Yogen Früz opens chain’s 17th store in Toa Alta
February 12, 2013
Frozen yogurt chain Yogen Früz is maintaining a steady growth pattern in Puerto Rico, where it recently opened its 17th store, at the Plaza Los Palacios mall in Toa Alta. The new retail outlet generates 15 jobs, company officials said.
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SBA, UPR Carolina partner to aid small business
February 8, 2013
The U.S. Small Business Administration and the University of Puerto Rico Carolina Campus have signed a “Strategic Alliance Memorandum” to work together to strengthen and expand small business development on the island, SBA Deputy District Director María de los Ángeles de Jesús said Friday.
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NY Fed to host forum for Puerto Rico small biz owners
January 29, 2013
As part of its commitment to small businesses in the Second District, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will cosponsor a three-part series aimed at educating and supporting the small business community in Puerto Rico.
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SBA changes terms of women-owned small businesses contracting program
January 18, 2013
Women-owned small businesses will have greater access to federal contracting opportunities as a result of changes included in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 (NDAA) to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program.
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Puerto Rico Trade, SBA partner to benefit small, mid- sized businesses
January 17, 2013
Puerto Rico Trade Company Executive Director Francisco Chévere and Small Business Administration Regional Director Jorge Silva Puras, signed a collaboration agreement to maximize the benefits of the services currently offered by both institutions and will help promote the growth and development of the small and medium-sized enterprises.
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SBA adds ‘Exporter of the Year’ to annual awards
January 9, 2013
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced that it is adding a new award in celebration of National Small Business Week 2013. The “Small Business Exporter of the Year” award will recognize a small business that is successfully engaged in exporting.
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Orgánica Yogurt closes operations after 6 years
January 8, 2013
Six years after introducing its high-quality, Greek-style yogurt to the Puerto Rican market, Orgánica Yogurts announced its decision to close down the business effective Tuesday.
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SBA OKs $880K in int’l trade loans in Puerto Rico, USVI
October 23, 2012
The U.S. Small Business Administration approved nine International Trade Loans in favor of exporters in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in Fiscal 2012, totaling $880,000, the agency said Monday.
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Op-Ed: A world of export opportunities awaits small business
October 15, 2012
With almost 95 percent of world consumers outside America's borders, exporting is an important way for small business to scale up and create the jobs that America needs now. Now, more than ever before, small business owners can access these overseas markets with the click of a button thanks to globalization, Internet communications and export finance programs made more simple and easy to use by the Obama Administration.
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SBA supports record $30.2B in loans in Fiscal ’12
October 10, 2012
With loan volume steadily increasing for the past six quarters, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s loan programs posted the second largest dollar volume ever in Fiscal 2012, supporting $30.25 billion in loans to small businesses, the agency informed Tuesday.
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Op-Ed: How to grow your business with the Internet’s help
October 5, 2012
According to Internet World Stats, an organization that periodically records the advancement of the Internet worldwide, more than 1.6 million people are connected to the web in Puerto Rico, this is almost half of the population and 50 percent more than thosw who were connected two years ago.
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FirstBank hosts educational talk for small-, mid-sized businesses
September 21, 2012
As part of its ongoing support of Puerto Rico’s small and medium businesses, FirstBank offered a seminar Wednesday night to its business customers on "Opportunities for entrepreneurs within the new tax frame," conducted by CPA Gabriel Hernandez of the BDO Puerto Rico accounting firm.
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Op-Ed: Tiny and small businesses
September 11, 2012
I believe we’ve wasted our time trying to classify the unclassifiable. At least in this island. The government sector tries to establish margins, limits and a string of definitions on a sector that does not necessarily look like, or identify with, those efforts.
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Op-Ed: Providing more access, opportunity to Hispanic-owned small businesses
September 10, 2012
One of the Small Business Administration’s top priorities is to provide access and opportunity to small business owners in traditionally underserved communities.
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Op-Ed: You win some, you lose some, not every idea is a GOOD IDEA
August 10, 2012
I go to my clients’ office, sit, listen and leave with a challenge. This is my daily life. (And I really love it!)
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