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Off The Continent And Into Puerto Rico For Online SMB Lending

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For small businesses, expansion is key, and expansion needs capital. In a partnership formed recently with Puerto Rico’s Oriental Bank, Biz2Credit said late last month that it has begun offering its digital lending platform to the bank’s commercial clients. In addition, said Arora, whose firm has arranged for $1.7

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Petco’s $864 Million IPO Beats Forecasts 

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Mexico and Puerto Rico, including a network of more than 100 in-store veterinary hospitals. This IPO marks Petco’s third foray into the public markets following filings in 1994 and 2000. Petco is controlled by CVC Capital Partners and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which acquired the company in 2015 for $4.6

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Can Politicians Give The Global Sharing Economy A Boost?

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Puerto Rico is still trying to recover from 2017’s Hurricane Maria, and much of that effort involves getting more tourists to visit the island. According to CaribbeanBusiness.com , Puerto Rico Gov. And investors are still pouring capital into companies operating in the sector.

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New Unemployment Claims Down 48K To 709K

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The COVID-19 vaccine is expected to have a positive effect on the labor market and other areas of the economy. 24 were in Hawaii (9.9), California (8.9), New Mexico (8.5), Nevada (8.2), the Virgin Islands (7.1), Massachusetts (7.0), Puerto Rico (6.9), Georgia (6.8), District of Columbia (6.5) and Alaska (6.1).

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DOJ, State AGs Could Combine Google Investigations

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The probe is centered on whether Google’s monopoly of the online search world – and the ensuing advertising revenue it commands – represent an illegal form of market control. states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico formally launched an investigation into Google. Thus far, U.S.

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Amazon, Cano Illustrate Growing Need For Senior Healthcare Creates Opportunity For Innovation

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The firm, founded in 2009, bills itself as a value-based care platform offering services for more than 103,000 members through its network of 564 primary care physicians across 14 markets in Florida, Texas, Nevada and Puerto Rico. And it seems more competitors will likely be coming along with it.

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Popular Bank Implements Branch Realignment in the New York Metro Region to Enhance Focus on Communities and Small Business Support

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – October 28, 2020 – Popular, Inc. This realignment in our New York Metro market is consistent with our small business and retail services model in South Florida,” said Popular, Inc. As part of the realignment, select branches of Popular Bank will be consolidated, resulting in 11 branch closures.