Dollar$ And $ense, A News Is My Business Podcast

Soraya Correa, chief procurement officer of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Antonio Sosa-Pascual, co-chair of the Puerto Rico Technology Cluster talk about the opportunities for small companies in Puerto Rico to do business with the large federal agency. They spoke about the importance of promoting innovation and entrepreneurial vision in this industry.

Nonprofit organization Causa Local Founder Ana María Cintrón talks  about the mission to provide alternative access to capital for small and  medium  businesses in Puerto Rico.  Through crowdfunding and loans, local operations like Molcajete Foods  are able to get their businesses off the ground, says Roberto Rivera,  one of the three founding brothers of the Caguas-based manufacturing  operation.

Puerto Rico Information Technology Cluster co-Chairman, Antonio  Sosa-Pascual and Board member José Huyke discuss the agenda for the  upcoming conference that will feature local and international IT  industry leaders talking about Artificial Intelligence, Health  Technology, Cyber ​​Security, Innovation and Business Vision, IT as  Economic Development, among others. If you like this episode, please rate it and share it! Available for download and on your favorite podcast streaming platform.

Dennis Román, vice president of the Sila M. Calderón Foundation’s Centro para Puerto Rico discusses the nonprofit’s missions and programs  to promote entrepreneurship and self-reliance among the island’s youth  and low-income women.

CPA Rubén Rodríguez, a member of the Puerto Rico Society of CPAs, and  expert on the topic of Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), discusses  their benefits to taxpayers in Puerto Rico in our latest podcast  episode.

Liberty Puerto Rico President Naji Khoury says NBCUniversal is holding customers hostage, while no new negotiations are scheduled to solve the matter to get Telemundo, NBC and 13 other channels back on the air. In the meantime, the carrier is offering discounted services and vows to give credit. Listen to the full interview HERE!

In this episode of Dollar$ and $ense, we share with you information provided during a news conference in San Juan about the agreement reached between the Central Office of Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency (known as COR3) and FEMA for the review and reimbursement approval of federal recovery funds. Heading the news conference were Omar Marrero, executive director of COR3, and Mike Byrne, FEMA's acting Caribbean area division director for disaster operations in Puerto Rico.

U.S. Small Business Administration Regional Administrator Steven Bulger  is visiting the island this week as a curtain raiser to the start of  this year's Emerging Leaders program, which so far has graduated more  than 90 local companies, said SBA District Director for Puerto Rico and  the U.S. Virgin Islands, Yvette T.  Collazo.

The philanthropic response to Puerto Rico’s devastation after  Hurricanes Irma and María in September 2017 generated an incalculable  amount of private aid and the “coming together” of new and existing  nonprofits to help in the island’s ongoing recovery.  The subject is discussed in detail in the “Philanthropy and Puerto  Rico after Hurricane María: How a natural disaster put Puerto Rico on  the philanthropic map and implications for the future” report, co-authored by Janice Petrovich, interviewed for this episode of Dollar$ and $ense.

Popular Inc.’s fourth quarter 2018 earnings report,  Liberty Puerto Rico announces new plans and rates for 2019, the Puerto Rico Treasury Department announced a moratorium through March on payment plans extended to federal government employees affected by the shutdown.

Oriental Bancorp reported earnings, medicinal cannabis clinics are proliferating quickly in Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics goes to court.

Headlines for Jan. 22.

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló sits down with News is my Business  to discuss several pressing economic issues, and the government’s  proposed resolutions.

Here's a summary of the stories appearing in News is my Business today!