Saturday, March 29, 2014

Conferencia Anual CNE 2014: La economía del conocimiento y la sociedad abierta (Presentación) by Grupo CNE

Conferencia Anual CNE 2014: La economía del conocimiento y la sociedad abierta (Presentación) 

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Presentación por Sergio M. Marxuach, Director de Política Pública para el Centro Para Una Nueva Economía, presentada durante la Convención Anual 2014.

Legalizing Medical Marijuana May Actually Reduce Crime, Study Says - Huffington Post

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Legalizing Medical Marijuana May Actually Reduce Crime, Study Says
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Data for the study came from state websites, FBI Uniform Crime Reports, the census, The Bureau of Labor Statistics, The Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Beer Institute. The study did not explore a relationship between marijuana use and violent crime ...

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Obama seeks to expand overtime pay to millions of Americans ... 

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... directly from a broad cross section of voices on the issues of Puerto Rico's status and economic development.The report underlines the fact that Puerto Rico's political status continues to be of great importance to its people.

HVGIQ: Puerto Rico | Human Varieties 

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But they can't vote for president, because the territory is not a U.S. state. In three referendums between 1967 and 1998 Puerto Rican voters rejected both political independence and U.S. statehood. However, in November...

Top Conservative Voice: Resolve Status to Fix Puerto Rico's Economy 

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... national conservative magazine, concluded in the cover story of its April 7th issue that the best way to resolve Puerto Rico's serious economic problems is to resolve the question of the territory's ultimate political status.
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Top Conservative Voice: Resolving Political Status Key to Fixing ... 

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The National Review, the magazine that helped develop the national conservative movement and still influences it, has concluded that the best way to resolve Puerto Rico's debilitating economic problems is to resolve the ...

Why more Puerto Ricans are living in mainland U.S. than in Puerto ... 

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"It was a challenge to find a job in Puerto Rico," said Miranda, 24, who graduated from the University of Puerto Rico with a political science degree in 2012. "Unfortunately, finding work in government can be challenging, ... Last month, Standard & Poor's announced it had cut Puerto Rico's credit rating to junk status as the U.S. commonwealth faces $70 billion in debt, including the debt from its utility companies. Last week, in an attempt to avoid financial ruin, Puerto Rico ...

Expert: Fighting Brain Drain Should Be “Matter of State” for Puerto Rico 

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“The uniqueness of Puerto Rico (in terms of its political status) has created a problem that is also very unique,” said Calvo in reference to the fact that Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens. The president of the university, Jose Jaime Rivera, agreed ...

La despenalización de la marihuana en Puerto Rico sigue recabando apoyos 

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San Juan (EFE) – La despenalización en Puerto Rico de la tenencia de marihuana en pequeñas cantidades, así como su consumo con fines medicinales, siguen recabando apoyos durante su debate legislativo, en el que se celebran estos días vistas públicas.
Así, diversas organizaciones sociales se pronunciaron esta semana en la Cámara de Representantes local a favor del proyecto de Ley que pretende despenalizar la tenencia de marihuana en pequeñas cantidades en Puerto Rico.
Las vistas públicas, que continuarán la semana próxima, siguen a la aprobación por parte de la otra cámara legislativa local, el Senado, del proyecto de ley 517 que busca despenalizar el consumo personal de marihuana en Puerto Rico y que establece que la tenencia de hasta 14 gramos de esa sustancia no tenga carácter delictivo.
Una vez finalizadas las vistas, la Cámara de Representantes deberá ratificar o introducir modificaciones al texto y, una vez aprobado, remitirlo al gobernador Alejandro García Padilla para que lo firme y lo convierta en ley.
El proyecto, impulsado por el legislador del gobernante Partido Popular Democrático (PPD) Miguel Pereira, ha generado polémica en la opinión pública local.
Uno de los participantes en las vistas es el psicólogo social y director de la organización Descriminalización.org, Rafi Torruella, quien explicó hoy a Efe por qué apoya esta iniciativa.
“La cárcel no es la solución”, señaló Torruella, para quien es evidente que criminalizar el consumo de la sustancia sólo crea problemas a nivel individual y a nivel social.
El proyecto establece que la tenencia de hasta 14 gramos se considere sólo una infracción, penada con una multa máxima de 100 dólares (200 si se reincide y 300 si son tres veces).
Si la cantidad está entre 14 y 28 gramos se considerará un cargo criminal y podrá castigarse con un máximo de 500 dólares y seis meses de prisión. Si es más se seguirá considerando delito grave y se mantendrán las penas actuales de tres años de prisión obligatoria y multa de hasta 5.000 dólares.
Torruella insistió en que “no todos los consumidores de marihuana son criminales” y que permitir el consumo personal de marihuana debe forma parte del cambio en la política pública de Puerto Rico que propone Descriminalización.org.
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Puerto Rico Hires Millstein Affiliate to Study Debt

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Explicando la Reforma Energética 

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Por Sergio M. Marxuach
Actualmente se están discutiendo tres proyectos de ley para crear una Junta Reguladora de Electricidad en Puerto Rico. El P. del S. 837, presentado por el presidente del Senado; el P. del S. 882 presentado por el Gobernador; y en la Cámara de Representantes se ha radicado el P. de la C. 1457 para lograr objetivos similares. Todos surgen del creciente reclamo público para la creación de un ente externo que fiscalice a la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica y que regule la industria eléctrica en la Isla.
¿Por qué es necesario crear una Junta Reguladora de Electricidad?
Un regulador robusto e independiente es crucial para asegurar el interés público frente a un ente tan opaco y arbitrario como la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica y para asegurarle a Puerto Rico todo un abanico de opciones futuras: desde integrar nuevos productores de energía al sistema de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica, como se hace al momento, hasta abrir ciertas áreas a competencia. Además, un regulador externo que supervise la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica obligaría a la agencia a reducir sus costos y a llevar a cabo sus operaciones con mayor eficiencia a largo plazo, en lugar de simplemente aumentar continuamente las tarifas para poder cumplir con el servicio de su deuda y pagar sus otras obligaciones. Finalmente, una junta reguladora permitirá que Puerto Rico pueda encaminar un proceso de planificación energética a largo plazo – algo que la AEE ha sido incapaz de hacer hasta el momento.
¿De todos esos proyectos que se están discutiendo públicamente cuál es el que más beneficia al consumidor y ayuda a que baje la factura de electricidad?
En nuestra opinión, el proyecto presentado por el presidente del Senado es el que más beneficia al consumidor por varias razones. Primero, porque crea una junta reguladora exclusivamente para el sector eléctrico. Los otros dos proyectos ampliarían la jurisdicción de la Junta Reglamentadora de Telecomunicaciones para incluir el sistema eléctrico. Esto no nos parece una buena idea ya que la complejidad del sistema eléctrico exige la atención de un ente regulador que tenga el conocimiento y los recursos necesarios para poder llevar a cabo su misión. La tarea de supervisar y fiscalizar a la industria eléctrica simplemente requiere de un organismo especializado que pueda dedicarse a ella a tiempo completo.
Segundo, el proyecto del Senado le otorga a la Junta Reguladora la autoridad para establecer, revisar, y aprobar las tarifas eléctricas. Mientras que el proyecto del Gobernador no le otorga a la Comisión la capacidad para dirigir el proceso de revisión y establecimiento de tarifas. La Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica seguiría determinando sus tarifas como hasta ahora, y solo vendría obligada a radicar las mismas ante la Comisión. Peor aún, la legislación propuesta por la administración penaliza a las personas que quieran presentar alguna querella o que quieran impugnar alguno de los procedimientos de la Autoridad, ya que le impone al querellante un requisito de prestar una fianza sin un tope o limite fijo. Lejos de fortalecer las protecciones a los consumidores y a los productores independientes, la legislación del Gobernador parece dirigida a desalentar las querellas y limitar el acceso a los ciudadanos.
Finalmente, el proyecto del Senado autoriza a la Junta Reguladora a regular el mercado eléctrico en Puerto Rico y este es el verdadero problema de fondo: la Junta de Gobierno de la AEE, además de gobernar la corporación, también reglamenta el mercado de electricidad en Puerto Rico. Esto resulta en un conflicto de intereses ya que la AEE es juez y parte en la determinación de los términos y condiciones que aplican a quienes buscan conectarse al sistema. El proyecto de la administración no atiende este problema.
¿Por qué es tan difícil reformar a la AEE?
El problema es que diversos grupos de interés, tales como los suplidores, los traficantes de petróleo, los partidos políticos, los beneficiarios de subsidios, los empleados, los bonistas y sus banqueros, y personas con conexiones políticas se han organizado para extraer beneficios de la AEE a costa del resto del pueblo de Puerto Rico. A este entramado de intereses se le ha denominado como el “cartel del petróleo.”
El cartel del petróleo obstaculiza la reestructuración de la AEE ya que cada uno de los grupos que se beneficia del status quo está bien organizado y tiene un interés fuerte en proteger sus beneficios, mientras los consumidores están desorganizados y los costos de la acción colectiva son altos. El problema de fondo, entonces, no es uno tecnológico o financiero sino de economía política, específicamente de balancear los intereses de quienes se benefician del sistema existente y de quienes se ven afectados adversamente por éste.
La AEE, por tanto, necesita un ente externo que le imponga disciplina y que ataje la conducta depredadora de los grupos de interés internos y externos a la corporación que se benefician injustamente de la situación actual. Es por esto que el CNE lleva más de ocho años abogando a favor de la creación de un ente independiente que regule el mercado de electricidad de una manera objetiva y libre de intereses creados, ya sea financieros o políticos. De lo contrario podemos esperar que la AEE continúe utilizando plantas obsoletas; cobrando tarifas excesivamente altas; repartiendo contratos a diestra y siniestra; y negándose arbitrariamente a conectar al sistema a productores más eficientes.
¿Por qué no se puede simplemente romper la AEE en mil pedazos?
No es deseable “implosionar” la AEE, como sugieren algunas de las voces menos ilustradas del sector privado del País, porque eso lo único que lograría sería crear un caos en la economía de la Isla. Contrario al servicio de telecomunicaciones, que se puede proveer a través de un sistema inalámbrico, la electricidad se transmite y distribuye solamente a través de una red de cables. Esa red no tiene una capacidad ilimitada para transmitir carga eléctrica. Sin un control adecuado, el sistema simplemente dejaría de funcionar. Sería como un aeropuerto sin torre de control, imagínese el desastre de tener decenas de aviones tratando de aterrizar y despegar al mismo tiempo sin ningún tipo de control.
¿Cuánto es la deuda que arrastra la AEE? ¿Cuál es el problema con la deuda y por qué se está hablando de eso?
De acuerdo con el Official Statement de la más reciente emisión de bonos de la AEE en agosto de 2013, el principal de la deuda de la AEE sumaba $9,287 millones, incluyendo $8,526 millones en bonos, $744 millones de líneas de crédito y $16 millones de otros prestamos. La AEE alega que la creación de una Junta Reguladora violaría uno de los acuerdos que ésta ha hecho con sus bonistas, específicamente aquel que le requiere cobrar lo suficiente cada año para cubrir (1) los gastos operacionales de la AEE y (2) el 120% del servicio de la deuda pagadera el próximo año fiscal. En nuestra opinión, este es un argumento sin sustancia ya que la Junta Reguladora tomaría en cuenta el servicio de la deuda como uno de los costos fijos de la AEE a la hora de determinar las tarifas. Además, la Junta Reguladora tendría la autoridad legal para forzar a la AEE a reducir sus costos operacionales. Por tanto, sería posible reducir las tarifas a los consumidores y asegurar el repago de la deuda de la AEE con sus bonistas.
En resumen, cualquier Junta Reguladora que se establezca debe tener suficiente autoridad para lograr los siguientes objetivos: (1) equidad tarifaria: que la AEE facture por lo que consumimos sin esconder otros cargos en la factura y que las tarifas sean justas y razonables; (2) mayor eficiencia: exigir y forzar a la AEE a reducir sus costos operacionales y aumentar la confiabilidad del servicio; y (3) regular el mercado eléctrico en Puerto Rico: que la AEE no se vele ella misma, que no tenga el poder de obstaculizar a otros generadores, y que los consumidores cuenten con un foro adecuado para presentar sus reclamos.
Le corresponde a usted amigo lector decidir qué tipo de junta quiere, una que trabaje para usted o una que trabaje para el cartel del petróleo.
El autor es director de Política Pública en el Centro para una Nueva Economía. Esta columna de publicó originalmente en el diario El Nuevo Día el 9 de marzo de 2014.
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Boricuas: ¿Por qué buscan el norte? (CNN Español)

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Entrevista en CNN Español a Deepak Lamba-Nieves, Director de Investigaciones para el Centro Para Una Nueva Economía (CNE).

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PR economy still shrinking, EAI shows; BLS revision brightens payroll

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PR economy still shrinking, EAI shows; BLS revision brightens payroll picture

Puerto Rico’s economic activity shrank again in January despite a federal revisi ...

Doral loses $51M in 4Q, $88M for year

Doral Financial Corp., the holding company of Doral Bank, reported Friday a net ...

E-Trade’s talking baby says bye-bye

NEW YORK — The E-Trade baby will finally stop talking.
The Puerto Rico government is cracking down on unlicensed kayak tour operat ...
Horizon:PR economic challenges ahead
Horizon Lines is forecasting continued modest volume growth and continued e ...
Issued: March 21, 2014
The head of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority says the government-run utility is looking to tap sea temperature changes to generate e ...
Issued: March 21, 2014
Gov. Alejandro García Padilla signaled Friday that energy reform legislation approved by the Senate won’t get his signature as written.
Issued: March 21, 2014
The Omega Puerto Rico Regional Center and North Texas EB-5 Regional Center have reached an agreement to raise EB-5 funds for the development ...
Obama signs relief from flood insurance hike
Issued: March 21, 2014
WASHINGTON — Homeowners living in flood-prone areas are getting relief from big spikes in insurance costs under legislation President Barack ...
Wal-Mart's new tool gives competitors prices
Issued: March 21, 2014
NEW YORK — The "Every Day Low Price" king is trying to shake up the world of pricing once again.
Issued: March 21, 2014
HAVANA — Cuba is giving its hundreds of thousands of medical workers raises that in some cases exceed 100 percent, official media on the isl ...

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Fortaleza pulls plug on Bhatia’s Prepa bill

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Fortaleza pulls plug on Bhatia’s Prepa bill
Issued: March 22, 2014
A bid by Puerto Rico’s top senator to break the Puerto Rico Electric Power ...
PR govt, Hewlett-Packard sign MOU
Issued: March 22, 2014
The Puerto Rico government and Hewlett-Packard have signed a memorandum of ...
San Juan Mayor Carmel Yulín Cruz said Friday that capital city resources will help fill the estimated 3,500 new jobs to be created at the Ma ...
The Puerto Rico government is planning a $29 million investment in a boardwalk linking historic Old San Juan with other popular tourism area ...

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All systems go for tsunami drill in PR

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All systems go for tsunami drill in PR

Puerto Rico will join other localities in the Caribbean and Northwest Atlantic r ...

Coast Guard begins surprise cruise ship inspections to shore up safety

MIAMI — The Coast Guard has begun unannounced inspections of cruise ships at U.S ...

Big climate report: Dangers of global warming are immediate, very human

If you think of climate change as a hazard for some far-off polar bears years fr ...
PR consumers to get credits in $166M national e-books price-fixing settlements
Buyers of electronic books in Puerto Rico will get account credits this wee ...
Big water outage on tap for Sunday
Tens of thousands of people in 18 municipalities will be without water serv ...
PR gets boost in HIV/AIDS funding
Issued: March 25, 2014
The U.S. Health & Human Services Department has increased federal findi ...
Issued: March 25, 2014
Although Puerto Rico has the least expensive housing rent among the 50 stat ...
Mayagüez looks to Spain in tourism push
Issued: March 25, 2014
The city of Mayagüez kicked off Tuesday theJornadas de Turismo Euroal ...
FWS to review endangered PR parrots
Issued: March 25, 2014
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is taking a close look at Puerto Rican parrot numbers as part of a broader review of endangered or thre ...
Conservative National Review takes hard look at PR’s economic ‘catastrophe’
Issued: March 25, 2014
National Review, the leading conservative magazine founded by William F. Buckley, is taking a sharp look at Puerto Rico’s economic and fisca ...
Insurer: Watchdog’s $1.7B fine is unconstitutional
Issued: March 25, 2014
MCS Health Management Options is asking the federal court to block efforts by the Puerto Rico government’s Patients Advocate Office to colle ...
Issued: March 25, 2014
Puerto Rico’s junk bonds traded at record lows this week as an industry watchdog eyes sales of the freshly paper.
Issued: March 25, 2014
Puerto Rico’s economic activity shrank again in January despite a federal revision of the key payroll employment benchmark that brightened t ...
Issued: March 25, 2014
NEW YORK — At a time when Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are pushing people to put forward their most polished, put-together selves, a new c ...
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department issued fines totaling $373,000 as its crackdown on sales tax (IVU) evasion reached businesses within the ...
Productos La Finca President Eniel Torres Ojeda has been named Small Business Person of the Year for Puerto Rico by the U.S. Small Business ...
IRS says bitcoin will be taxed like property
Issued: March 25, 2014
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service says virtual currencies like bitcoin will be taxed like property — not currency.
Ex-Goldman board member's conviction upheld in NY
Issued: March 25, 2014
NEW YORK — A federal appeals court has upheld the insider trading conviction of a former Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble board member ...
WTC parachute jump condemned as 'selfish act'
Issued: March 25, 2014
NEW YORK — The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the New York police commissioner denounced the parachute jump off 1 World Trade ...
Houston Ship Channel reopened to limited traffic
Issued: March 25, 2014
GALVESTON, Texas — The Coast Guard says it has reopened the Houston Ship Channel to some traffic after thousands of gallons of oil spilled f ...
18, 108, 176? How many missing from landslide?
Issued: March 25, 2014
SEATTLE — Three days after a huge landslide destroyed a small community in rural Washington state, authorities still had no firm idea how ma ...
Pharmacists urged not to assist US executions
Issued: March 25, 2014
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Human rights groups are urging the American Pharmacists Association to ban members from assisting in executions.
Firm cuts US online gambling estimate 30%
Issued: March 25, 2014
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Morgan Stanley lowered its estimate of the U.S. Internet gambling market on Tuesday to $3.5 billion by 2017, down from ...
Brazilian prosecutors charge executives
Issued: March 25, 2014
SAO PAULO — Brazilian prosecutors have charged 30 executives from 12 companies with forming a cartel to raise prices for the construction an ...
Venezuelan leader says coup plot generals arrested
Issued: March 25, 2014
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says officials have arrested three air force generals on charges of plotting a coup ...
Venezuela unveils new currency market for dollars
Issued: March 25, 2014
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Nicolas Maduro's cash-strapped government unveiled a new currency market Monday that allows Venezuelans t ...
Time, uncertainty make plane hunt uniquely hard
Issued: March 25, 2014
CANBERRA, Australia — Not one object has been recovered from the missing airliner that Malaysian officials are now convinced plunged into th ...
Obama hails 'fundamental shift' on nuke security
Issued: March 25, 2014
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — President Barack Obama hailed a "fundamental shift" in international efforts to fight nuclear terrorism a ...
Obama expresses concern Russia moving on Ukraine
Issued: March 25, 2014
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — With no sign of Russia abandoning the Crimean Peninsula, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he's concerned tha ...
Satellite clue ends wild theories, hope
Issued: March 25, 2014
Over an extraordinary 17 days and nights, until the moment Malaysia’s prime minister stepped to a lectern to deliver investigators’ sobering ...

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UFC pushing its reach into Puerto Rico

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UFC pushing its reach into Puerto Rico

UFC president Dana White announced Wednesday in Puerto Rico the mixed-martial ar ...

Spotters fight fatigue in hunt for plane

PERTH, Australia — They stare out at a punishingly unbroken expanse of gray wate ...
PR government defends rice crop project
Issued: March 27, 2014
The Puerto Rico government is defending a pilot project to re-establish ric ...
$350M development plans in Guaynabo
The Government Development Bank has added Evertec to its Puerto Rico Stock ...
SUAGM blazes culinary arts trail in DC
To serve the growing need for trained bilingual professionals in the culinary arts, the Puerto Rico-based Ana G. Méndez University System (S ...
Issued: March 26, 2014
Puerto Rico’s Economic Development Bank and Scotiabank of Puerto Rico signed an accord Wednesday aimed at helping local companies export the ...
Mandatory Kim Jong Un haircuts a baldfaced lie?
Issued: March 27, 2014
TOKYO — Have all male university students in North Korea been ordered to get haircuts like their leader, Kim Jong Un? The Internet certainly ...
Obama looking for kindred spirit in Pope Francis
Issued: March 27, 2014
ROME — President Barack Obama is holding a historic first meeting with Pope Francis, the pontiff that the president views as a kindred spiri ...

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Analysis: Bond deal makes PR pledge of balanced FY15 budget impossible

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Analysis: Bond deal makes PR pledge of balanced FY15 budget impossible

The Puerto Rico government’s use of a portion of the proceeds from this month’s ...

$1 trillion student loan debt plays role in widening US wealth gap

Every month that Gregory Zbylut pays $1,300 toward his law school loans is anoth ...

Population loss stretches across PR

The vast majority of Puerto Rico’s municipalities saw their populations drop ove ...
UFC president Dana White announced Wednesday in Puerto Rico the mixed-marti ...
Ex-TRB chief files $4M suit over ouster
Issued: March 27, 2014
Former Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board President Sandra Tor ...
Private developers are teaming up with government on $350 million in housing and commercial projects in Guaynabo.
The Government Development Bank has added Evertec to its Puerto Rico Stock Index (PRSI).
Obama seeks quick end to NSA phone records program
Issued: March 27, 2014
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama asked Congress on Thursday to end quickly the government's bulk collection of Americans' phone r ...
Ally files for IPO that could raise more than $3B
Issued: March 27, 2014
MINNEAPOLIS — The federal government is getting ready to sell more than half of its remaining stock in Ally Financial in a public offering t ...
Obama says more than 6M signed up for health care
Issued: March 27, 2014
WASHINGTON — Back on track after a stumbling start, President Barack Obama's health care overhaul reached a milestone Thursday, with mor ...
Populist Argentine government begins painful cuts
Issued: March 27, 2014
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina is cutting subsidies to survive a cash crunch. As a result, many people could see water and gas bills do ...
UN General Assembly votes 'yes' on Ukraine unity
Issued: March 27, 2014
UNITED NATIONS — In a sweeping rebuke of Moscow, the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly affirmed Ukraine's territorial int ...
Spotters fight fatigue in hunt for missing plane
Issued: March 27, 2014
PERTH, Australia — They stare out at a punishingly unbroken expanse of gray water that seems, at times, to blend into the clouds. Occasional ...

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PR payrolls drop again, unemployment dips

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PR payrolls drop again, unemployment dips

Puerto Rico’s unemployment rate fell but payroll jobs also continued to drop las ...

Congress taking up expired tax laws including PR rum money, Section 199

The top tax writers in Congress are poised to take up billions of dollars in lap ...

Stakes are high for Cuba’s aggressive new law to lure foreign investment

HAVANA — Cuban authorities are on the verge of enacting a new foreign investment ...
The Puerto Rico government’s use of a portion of the proceeds from this mon ...
Issued: March 28, 2014
Big-time investors, business executives, economic development officials and ...
Issued: March 28, 2014
The vast majority of Puerto Rico’s municipalities saw their populations dro ...
Issued: March 28, 2014
Gov. Alejandro García Padilla issued an executive order Thursday that aims ...
Issued: March 28, 2014
UFC president Dana White announced Wednesday in Puerto Rico the mixed-martial arts organization’s expansion plans for the island, noting Pue ...
The civil engineering community in Puerto Rico is setting the stage for what is arguably the top event in their field, dubbed “Mega Civil Fr ...
Former Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board President Sandra Torres has filed a $4 million federal lawsuit claiming she was ouste ...
New Malaysia plane search area turns up objects
Issued: March 28, 2014
PERTH, Australia — Australian officials moved the search area for the lost Malaysian jetliner 1,100 kilometers (680 miles) to the northeast ...

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SOS Venezuela: The Cruelty of Some, and the Indifference of Many ... 

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All the more so following the delayed and timid OEA (Organisation of American States) resolution adopted by a 29-3 vote, and not a consensus, because, as expected, the ALBA bloc countries and CARICOM had a majority ...

Caribbean RoundUp - Caribbean Life

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Caribbean RoundUp
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Caribbean. Officials in Puerto Rico say the U.S. island territory aims to position itself as a key air transportation center in the Caribbean, taking advantage of growth opportunities in industry that is essential to regional economic development ...

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