This weekend’s two-day Coors Light Electric Daisy Carnival is expected to draw more than 40,000 people from Puerto Rico and other countries, boosting the island's economy and thrusting it into the international spotlight.
Seaborne Airlines announced Wednesday the addition of non-stop service between the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport and Clayton J. Lloyd International airport on the island of Anguilla, starting April 30, 2015.
Puerto Rico needs to consider integrating broadband use as one of its key economic indicators — beyond cement production and energy consumption — to promote business expansion and the development of new initiatives to create jobs, generate tax revenue and even increase real estate values, public and private sector industry representatives said Tuesday.
Under the slogan, "360 degrees of construction," the Associated General Contractors of America will hold its 96th annual convention for the first time in Puerto Rico, Mar. 18-20 at the Convention Center in Miramar.
Abarca Health, a Puerto Rico-based company dedicated to pharmacy benefit management, announced during its recent 10th anniversary celebration the opening of its new division, Abarca Technologies and its plans to expand and export services this year.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Tuesday that rural agricultural producers and small business owners across the mainland and Puerto Rico can now apply for resources to purchase and install renewable energy systems or make energy efficiency improvements.
The effects of the current administration’s value-added tax proposal as part of a sweeping tax overhaul and the “liquidity time bomb” of the Government Development Bank will make 2015 a “decisive year” for making harsh decisions, analyst firm H. Calero Consulting predicted in the latest edition of its publication “Compass.”
The University of Puerto Rico’s Mayagüez Campus, known as RUM, has been selected among 25 U.S. institutions by the NSF-funded National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (known as Epicenter) to join the Pathways to Innovation Program.
Wireless carrier Open Mobile and the Government Development Bank named new executives recently, to fill high-ranking posts within their respective operations.
The Small Business Administration has launched a first-of-its-kind tool on the federal agency’s website that will allow entrepreneurs looking for a small business loan to get matched with an SBA lender.
Five more retailers have added their names to the roster of tenants moving into The Mall of San Juan and will be making their Puerto Rico debuts when the luxury shopping center opens Mar. 26, mall operator Taubman Centers Inc. revealed late last week.
Old San Juan's urban topography is about to undergo a slight tweaking over the next couple of years.
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services pushed Puerto Rico’s general obligation rating further into junk Thursday when it lowered it 'B' from 'BB,’ with a negative outlook.
The sixth annual edition of the “Taste of Rum” is returning Feb. 28 to celebrate the industry’s 450-year history in Puerto Rico.
With Valentine’s Day less than 24 hours away, millions of people will say, “I love you” with flowers. Last year, Puerto Ricans spent about $6 million on blooms from Colombia, one of the world’s largest flower exporters, a government spokesman for that country said Thursday.
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