Puerto Rican software engineering and development firm, Wovenware, announced Wednesday it was chosen by Canadian start-up Coupons4Giving to develop a new platform for fundraising following a successful e-commerce site implementation in early 2014.
Telecommunications provider Claro announced Wednesday it has been selected by medical solutions firm DgMed to provide mobile broadband services to assist medical staff convey health-related data for patients receiving hospice or home care.
Nissan announced Wednesday it has delivered the first two Nissan LEAF all-electric vehicles, appropriately, to a family-owned business dedicated to renewable energy projects.
Puerto Rico improved its standing in the World Economic Forum’s annual Global Competitive index, taking 32nd place in the 2014-2015 list and climbing two notches from last year.
Several decades after the term was first tossed around as a potential revenue-generator for Puerto Rico, high-ranking government officials announced Tuesday the start of a formal effort to develop medical tourism as an economic sector for the island.
Following a $200,000 investment, the Subway restaurant chain recently opened eight stores in Puerto Rico under the new “Metro décor” prototype, whose goal is to provide a nicer ambiance for customers while responding to public preferences and current industry trends, company officials said Tuesday.
Local Redevelopment Authority for Roosevelt Roads, known as LRA for short, announced Sunday that four entities to move on to the final round of the process to choose a master developer for the former naval base in Ceiba.
With a business development agenda in hand, Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company Executive Director Antonio Medina-Comas will participate this week in the Iberoamerican Economic Congress taking place in Sao Paulo and Brasilia, in Brazil.
USDA Puerto Rico Farm Service Agency Executive Director Juan Ortiz-Serbiá, announced that starting today, island farmers can enroll in the new dairy Margin Protection Program. The voluntary program, established by the 2014 Farm Bill, provides financial assistance to participating farmers when the margin — the difference between the price of milk and feed costs — falls below the coverage level selected by the farmer.
Effective this week, the team of former Rodríguez & Luis CPAs, a firm with more than 15 years of experience providing particularly advisory and tax services, is joining Kevane Grant Thornton, adding technical experience and expertise to its workforce.
Nova Southeastern University President George L. Hanbury, on hand for the official inauguration of the college’s new regional campus in Puerto Rico, said Thursday among the institution’s goals is becoming a “gateway to Central and South America for education and the health sciences.”
The Corporation for the Supervision and Insurance of Puerto Rico Cooperatives, known as COSSEC in Spanish, has adopted a new policy of modernization, innovation and technology to facilitate information between co-ops and the government, President Daniel Rodríguez-Collazo said Thursday.
America Cruise Ferries, the company offering maritime connections between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, announced Thursday it has opened sales branches at the Walmart stores in Carolina and Santurce.
Sprint will begin offering international Wi-Fi calling back to the United States at no additional cost starting with an over-the-air software update to Samsung Galaxy S 4 with Sprint Spark, rolling out now, the company announced Thursday.
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