Cruise ship traffic and passenger arrivals at the Port of San Juan reflected significant growth in May and June, when they jumped by 53 percent and 49 percent year-over-year, respectively, Ports Authority Executive Director Víctor Suárez said Monday.
Sixteen students from the University of Puerto Rico’s Mayagüez campus will travel to Austin, Texas, for the 2014 American Solar Challenge, a competition that challenges teams of university students to design, build and race solar-powered vehicles.
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The Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association announced Monday the upcoming seminar, “Managing time and energy: fundamentals of high performance,” through which it seeks to help participants elevate job performance and daily life.
Declines in pricing of Puerto Rico bonds added further pressure to already depressed net asset values of Puerto Rico mutual funds, according to Fitch Ratings, which added that Fitch-rated Puerto Rico fund managers are reacting swiftly by adding to collateral supporting rated notes and deleveraging where needed.
International financial magazine “Euromoney” has named Santander the “Best Bank in Western Europe, Spain, Mexico and Argentina in its 2014 annual awards.
What started as an entrepreneurial idea seven years ago to transport patients to medical appointments and treatments employing only four vehicles, recently increased its fleet of vehicles to 130 to provide non-emergency health transportation to services throughout Puerto Rico, company officials announced.
High-ranking Gov. García-Padilla administration officials came out once again in defense of recent decisions aiming to boost Puerto Rico’s credit and ensure long-term fiscal and economic sustainability — most of which have generated strong backlash from stateside ratings agencies.
Although the price of goods is still a determining factor, Puerto Rico consumers are demanding more elements to complete their in-store experience at the time of making their purchases.
The United Automobile Importers Group (known as GUIA for its initials in Spanish), raised a red flag Thursday over the unstoppable slide Puerto Rico’s auto sales have gone into over the past five months, a trend upheld in June, when activity was down 15.8 percent.
Pet specialty products retailer PetSmart announced the upcoming opening of its 11th store in Puerto Rico and the second location in Carolina.
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Wednesday announced it has lowered its rating on Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority's power revenue bonds four notches to “B-“ from “BB,” further deepening the agency’s credit woes.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a legal settlement with W.R. Recycling of Cabo Rojo, the owner and operator of an auto crushing and scrap recycling business, resolving alleged violations of federal hazardous waste law.
The cash-strapped Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority announced Monday it had reached an agreement with lenders who provide revolving lines of credit used to pay for purchased power, fuel and other expenses.
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