The economy has been tanking lately. Unemployment is steadily increasing and governmental intervention in the private industry has taken a whole new meaning. But, isn’t government intervention the quintessential silver bullet to the Capitalistic vampire?
The famous invisible hand that manages capitalism, as Adam Smith described a long time ago, is getting a shape. Therefore, the [...]
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The Future of Our Economy is Self-Employment
December 13th, 2009
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With Businesses able to Open after 5:00 pm on Sundays in Puerto Rico… Will the economy get better?
November 22nd, 2009
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This past week, the Governor of Puerto Rico signed into law a new bill that permits businesses to open after 5:00 pm on Sundays. The spirit of the law mandates that this move will ultimately make the economy better…. I think that not necessarily.
Those extra hours of stores open won’t mean that the consumer has [...]
If you don’t take care of your clients…. Someone will!!
October 31st, 2009
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Today marked an important moment in my wife’s realization as a professional PR. She had the difficult quandary for a couple of weeks about a client that was doing business with a former almost associate, an was upset with that other PR’s work, and decided to break ties with her.
This client decided to talk with [...]
National Strike in Puerto Rico paralizes business
October 15th, 2009
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The worker unions have done their part of paralizing the island’s economic heartbeat by controlling the main roadways. Even with this situation, the number of workers that are present in the activities is measurable.
Whenever you place a medium size crowd in a very small or enclosed space, it looks like a huge group of [...]
Caribbean’s largest shopping mall to close for one day
October 14th, 2009
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As a precautionary method, Plaza las Americas will close its doors tomorrow to prevent further damages to what’s going to be a very eventful day. Tomorrow, all the worker unions have planned a 24 hour long strike and the end of the manifestation is scheduled to be surrounding the area of the shopping mall.
This [...]
Business and Legalese… What’s that about?
October 12th, 2009
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There is always the desire in a human being’s psyche to transmit information that one has, but has been unable to share. And if you are a lawyer, the desire to either speak or write turns a lot larger than expected.
Since lawyers are incapable of BS (yeah right!!), I have decided to open up this [...]
