We are excited to announce a new relationship between Babson College and the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce that provides opportunities to take advantage of Babson’s world-class programming and educational opportunities.

Babson College is the No. 1 institution for entrepreneurship, preparing and empowering entrepreneurial leaders to navigate change, accommodate ambiguity, surmount complexity, and motivate teams in organizations of all types and sizes.

Babson College Executive Education designs and delivers open enrollment and custom programs for professionals and companies looking to succeed in today’s rapidly evolving business environment. The College’s F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business grants highly ranked graduate degrees that provide students with a deep, functional business knowledge, in addition to an entrepreneurial mindset.

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Today, the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration announced over $70 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance, Disaster Recovery, and Public Works Program grants to support businesses and communities adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic and natural disasters, and bolster public works projects to spur economic growth. These grants provide critical gap financing for local companies, support infrastructure improvement projects, and strengthen workforce development programs to help create jobs and generate private investments in communities across the country.

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WASHINGTON – – Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration and lenders are taking more strides to improve the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) so that small businesses can access much needed PPP funds to persevere through the pandemic, recover, and build back better. The Administration is working with the Agency to increase equitable access to underserved small businesses, to assure the integrity of the program, and to promote rapid and efficient distribution of funds.

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You can buy and sell jewelry through a jeweler, pawnbroker, or even the public. Whatever you choose, make sure to do your research. In 2020, consumers nationwide filed over 3,500 complaints with BBB against jewelry stores, and over 200 complaints against pawnbrokers.

As the House Ways and Means Committee continues working on the latest round of fiscal relief amid the pandemic, one curious provision in the legislation is a tax hike on multinational companies. One section of the legislation would repeal a provision in current law that allows U.S. multinationals to choose to allocate their interest costs on a worldwide basis (more on that in a moment). The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that this provision would increase tax revenues by $22.3 billion over 10 years. That amount may not seem like much in the scope of the trillions of dollars of fiscal support over the last year, but it is a significant tax hike.

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Los mercados de valores estadounidenses terminaron la sesión en su mayoría al alza, excepto el Dow Jones. Las acciones globales, los índices europeos y asiáticos cerraron con ganancias.

En otras noticias, el presidente de la Reserva Federal, Powel, durante un discurso, y el Economic Club de Nueva York, dijo la importancia de continuar con una política monetaria “pacientemente acomodaticia” para aumentar el mercado laboral de Estados Unidos de su impacto pandémico.

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In Puerto Rico, we have studied everything; we have piles and piles of reports, studies, analyses and recommendations. I have reviewed most of them and found that if we had paid attention and executed only 25 percent of what was recommended in those plans, Puerto Rico would be in a completely different economic and financial position. The sad conclusion is that what ails us is our unwillingness to execute transformative changes. 

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More than 33 million Americans have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer/BioNtech or Moderna. Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine candidate could receive an emergency use authorization in the coming weeks. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta is optimistic, and he’s going to tell you why.

Separa la semana del 13 al 20 para que participes del National Entrepreneurship Week y los eventos que estarán disponibles. Esto es una iniciativa, fundada en el 2006 que se lleva a cabo la tercera semana de febrero de cada año para celebrar el emprendimiento.

Se estará hablando sobre tecnología, contratos federales, programas inclusivos para diversos emprendedores y emprendedoras y más. Te invitamos a que el jueves 18 de febrero, nos acompañes en la ceremonia Federal Lab-to-Market Awards Ceremony, donde nos reconocerán como los ganadores del Lab2Market por nuestra labor y la de las organizaciones que apoyan la innovación en la Red junto al ecosistema empresarial.

Building upon lessons learned from efforts to promote clinical trial diversity, we’ll discuss how the business community can work with leaders in communities of color to address vaccine hesitancy.

El Departamento de la Vivienda está publicando esta Compra Pequeña para adquirir Computadoras portátiles con accesorios. Favor completar los formularios requeridos y someterlos para evaluación.