Toro Verde sets the standard for mountain tourism in Puerto Rico

In its efforts to boost tourist traffic in the mountainous region of the island, ...

Rising sales point to better year for housing

WASHINGTON — The housing market is flashing signs of health ahead of the spring- ...

Supporters laud governor’s speech, opponents rip bail proposal

Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz and House Speaker Jenniffer González gave ...
PRMSDC fair matches purchasers and certified suppliers
Issued: February 22, 2012
According to statistics provided by the Puerto Rico Minority Supplier Devel ...

BBVA-PR posted $32 million net income in 2011
Issued: February 22, 2012
Despite Puerto Rico’s struggling economy, BBVA Puerto Rico experienced sign ...

García Padilla opts to hear ‘true’ state of commonwealth from those suffering
Issued: February 22, 2012
Popular Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate Alejandro García Pad ...

Fortuño: Hispanic on national ticket makes a lot of sense for GOP
Issued: February 21, 2012
“A Hispanic of national stature” on the Republican presidential ticket “wou ...

Tech services firm sets up academy to recruit, train new employees
Issued: February 21, 2012
Technology services company LGS announced the creation of an academy dedicated to training unemployed professionals and graduating universit ...

Santini announces construction of 2 new specialized schools
Issued: February 21, 2012
San Juan Mayor Jorge Santini announced Tuesday that the capital of Puerto Rico will have two new schools, one specializing in science, mathe ...

US, PR markets drive Spanish-language publisher’s e-book sales
Issued: February 21, 2012
Santillana USA, the world’s leader in Spanish-language publishing, announced a 78% increase in e-book sales for the November 2011-January 20 ...

Fortuño declares an end to depression, announces bail referendum
Issued: February 21, 2012
Gov. Luis Fortuño declared an end to Puerto Rico’s economic depression Tuesday night and announced a referendum to give local judges the pow ...

Puerto Rico honors Obama, LBJ visits with statues
Issued: February 21, 2012
Puerto Rico officials marked Presidents Day by unveiling bronze statues of U.S. President Barack Obama and former President Lyndon B. Johnso ...

Push on to make Aguadilla airport a free trade zone, boost northwest
Issued: February 21, 2012
The Rafael Hernández Airport in Aguadilla is to be designated a free trade zone to stimulate the economy and create hundreds of jobs, Econom ...

Pierluisi column: Upcoming P.R. status vote's viability makes it historic
Issued: February 20, 2012
In a column for the University of Pittsburgh School of Law’s online journal Jurist, Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi argues ...

Ballot set for Puerto Rico's Republican primary
Issued: February 20, 2012
The Republican Party of Puerto Rico says Buddy Roemer will be the first name on the ballot for the island's March 18 presidential primar ...

Caribbean tourism up slightly in ‘11
Issued: February 20, 2012
Tourism officials say the Caribbean saw a small increase in visitors last year despite the global economic crisis.

McClintock: New initiatives for all sectors in Commonwealth address
Issued: February 20, 2012
In Tuesday’s State of the Commonwealth message, Gov. Luis Fortuño will include new initiatives for all sectors, based on the majority New Pr ...

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Union suing to block Indiana right-to-work law
Issued: February 22, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS — Union members went to federal court Wednesday to ask a judge to block Indiana's new right-to-work law from being enforced ...

Hispanic-owned networks among new Comcast minority-owned channels
Issued: February 22, 2012
NEW YORK — Comcast will launch four minority-owned networks on its cable-TV systems in the next two years, including channels spearheaded by ...

Obama seeks 28 percent corporate tax rate
Issued: February 22, 2012
WASHINGTON — Laying down an election-year marker in the debate over taxes, the Obama administration is proposing to cut the corporate tax ra ...

Roemer leaving GOP, but not presidential campaign
Issued: February 22, 2012
BATON ROUGE, La. — Former Louisiana Gov. Charles "Buddy" Roemer is abandoning his bid to win the Republican presidential nominatio ...

NYPD built secret files on NJ, Long Island mosques
Issued: February 22, 2012
NEWARK, N.J. — Americans living and working in New Jersey's largest city were subjected to surveillance as part of the New York Police D ...

US stock futures dip as Europe frets over Greece
Issued: February 22, 2012
NEW YORK — U.S. stock futures are lower Wednesday, echoing declines in Europe where investors fretted over the details of the Greek bailout ...

Comic collection expected to fetch $2M at auction
Issued: February 22, 2012
DALLAS — When Michael Rorrer found 345 comic books neatly stacked in a basement closet as he cleaned out his great aunt's Virginia home ...

Government seeks smaller role for Fannie, Freddie
Issued: February 21, 2012
WASHINGTON — The government regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has submitted a plan to Congress that would shrink the mortgage giants’ ...

Feds loan $638M for health co-ops in 8 states
Issued: February 21, 2012
HELENA, Mont. — Health care cooperatives being launched in eight states announced Tuesday they will be receiving a total of $638 million in ...

Dow breaks 13,000 but can't hold gains
Issued: February 21, 2012

NEW YORK — It came and went in a flash, a number on a board for seconds at a time, but its symbolic power couldn't be dismissed.

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What's next for the Soul Train brand?
Issued: February 21, 2012
WASHINGTON — Before the death of Don Cornelius stirred pangs of “Soul Train” nostalgia in the American public, a group of black entrepreneur ...

For boomers, it's a new era of 'work till you drop'
Issued: February 21, 2012
LOS ANGELES — When Paula Symons joined the U.S. workforce in 1972, typewriters in her office clacked nonstop, people answered the telephones ...

Netflix strikes movie deal with Weinstein Co.
Issued: February 21, 2012
Netflix has locked up the right to show “The Artist” and other movies from The Weinstein Co. on its Internet video service before the films ...

Congress targets federal workers for savings
Issued: February 21, 2012
WASHINGTON — Federal workers were $15 billion losers as Congress looked for ways to pay for parts of the just-passed legislation to extend t ...

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Italy: Divers find 4 more bodies in ship wreckage
Issued: February 22, 2012
ROME — Italian authorities say divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship have spotted four more bodies in a submerged sectio ...

Oil hovers above $106 as Iran tensions mount
Issued: February 22, 2012
SINGAPORE — Oil prices hovered above $106 a barrel Wednesday in Asia amid concern that conflict over Iran's nuclear program could lead t ...

Rising powers: China, Turkey sign deals
Issued: February 22, 2012
ISTANBUL — On matters of trade and ambition, Turkey and China are kindred spirits. A visit to Turkey this week by China's vice president ...

Venezuela president faces new surgery
Issued: February 21, 2012
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chávez said Tuesday that doctors in Cuba have found a new lesion in the same place where he had cancer s ...

Pakistan to seek arrest of ex-president Musharraf
Issued: February 21, 2012

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan will ask Interpol for help in arresting ex-President Pervez Musharraf for his failure to prevent the assassination o ...


Oil above $104 after EU gives Greece bailout deal
Issued: February 21, 2012
Oil prices remained above $104 Tuesday but retreated from recent highs after European leaders agreed to lend Greece €130 billion ($172 billi ...

Markets cautious over Greek debt deal
Issued: February 21, 2012
LONDON — Markets reacted cautiously Tuesday to the news that Greece finally secured its second massive bailout, which is aimed at giving the ...

Greece secures bailout to avoid debt default
Issued: February 21, 2012
BRUSSELS — Greece won a second massive financial bailout in the early hours of Tuesday morning when its partners in the 17-country eurozone ...

Iran says UN nuke inspectors will not visit sites
Issued: February 21, 2012
TEHRAN, Iran — A U.N. team visiting Iran has no plans to inspect the country's nuclear facilities and will only hold talks with official ...

US, Mexico agree to cooperate on energy
Issued: February 20, 2012
LOS CABOS, Mexico — The United States and Mexico agreed Monday to work together when drilling for oil and gas below their maritime border in ...

Russians revive Ice Age flower from frozen burrow
Issued: February 20, 2012
MOSCOW — Russian scientists say they have resurrected an entire plant — an Ice Age flower — in a pioneering experiment that paves the way fo ...

Spain sending military planes to retrieve treasure
Issued: February 20, 2012
MADRID — Spain said Monday it will soon send hulking military transport planes to Florida to retrieve 17 tons of treasure that U.S. undersea ...

UK restructures border agency after lapses
Issued: February 20, 2012
LONDON — Britain has shaken up its border agency after admitting that security checks at ports and airports had been suspended or applied in ...

Iran says may cut oil to more European countries
Issued: February 20, 2012
TEHRAN, Iran — Tehran is considering extending an oil embargo on France and Britain to other European countries, a semiofficial Iranian news ...

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