Univision, Disney discuss joint venture for English-language news channel

Univision and Disney are in talks to create a 24-hour news channel for Latinos i ...

Tax haul driven higher by auto sales

Puerto Rico tax collections gained traction in December as strong automobile sal ...

Flying economy-class doesn’t raise risk of blood clots, medical experts say

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Prasa plans $1B revenue bonds issue
Issued: February 7, 2012
The Puerto Rico Aqueduct & Sewer Authority (Prasa) is planning to sell ...

Zayas Seijo seeks return to Ponce city hall
Issued: February 7, 2012
Former Ponce Mayor Francisco Zayas Seijo’s bid to return to city hall took ...

DEA agents in PR claim discrimination
Issued: February 7, 2012
Ten Puerto Rican agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration have filed ...

Grant Thornton maps growth strategy
Issued: February 7, 2012
Grant Thornton partners from over 75 countries, including Kevane Grant Thor ...

Flu hits St. Maarten cruise passengers
Issued: February 7, 2012
PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten — A health ministry official in St. Maarten says that more than two dozen cruise passengers were sick as the vessel ...

Fortuño: I have doubts on Vía Verde
Issued: February 6, 2012
Gov. Luis Fortuño on Monday left the door wide open to scrapping plans for the Vía Verde natural gas pipeline, but reiterated that natural g ...

PR economy breaks into positive terrain
Issued: February 6, 2012
The Government Development Bank-Economic Activity Index for December 2011 showed its first year-over-year growth since March 2006 at the sta ...

Senate chief seeks plebiscite tweaks
Issued: February 6, 2012
Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz and New Progressive Party Sen. Melinda Romero have filed an amendment to status plebiscite legislation ...

Report: Iverson may play in PR
Issued: February 6, 2012
Former NBA great Allen Iverson and Puerto Rico’s professional basketball league are engaged in exploratory talks about a possible deal for t ...

Caguas mayor pushes train proposal
Issued: February 6, 2012
Caguas Mayor William Miranda Torres is lobbying to get back on track a proposed $380 million train system linking his central city to the ca ...

Caribbean security plan gains support
Issued: February 6, 2012
Three influential groups in Congress have sent a joint letter to President Barack Obama expressly endorsing Resident Commissioner Pedro Pier ...

Grosso named new COO at Open Mobile
Issued: February 6, 2012
Wireless carrier Open Mobile has appointed Federico Grosso as chief operating officer. He has served as the company’s chief financial office ...

PR fisherman survives 20 days adrift
Issued: February 6, 2012
BOGOTA, Colombia — A Puerto Rican fisherman spent nearly three weeks adrift in the Caribbean, surviving on raw fish and trapped rainwater, b ...

Doral meets NYSE listing standards
Issued: February 6, 2012
Doral Financial Corp. said Monday it has regained compliance with the New York Stock Exchange’s (NYSE) continued listing standards.

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US job openings jump to near a 3-year high
Issued: February 7, 2012
WASHINGTON — The number of available jobs in the United States jumped in December to near a three-year high, supporting other data that show ...

Komen official quits Planned Parenthood dispute
Issued: February 7, 2012
ATLANTA — A high-ranking official resigned Tuesday from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity after a dispute over whether t ...

Bernanke is expected to stick with low-rate stance
Issued: February 7, 2012
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has called the economy “frustratingly slow.” On Tuesday, Congress will find out whether h ...

Atlanta's tallest skyscraper to be sold at auction
Issued: February 7, 2012
ATLANTA — The tallest skyscraper in the southern United States is going up for public auction after its owners missed mortgage payments.

New York to fete Giants with parade up Broadway
Issued: February 7, 2012
NEW YORK — The New York Giants are returning from their Super Bowl win to a celebration the likes that only New York can throw: a ticker-tap ...

Report: US casinos generated $125B in spending in 2010
Issued: February 7, 2012
LAS VEGAS — A new report shows U.S. casinos and the industries that depend on them made a $125 billion economic splash in 2010 — the equival ...

Key states move closer to foreclosure-abuse deal
Issued: February 6, 2012
WASHINGTON — California and New York, the key holdouts in a long-awaited settlement over foreclosure abuses, moved closer Monday to backing ...

Stocks slip on Wall Street as Greek talks drag on
Issued: February 6, 2012
NEW YORK — Stock indexes closed slightly lower Monday as talks dragged on between Greek political leaders over a fresh cost-cutting package ...

Ex-Stanford exec: Fraud could no longer be hidden
Issued: February 6, 2012
HOUSTON — Attempts to cover up a massive Ponzi scheme alleged to have taken billions from depositors at Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford's ...

FBI focused on 'sovereign citizen' extremists
Issued: February 6, 2012
WASHINGTON — The FBI says it has been paying closer attention to people around the country who ascribe to an extremist movement that rejects ...

Top senators question Pentagon move on fighter jet
Issued: February 6, 2012
WASHINGTON — The leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee suggested on Monday that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta rushed a decision to ...

Report: Large charitable donations on the rise
Issued: February 6, 2012
SEATTLE — Money donated by the nation’s most charitable people is starting to catch up with pre-recession giving, thanks in part to some ver ...

Romney works to fend off Santorum challenge
Issued: February 6, 2012
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Mitt Romney is dispatching top surrogates to attack rival Rick Santorum over Santorum's past support for spendin ...

Verizon, Redbox combine on streaming
Issued: February 6, 2012
NEW YORK — Phone company Verizon Communications Inc. will challenge Netflix and start a video streaming service this year with Redbox and it ...

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Spanish painter and sculptor Tapies dead at 88
Issued: February 7, 2012
MADRID — Antoni Tapies' works were sprawling, abstract oeuvres that sometimes featured discarded everyday materials and graffiti-like sc ...

Britain marks Charles Dickens' 200th birthday
Issued: February 7, 2012
LONDON — He wrote about life in the modern city, with its lawyers and criminals, bankers and urchins, dreamers and clerks. He created charac ...

Admiral: Special ops to streamline in Afghan war
Issued: February 7, 2012
WASHINGTON — Adm. Bill McRaven says special operations forces in Afghanistan are preparing for a possible expanded role as overall U.S. forc ...

Italy: Court keeps ship captain under house arrest
Issued: February 7, 2012
ROME — An Italian court has refused to lift an order of house arrest for Francesco Schettino, the captain of Costa Concordia cruise ship tha ...

Glencore, Xstrata agree to $90 billion merger
Issued: February 7, 2012
LONDON — After years of courting, mining company Xstrata PLC and commodities dealer Glencore International PLC have agreed to marry in a $90 ...

Merkel blurs border in stumping for Sarkozy
Issued: February 7, 2012
PARIS — France's President Nicolas Sarkozy is yet to announce if he'll seek a second term, but he already has a big-name campaign ba ...

New US sanctions on Iran aim to head off Israel
Issued: February 7, 2012
WASHINGTON — Additional U.S. sanctions on Iran are more significant for their timing than their immediate effect on Iran's economy, comi ...

US closes Syrian embassy as diplomacy collapse
Issued: February 6, 2012
BEIRUT — The U.S. closed its embassy in Syria and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus on Monday in a new Western push to get Preside ...

Candidacy tests Mexico's culture of machismo
Issued: February 6, 2012
MEXICO CITY — The nation's ruling party has chosen a woman as its candidate for president, a test for a society where women could not vo ...

Markets cautious as Greek talks drag on
Issued: February 6, 2012
LONDON — Markets were in a cautious mood on Monday as talks dragged on between Greek political leaders over a fresh austerity package that i ...

Greece caves in on civil service firings
Issued: February 6, 2012
ATHENS, Greece — Greece's coalition government on Monday caved in to demands to cut civil service jobs, announcing 15,000 positions woul ...

Palestinians take step toward unity
Issued: February 6, 2012
RAMALLAH, West Bank — After months of wavering, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took a decisive step Monday toward reconciliation with t ...

China bars its airlines from paying EU carbon tax
Issued: February 6, 2012
BEIJING — China announced Monday it will prohibit its airlines from paying European Union charges on carbon emissions, ratcheting up a globa ...

Rescuers dig to reach trapped in Philippines quake
Issued: February 6, 2012
MANILA, Philippines — Rescuers dug with picks and shovels trying to reach dozens of people trapped under houses collapsed by a strong earthq ...

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