama and Congress to take action "to save Puerto Rico from economic disaster."
VibrAnalysis, a Puerto Rican company that provides reliability engineering and condition-based maintenance services, has renewed its corporate image and logo, rebranding itself as Vibra.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has granted the go-ahead to Excelerate Energy to site, construct, and operate the proposed Aguirre Offshore GasPort Project in cooperation with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.
For the fifth year in a row, Triple-S received the “PlanSmartChoice Plus” award and was recognized as the island’s only plan to get a perfect score in all categories evaluated.
The Puerto Rico central government is facing pressure to “act with more conviction and with more urgency” to address its dwindling liquidity, crushing debt and anxiety building up over the island’s fiscal problems.
The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics has begun taking over the job of maintaining and developing the government’s technology initiative to open and disclose its data known as Data.PR.gov.
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