Popular Inc. confirmed Wednesday it will be scaling back its U.S. mainland operations by divesting its branches in California, Illinois and Central Florida and centralizing certain back office operations in Puerto Rico and New York.
Marie Helene Morrow, owner of Reinhold Jewelers in Puerto Rico, received the GEM Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 12th annual GEM Awards held this weekend in New York, hosted by the Jewelry Information Center.
Southwest Airlines has acquired 12 takeoff and landing slots (for six round-trip flights) at New York's LaGuardia Airport being divested by American Airlines as part of its merger with U.S. Airways.