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Dot Ai Begins Production at its New Puerto Rico Manufacturing Facility

Dot Ai Begins Production at its New Puerto Rico Manufacturing Facility

Dot Ai has launched production at its new facility in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, where it will manufacture industrial-grade smart asset tags and the ZiM Bridge for global customers to meet rising demand for AI-powered asset tracking technology. Dot...

New Fortress' $20B Puerto Rico supply deal stopped by regulator - Bloomberg

New Fortress' $20B Puerto Rico supply deal stopped by regulator - Bloomberg

CHUNYIP WONG/E+ via Getty ImagesNew Fortress Energy (NASDAQ:NFE) -8.1% in Thursday's trading after Puerto Rico's finance regulator rejected the company's $20B natural gas supply deal over monopoly concerns, Bloomberg reported, citing a letter to...

Puerto Rico Supreme Court Reaffirms Importance of Just Cause for Employee Terminations

Puerto Rico Supreme Court Reaffirms Importance of Just Cause for Employee Terminations

Takeaways In the wrongful discharge case of Méndez Ruiz v. Techno Plastics Industries, Inc., the Court found an employee’s exhaustion of the 12-month Workers’ Compensation leave is not automatic grounds for a just cause termination. Puerto Rico...

New Fortress’ $20 Billion Puerto Rico Deal Halted by Board

New Fortress’ $20 Billion Puerto Rico Deal Halted by Board

The Financial Oversight and Management Board has “profound concerns” about a proposed 15-year contract between Genera PR — a New Fortress subsidiary that operates the territory’s power plants — and the company unit that delivers liquefied gas,...

What Are the Best Freight Shipping Solutions for Small Businesses?

What Are the Best Freight Shipping Solutions for Small Businesses?

Reading Time: 8 minutes Balancing shipping cost, speed and safety is essential for small business owners. You need shipments to arrive on time and intact while being cost-effective. Luckily, there are logistics brokerages and third-party logistics...

Ponce de Leon closed after tree falls in DeKalb County

Ponce de Leon closed after tree falls in DeKalb County

Metro Atlanta commuters face major delays Thursday morning due to a crash on I-85 and a tree blocking all lanes of Ponce de Leon Avenue. ATLANTA — Atlanta traffic conditions are constantly changing, with crashes, construction and slowdowns...

Trump announces 50% tariff on key manufacturing resource

Trump announces 50% tariff on key manufacturing resource

Automakers, appliances among those products that will become costlier. by Joe Deaux and Martin Ritchie President Donald Trump said the US would begin levying a 50% tariff on copper imports from Aug. 1, confirming a move that will hurt American...

From Puerto Rico to Okokomaiko — Yemi Alade Rides for Her Day Ones in “My Padi”

From Puerto Rico to Okokomaiko — Yemi Alade Rides for Her Day Ones in “My Padi”

Yemi Alade is back with the visuals for her soulful track, “My Padi,” and it’s the kind of song that makes you want to text your closest friend just to say, “thank you for being you.” Performed in a brightly lit room with nothing but a mic hanging...

Waste Of The Day: Puerto Rico, Guam, Others In Debt

Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearWire, Topline: The five inhabited U.S. territories are collectively $57.8 billion in debt and have issues with their financial statements that “can lead to poor financial decisions and lost access to capital...

Prophecies of an Independent Puerto Rico

Prophecies of an Independent Puerto Rico

Among the small group of Puerto Ricans favoring independence, most of whom do not live in Puerto Rico, the most common vision of an independent Puerto Rico is that of a prosperous capitalist country, financially supported by the United States and...

ITServe Alliance Launches Synergy 2025 with Grand Kickoff in New Jersey; Main Event Set for Puerto Rico

ITServe Alliance Launches Synergy 2025 with Grand Kickoff in New Jersey; Main Event Set for Puerto Rico

President Anju Vallabhaneni addresses attendees at The Westin Princeton. Regional leaders celebrate the East Coast chapter’s excellence with trophy honors. Manish Mehra, Synergy 2025 Director, outlines the vision for the Puerto Rico conference.|...

LBB Specialties Expands Distribution Partnership with Clariant to Support Puerto Rico's Life Sciences Market

LBB Specialties Expands Distribution Partnership with Clariant to Support Puerto Rico's Life Sciences Market

NORWALK, Conn., July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- LBB Specialties (LBBS), a leader in specialty chemicals and ingredient distribution in North America, is pleased to announce the expansion of its distribution partnership with Clariant, a global leader...

Kimberly Guilfoyle Vows to Confront China, Support U.S. Energy, and Strengthen Military Ties as Trump’s Pick for Ambassador to Greece

Kimberly Guilfoyle Vows to Confront China, Support U.S. Energy, and Strengthen Military Ties as Trump’s Pick for Ambassador to Greece

Kimberly Guilfoyle, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Greece, pledged at her Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday to be a fierce advocate for U.S. interests, vowing to deepen defense cooperation, expand energy...

No Immediate Cuts to Medicaid in Puerto Rico, But Concerns Linger

No Immediate Cuts to Medicaid in Puerto Rico, But Concerns Linger

Although the recently approved "Big Beautiful Bill" (BBB) does not impose immediate Medicaid cuts in Puerto Rico, healthcare industry sources are concerned about what might happen once the current allocated funds—set to expire in 2027—run out, and...

Drug-resistant BAT-HUMAN HYBRID FLU engineered by NIH-funded researchers to create a new worldwide pandemic to try to kill everyone

Drug-resistant BAT-HUMAN HYBRID FLU engineered by NIH-funded researchers to create a new worldwide pandemic to try to kill everyone

Drug-resistant BAT-HUMAN HYBRID FLU engineered by NIH-funded researchers to create a new worldwide pandemic to try to kill everyone The depopulation machine is still in full gear folks. The freaks in their white lab coats are still designing new...

Ritz cracker recall raises allergy concerns nationwide

Ritz cracker recall raises allergy concerns nationwide

Subscribe to our free newsletter today to keep up to date with the latest food industry news. In a significant food safety alert, Mondelēz Global LLC has issued a voluntary recall of select Ritz Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwiches due to a packaging...

How Trump’s Policies Are Reshaping Immigration Enforcement in Puerto Rico

How Trump’s Policies Are Reshaping Immigration Enforcement in Puerto Rico

In Barrio Obrero, a predominantly Dominican neighborhood in Puerto Rico, the chilling effect of unprecedented immigration raids in the U.S. territory has been paralyzing. With homes and businesses desolate, a truck with speakers has been cruising...

Roff: Peeling back the curtain on energy producer lawsuits

Roff: Peeling back the curtain on energy producer lawsuits

Under Joe Biden, filing lawsuits against energy producers and accusing them of harming the environment was cool. Under Donald J. Trump’s America First energy policy, not so much. The “David vs. Goliath” narrative has collapsed on the altar of...

More flash floods forecasted to hit Texas and immigration enforcement in Puerto Rico: Morning Rundown

More flash floods forecasted to hit Texas and immigration enforcement in Puerto Rico: Morning Rundown

The National Weather Service is warning more flash floods could hit central Texas. This summer’s big sales events could offer some of the best pre-tariffs bargains. Trump's policies are reshaping immigration enforcement in Puerto Rico. Here’s what...

Trump's tariffs on Brazil could make your coffee even more expensive

Trump's tariffs on Brazil could make your coffee even more expensive

President Donald Trump’s proposed 50% tariff on Brazilian imports is bad news for coffee drinkers. Brazil, the largest U.S. supplier of green coffee beans, accounts for about a third of the country’s total supply, according to data from the U.S....

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