GDB says PR economy has grown for full quarter for first time since 2006

The Government Development Bank-Economic Activity Index (GDB-EAI) hit 128 points ...

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Paralyzed woman uses her mind to control robot arm

NEW YORK — Using only her thoughts, a Massachusetts woman paralyzed for 15 years ...
Carnival plans $65M DR cruise center
Issued: May 16, 2012
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Carnival Corporation said Tuesday that ...

US lowers cutoff for lead in kids
Issued: May 16, 2012
ATLANTA — For the first time in 20 years, U.S. health officials have lowere ...

SME study: PR Internet use up
Issued: May 16, 2012
More than 1 million Puerto Rico residents over the age of 12 plug into the ...

PDP ticket at odds on bail limits issue
Issued: May 16, 2012
Popular Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate Alejandro García Padilla’s ...

Félix Matos picked to head PR parade in NYC
Issued: May 16, 2012
NEW YORK — The president of Hostos Community College in the Bronx has been named grand marshal of this year’s Puerto Rican Day Parade in the ...

SBS names new chief operating officer
Issued: May 16, 2012
Spanish Broadcast System has tapped a new chief operating officer.

Florida real estate outlook improving
Issued: May 16, 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A survey of real estate professionals shows Florida’s market outlook improved in the first quarter of 2012.

US Senate eyes tax reform impact on PR
Issued: May 16, 2012
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee held a hearing Tuesday to examine the impact of tax reform on Native American tribes and the U.S. territor ...

Doral posts $2.6M net income in 1Q
Issued: May 16, 2012
Doral Financial Corp. reported net income of $2.6 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012, compared with net income of $11.7 mill ...

PR maps plan to close digital divide
Issued: May 16, 2012
The Puerto Rico Broadband Taskforce (PRBT) on Tuesday mapped out a strategic plan aimed to assess the digital divide across the island and f ...

Jewel of the Seas to homeport in PR
Issued: May 15, 2012
Royal Caribbean’s Jewel of the Seas cruise ship will sail out of San Juan as its homeport next summer, Puerto Rico government officials anno ...

Fugitive bank robber nabbed at PR airport
Issued: May 15, 2012
Federal authorities in Puerto Rico have arrested a convicted bank robber once featured on the TV show "America’s Most Wanted." ...

García Padilla reverses on bail issue
Issued: May 15, 2012
Popular Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Alejandro García Padilla is saying he supports a proposal to limit the right to bail despite voting ...

Army Corps: Gains in Culebra cleanup
Issued: May 15, 2012
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville district said it is making steady progress in its investigation of what remains from p ...

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Key Republican: JPMorgan $2B loss raises questions
Issued: May 16, 2012
WASHINGTON — A key House Republican says the $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan Chase raises critical questions about how banks control the ...

Leading insurer pays $109M for dog bite claims
Issued: May 16, 2012
LOS ANGELES — Dog bites man does not get a lot of attention in the news, but it costs insurance companies hundreds of millions in claims eve ...

Study links vets to brain disease seen in athletes
Issued: May 16, 2012
WASHINGTON — A small study raises more concern about the long-term consequences of the traumatic brain injuries suffered by thousands of sol ...

US economy picks up after early spring slump
Issued: May 16, 2012
WASHINGTON — Maybe the U.S. economy's strength this winter wasn't just weather-related after all.

Fed: Several members could support further easing
Issued: May 16, 2012
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve policymakers are open to further efforts to stimulate the U.S. economy if growth falters or threats escalate.

FBI chief confirms preliminary probe of JPMorgan
Issued: May 16, 2012
WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert Mueller says the bureau has launched a preliminary investigation of JPMorgan Chase & Co. following a $2 ...

Facebook insiders to cash out more shares
Issued: May 16, 2012
NEW YORK — Insiders and early Facebook investors are taking advantage of increasing investor demand and selling more of their stock in the c ...

Target's 1Q profits up 1.2%
Issued: May 16, 2012
NEW YORK — Target Corp. raised its profit outlook Wednesday after reporting better-than-expected first-quarter results that were boosted by ...

Obama calls on Congress to help small businesses
Issued: May 16, 2012
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says Congress could help sustain the economy's "momentum" by passing legislation that woul ...

US factory output rose in April on stronger autos
Issued: May 16, 2012
WASHINGTON — U.S. factory output increased in April, helped by a gain in auto production. Busier factories have driven stronger hiring this ...

Biden attacks Romney tenure as venture capitalist
Issued: May 16, 2012
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden is pouncing on Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney in swing state Ohio, casting him as a co ...

White House threatens veto of House defense bill
Issued: May 15, 2012
WASHINGTON — The White House threatened on Tuesday to veto the House Armed Service Committee's version of next year's defense budget ...

Penney has 1Q loss as new pricing repels shoppers
Issued: May 15, 2012
NEW YORK — Turns out, American shoppers don't prefer predictable pricing over blockbuster bargains — at least not yet.

JPMorgan boss Dimon survives votes on pay, chairmanship
Issued: May 15, 2012
TAMPA, Fla. — The CEO of JPMorgan Chase survived a shareholder push Tuesday to strip him of the title of chairman of the board, five days af ...

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Anger, drama at Ratko Mladic's genocide trial
Issued: May 16, 2012
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — He's no longer the swaggering general who held Sarajevo "in the palm of his hand" during Bosnia's ...

US to assign Army brigade to Africa for training
Issued: May 16, 2012
WASHINGTON — Army leaders say a combat brigade will be assigned to the Pentagon's Africa Command next year in a pilot program that will ...

World leaders set for busy US weekend of summitry
Issued: May 16, 2012
WASHINGTON — More than two dozen world leaders will join President Barack Obama in an extraordinary weekend of back-to-back summits to tackl ...

Venezuelan foreign minister stands in for Chavez
Issued: May 16, 2012
CARACAS, Venezuela — After nearly a year of cancer treatment that has forced President Hugo Chavez to step back from the spotlight, a burly ...

Mexico anti-drug agents detain 2 army generals
Issued: May 16, 2012
MEXICO CITY — Two army generals, including a former assistant defense secretary, were detained by anti-drug prosecutors and are being questi ...

Assad: Ready to show foreign mercenaries to world
Issued: May 16, 2012
MOSCOW — In his first interview in nearly half a year, Syrian President Bashar Assad denounced the opposition Syrian National Council as bot ...

US economy provides some relief to markets
Issued: May 16, 2012
LONDON — The shockwaves from Greece's failure to form a coalition government continued to reverberate around markets on Wednesday, thoug ...

Thai police seize tiger parts said to be for China
Issued: May 16, 2012
BANGKOK — Thai police say they have seized the carcasses of tigers and other big cats believed to have been destined for consumption in Chin ...

UN: High blood pressure, glucose a global problem
Issued: May 16, 2012
GENEVA — A quarter of people aged 25 or over now have high blood pressure worldwide, and almost one in 10 has worrying levels of glucose in ...

Bank of England downgrades UK growth forecast
Issued: May 16, 2012
LONDON — The Bank of England has trimmed its forecast for U.K. economic growth this year to 0.8 percent, but expects inflation to remain abo ...

Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes dies at 83
Issued: May 15, 2012
MEXICO CITY — Author Carlos Fuentes, who played a dominant role in Latin America's novel-writing boom by delving into the failed ideals ...

Egypt group documents 841 deaths in 2011 uprising
Issued: May 15, 2012
CAIRO — An Egyptian rights group released Tuesday the most comprehensive list to date of the more than 800 civilians killed by security forc ...

Eurozone avoids recession as Germany powers ahead
Issued: May 15, 2012
LONDON — Europe dodged a bullet Tuesday after the economy of the 17 countries that use the euro narrowly avoided a recession in the first qu ...

Francois Hollande becomes France's new president
Issued: May 15, 2012
PARIS — Francois Hollande became the president of France on Tuesday in a ceremony steeped in tradition, taking over a country worried about ...

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