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Clair Global Acquires Puerto Rico’s Wichie Sound
Mix
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June 23, 2025
Clair Global has acquired Puerto Rico-based audio services provider Wichie Sound Performance, Inc. (l-r) Clair Global CEO, Troy Clair; Wichie Sound Admin & Accounting, Katherine Varley; Founder and Owner of Wichie Sound, Fernando ‘Wichie’...
Long Shortz with Singular Health: Reinforcing its place in the US market
Stockhead
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June 24, 2025
Stockhead’s Tylah Tully chats with Singular Health Group (ASX:SHG) chief operating officer Martina Mariano, after the company secured its first US enterprise commercial contract with Provider Network Solutions, a managed service organisation...
Stage Notes: ‘The Lion King’ company manager and husband feel the love as newlyweds
Dallas Voice - Texas
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June 23, 2025
While Stage Notes will return properly next week with all the theater news and calendar, this special edition continues the story of José Solivan and Matthew Buckingham. In January 2023, I spoke with Solivan who serves as the company manager for...
PAMAC 2025: Cruise tourism playing a bigger role in Aruba’s economy
24ora
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June 23, 2025
0 “This was the best PAMAC ever,” said participants as they boarded the catamaran for the closing event on Renaissance Island. Aruba’s Ministry of Tourism, Aruba Ports Authority (APA), and the Aruba Tourism Authority (A.T.A.) were proud to host...
Why Puerto Rico should be your next food destination
AOL
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Puerto Rico imports 85% of its food — an issue that became even more apparent after Hurricane Maria. “Teaching people how to grow food, for us, that’s a rebel act,” says Efrén David Robles, owner of small, family-run farm Frutos Del Guacabo....
How A Nasty Breakup, A Forced Auction, A Move To Puerto Rico And AI Made This Founder A Billionaire
Forbes
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After a dramatic split from his onetime girlfriend and cofounder, Phil Shawe bought out her half of their translation firm in 2018. Here’s how he has since nearly doubled the company’s revenue and became a billionaire. “There’s an old story about...
Roller skating rink opens for summer at Roof at Ponce City Market
FOX 5 Atlanta - Georgia
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SK8 The Roof Roller Skating Rink is back on the roof of the Ponce City Market for the summer. ATLANTA - The Roof at Ponce City Market is turning up the summer fun with two new attractions: a rooftop roller skating rink and a nightly laser show....
Federal dollars to support CT minority-owned businesses in jeopardy
Hartford Business Journal - Connecticut
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Efforts to help minority-owned small businesses in Connecticut could be challenged at the end of this month, as federal funding threatens to run dry for business development programs. In a March executive order, the Trump administration...
48-Hours In Puerto Rico: A Weekend Girl’s Getaway Guide
Black America Web
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June 23, 2025
Source: Keyaira Kelly / @KeyairaKelly Today is the solstice, the longest day of the year, and the astrological holiday that marks a new cycle of summer. With the changing temperatures comes a deep, soul-longing for browner skin, the sound of...
Conflicting Predictions on Puerto Rico’s Economy
Puerto Rico Report
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June 23, 2025
In general, Puerto Rico’s economy is stronger than those of its neighboring island countries, but this year, the International Monetary Fund is predicting negative growth for the Island’s GDP in spite of growth elsewhere in the region. The GDP in...
2025 Finance Power List: A – J
NJBIZ - New Jersey
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June 23, 2025
Michael Affuso New Jersey Bankers Association When Affuso speaks, officials in Trenton, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere listen. Affuso took over as president and CEO of the New Jersey Bankers Association in 2022, after serving as the...
Frontier operates its first flight between Puerto Plata and Puerto Rico
Dominican Today
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Frontier Airlines inaugurated a route between Puerto Plata and San Juan last Thursday, strengthening the connection between the neighboring islands of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. “Frontier has proven to be a committed partner in the...
Caribbean Matters: Racist ICE raids target Dominicans in Puerto Rico
Daily Kos
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June 21, 2025
Approximately 100,000 Dominicans now live in Puerto Rico, of whom about 30,000 are thought to be undocumented illegal immigrants. Some Dominicans are en route to the USA, using Puerto Rico as a take off point, but most remain, forming a distinct...
Business : Philippines To Build On Malaysia’s ASEAN Chairmanship Legacy
Bernama
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June 22, 2025
By Zufazlin Baharuddin KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 (Bernama) -- The Philippines has expressed its commitment to build on Malaysia’s current ASEAN chairmanship as it prepares to lead the regional bloc in 2026 especially in strengthening regional economic...
Puerto Rico rises in global competitiveness rankings, taking 45th place
News is My Business
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June 20, 2025
The improved ranking increases Puerto Rico’s visibility as a strategic location for companies seeking operational stability within a U.S. jurisdiction. (Credit: Antonyesse | Dreamstime.com) Puerto Rico has moved up to 45th place out of 69...
Ex-news anchor convicted in scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID relief funds
Sky News Australia
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June 24, 2025
Stephanie Hockridge, a former Phoenix news anchor-turned-fintech entrepreneur, has been convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a federal case involving hundreds of millions of dollars in COVID relief funds. A jury in the Northern District...
Puerto Rico's economy is shrinking while the rest of Latin America is growing
The Weekly Journal
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June 19, 2025
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) latest analysis of projected growth rates for the largest economies in Central America and the Caribbean in 2025 revealed that the island is in negative territory, projected at -0.8%. This contraction...
FNM to slash yacht tax rate 'highest in Caribbean-Atlantic'
The Tribune (Bahamas)
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June 23, 2025
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net The Opposition yesterday pledged to slash a yacht charter tax rate, which the industry has branded "the highest in the Caribbean-Atlantic region", by more than 70 percent in...
Federal Judge Sentences Ontrak CEO Terren Peizer to 42 Months in Prison for Insider Trading Scheme in California
TDPel Media
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June 23, 2025
In a case that sends a strong message to corporate insiders, the former CEO and chairman of the health tech company Ontrak Inc. has been sentenced to over three years behind bars. Terren Scott Peizer, 65, tried to beat the stock market using...
Crowley Marks Successful Operation with First US-Flagged LNG Carrier for Puerto Rico
SeaNews
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June 20, 2025
Crowley, a US-owned shipping and logistics company, celebrated the successful operation of its LNG carrier American Energy. This is the first US-flagged liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier to deliver US-sourced LNG to Puerto Rico. At full...