COVID-19 has been a powerful experience for most of us in Puerto Rico. After living through a Category-4 hurricane in 2017 and earthquakes earlier this year, we now are in the midst of a pandemic whose economic and social impact has changed the world. We have been shaken to the core with another unprecedented challenge […]
A broad segment of the Puerto Rican diaspora and local economic and social organizations met Thursday with House Speaker Jaime Perelló to identified critical areas that must be addressed jointly in Congress, as it shapes solutions for the island’s fiscal crisis.
Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla and members of his fiscal team faced investors during a webcast Thursday, during which they defended the administration’s strategy thus far to turn around the island’s grim financial situation.
Doral Financial Corp. has hired a couple of Washington, D.C-based firms to back up its fight against the Puerto Rico government’s decision to rescind on an agreement signed in 2012 granting the bank a $230 million tax refund.
The Puerto Rico Products Association unveiled Tuesday five key recommendations gathered during its recent annual convention, to help the island get back on the path of cohesive economic development.
José J. Villamil, one of Puerto Rico’s leading economists, offered a grim assessment of the island’s fiscal health during a lecture Tuesday at Washington’s Center for Strategic & International Studies.
Business collaboration and communications software and services provider Avaya held its Puerto Rico Partner Connection Day 2014 last week, featuring keynote speeches by top company executives who discussed plans for this year and recognized the achievements of its outstanding business partners.
I was glad to see the story on H. Calero’s views on the IT industry. The communications and information technology (C&IT) industry has been the focus of attention in a number of studies at least going back to the 1999-2000 A.D. Little/Estudios Técnicos Inc. study on S&T based economic development strategies.
The Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association is preparing to mark its 85th anniversary during this year’s annual convention, when it will focus on ramping up its search for solutions to the island’s development and competitiveness challenges.
Sales leader and coach Randall Harvey, who delivered one of the keynote addresses during last week’s Sales and Marketing Executives annual convention, believes creating value, rather than cornering clients and potential prospects, is the key to successful sales.
Saying the bank is “here to grow,” Santander Puerto Rico President Román Blanco-Reinosa outlined the financial institution’s strategy through 2015 — a plan that calls for achieving a net profit of $100 million in three years by focusing on five core business areas. When that vision is translated into numbers, it adds up to 100x35.
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