Bernanke forecasts gains from computer tech WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says pessimists forecasting t ... Caribbean conservation gains ground NECKER ISLAND, British Virgin Islands — Surrounded by a turquoise sea and a mena ... PR jobless rate falls to 13.7%, lowest since 2008; but payrolls thin by 22K Puerto Rico’s unemployment rate fell to 13.7 percent in April, posting a third s ...

LOCAL NEWS NATIONAL NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS Burmese Python caught in PR river Issued: May 18, 2013 Authorities in Puerto Rico have caught a 12-foot (3.6-meter) Burmese Python ... full story SJ-Houston cargo sailings starting Issued: May 18, 2013 A new all-water service connecting Texas with Puerto Rico will launch this ... full story PR plans $3.4B in bond issues in 2013 Issued: May 17, 2013 The Puerto Rico government is planning to sell some $3.4 billion in bonds t ... full story Acosta defends IVU expansion plan Issued: May 17, 2013 Treasury Secretary Melba Acosta said Friday that the proposal to expand the ... full story García Padilla says PR ‘back on track’ Issued: May 17, 2013 Gov. Alejandro García Padilla told Wall Street investors and analysts Friday that the island “is back on track and heading in the right dire ... full story   SBA honors PR entrepreneurs, banks Issued: May 17, 2013 The Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration on Friday honored José A. Irizarry, president ... full story   Segarra taking Convention Bureau helm Issued: May 17, 2013 The board of directors of the Puerto Rico Convention Bureau announced the appointment of veteran hotelier and public official Milton Segarra ... full story   Caribbean talks conservation in summit Issued: May 17, 2013 KINGSTON, Jamaica — Political and business leaders are gathering on a billionaire’s private island Friday to back a program aimed at expandi ... full story   PR Senate passes gay rights bill 15-11 Issued: May 17, 2013 The Puerto Rican Senate on Thursday approved legislation that would ban discrimination against gays in employment, housing, public accommoda ... full story   Triple-S prices secondary offering Issued: May 17, 2013 Triple-S Management Corp. announced Friday the pricing of the previously announced secondary offering of 5,400,368 shares of Class B common ... full story   PR faces lowest coffee production ever Issued: May 17, 2013 Coffee production in Puerto Rico has hit the lowest level ever in the island’s history, leaving farmers and government officials worried abo ... full story   Caribbean tourism receipts up 2.4% in 2012 Issued: May 16, 2013 International tourism receipts hit a new record in 2012, reaching an estimated $1.075 trillion worldwide, up 4 percent in real terms, from $ ... full story   PR pro Graves scores ‘Surfer’ cover Issued: May 16, 2013 Puerto Rican professional surfer Dylan Graves has scored a coveted “Surfer” magazine cover shot. full story   Prasa owed $265M in overdue bills Issued: May 16, 2013 The cash-strapped Puerto Rico Aqueduct & Sewer Authority is owed some $265 million in overdue water bills, including an outstanding $30, ... full story   more Local news Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town Issued: May 18, 2013 FREMONT, Calif. — In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched int ... full story   Obama talks jobs, says politics misplace focus Issued: May 18, 2013 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is calling attention to his economic proposals and efforts to expand the middle class. full story   Stocks rise on hopeful signs for the US economy Issued: May 17, 2013 NEW YORK — Encouraging news about the U.S. economy is extending the stock market's rally. full story   Bill clears House for wider SEC economic analyses Issued: May 17, 2013 WASHINGTON — Legislation cleared the House on Friday that would place stricter requirements on the federal agency overseeing Wall Street to ... full story   A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus Issued: May 17, 2013 NEW YORK — It was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering. full story   CBO: Obama budget cuts deficits $1.1T by 2023 Issued: May 17, 2013 WASHINGTON — Congress' nonpartisan budget analyst says President Barack Obama's budget would trim projected federal deficits by $1.1 ... full story   Gauge of US economy's future health up in April Issued: May 17, 2013 WASHINGTON — A measure of the U.S. economy's future health rose solidly in April, buoyed by a sharp rise in applications to build homes ... full story   Rising consumer demands aids organic industry sway Issued: May 17, 2013 WASHINGTON — The organic food industry is gaining influence on Capitol Hill, prompted by its entry into traditional farm states and by incre ... full story   NYC Assemblyman Lopez will resign amid sex scandal Issued: May 17, 2013 ALBANY, N.Y. — Democratic New York City Assemblyman Vito Lopez says he will resign amid a sexual harassment scandal and run for New York Cit ... full story   American will favor passengers without roller bags Issued: May 16, 2013 FORT WORTH, Texas — If you’re traveling light, you can board earlier on American Airlines. full story   Obama walking a familiar path on IRS Issued: May 16, 2013 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service controversy dogging President Barack Obama is hardly the first time a White House and the tax agen ... full story   Obama promises action on a trio of controversies Issued: May 16, 2013 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama confronted a trio of controversies Thursday, pledging to work with Congress to ensure the IRS doesn' ... full story   Tech, labor spar on immigration Issued: May 16, 2013 WASHINGTON — To the U.S. technology industry, there's a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming an ... full story   Stem cells recovered from cloned human embryos Issued: May 16, 2013 NEW YORK — Scientists have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for ... full story   more National news New board to oversee Trinidad's Caribbean Airlines Issued: May 18, 2013 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — Trinidad's finance minister has appointed a new interim board to oversee Caribbean Airlines after announcing t ... full story   Merkel and Francis talk about a 'strong' Europe Issued: May 18, 2013 VATICAN CITY — German Chancellor Angela Merkel, mindful of the weight of Christian voters in September elections, has discussed with Pope Fr ... full story   SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missiles Issued: May 18, 2013 SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. ... full story   Slower Chinese growth adds to pressure on leaders Issued: May 17, 2013 BEIJING — Global economic malaise has knocked the stuffing out of Luo Yan's business making toy animals. full story   Greece faces slow, jobless recovery next year Issued: May 17, 2013 ATHENS, Greece — Greece's deep, six-year recession is likely to end in 2014, but growth will be weak and unemployment will remain above ... full story   Top officials call to overhaul euro institutions Issued: May 17, 2013 BERLIN — Engineering a financial bailout for Cyprus in March was such a chaotic process that top European officials say it is time to rethin ... full story   Homesick pope? Vatican opens Argentine gaucho show Issued: May 17, 2013 VATICAN CITY — If Pope Francis is feeling a bit homesick these days, he need only go downstairs to St. Peter's Square. full story   OAS drug study eyes decriminalization Issued: May 17, 2013 BOGOTA, Colombia — A new Organization of American States study commissioned in response to calls by some Latin American leaders for rethinki ... full story   Argentine dictator Videla dies in prison at age 87 Issued: May 17, 2013 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power over Argentina in a 1976 coup and led a military junta that ki ... full story   Brazil approves law to modernize ports Issued: May 17, 2013 SAO PAULO — Brazil's Congress has approved legislation aimed at modernizing and expanding the country's overcrowded ports and attrac ... full story   Canada abuzz over purported crack video of mayor Issued: May 17, 2013 TORONTO — A video purportedly of Toronto's mayor smoking crack is causing an uproar in Canada. full story   Woman describes Berlusconi's bunga bunga parties Issued: May 17, 2013 MILAN — Silvio Berlusconi's private disco featured not only aspiring show girls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but ... full story   Venezuela's military enters high-crime slums Issued: May 17, 2013 PETARE, Venezuela — Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawling slum on the ... full story   Falling yen to make Japan’s goods more affordable Issued: May 17, 2013 Attention, bargain-hunters around the world: Japanese goods — from cars to televisions — are going on sale. full story   more International news

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