Top Stories + Business Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 24, 2009
The New General Market – Current trends suggest expanding Latino influence will blur the lines and Hispanic and general markets will collide, with the resulting merger revealing a new, evolved American general market
November 20, 2009
Mexican migrants are spending more money on taxes in the United States than on the remittances they send home to relatives, according to a new study by Mexico’s largest bank, BBVA Bancomer.
November 19, 2009
Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Report Finds Immigrants Hit Harder During Economic Downturn than Native-Born Workers
After a 3 year trial of producing regionalized news for several top 10 Hispanic market stations via the Telemundo Production Center in Dallas, the network is reverting to producing local news. Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Phoenix and San Jose will once again have locally produced news.
November 18, 2009
New Study Demonstrates Hidden Credit Card Fees Take From the Poor and Give to the Rich – The report found that through imposing swipe fees on every transaction paid by plastic and requiring those fees to be buried in prices to consumers, the credit card industry ensures that the top 10% of Americans get $354 million in frills while the bottom tier pays $669 million more than they should.
November 16, 2009
Money Trickles North as Mexicans Help Relatives – reverse remittances from Mexico
November 13, 2009
Postville Raid: Eighteen months have passed since immigration agents raided Agriprocessors Inc. meat plant, arrested nearly 400 workers, and sent the plant spiraling into bankruptcy. – On Thursday, the plant’s former vice president – Sholom Rubashkin – was found guilty of 86 of 91 counts of financial crimes. – Verdict brings closure to many in Postville
November 12, 2009
Men, especially Hispanics, hard hit by loss of good jobs
November 10, 2009
One of the largest immigration crackdowns under the Obama administration to date took place in the Twin Cities last month, when 1,200 undocumented janitors were ‘quietly’ fired from their jobs
November 7, 2009
BLS: Unemployment Rate Rose to 10.2% in October; Hispanic Unemployment at 13.1%
November 5, 2009
The U.S. Supreme Court has indicated it is interested in hearing an appeal from business groups that, for the past two years, have been trying to have Arizona’s controversial employer-sanctions law thrown out. – The sanctions law, which punishes companies for hiring illegal immigrants and requires all Arizona employers to use a federal electronic system to verify the work status of employees, has been upheld by two lower courts.
October 30, 2009
Mexican emigrants sent home $16.4 billion during the first nine months of this year, down 13.4% from the same period in 2008
15% of the U.S. population is of Latino descent, but Latinos remain underrepresented on English-language television. Only 4% of on-camera talent is Latino
October 29, 2009
New Study Shows that for Latinos in NYC, The Recession is a Depression
October 27, 2009
US workers, immigrants unite vs. work visa program – The program has issued visas for 22 years amid steady complaints, and both sides of the immigration debate say it warrants close scrutiny as the Obama administration prepares to tackle comprehensive immigration reform next year.
October 26, 2009
Fields Lost, Hispanic Farmers Find Other Work as a Legal Fight Drags On – (good read)
New Mexican Hotel owner tells Hispanic workers to change names (to Anglicize)
October 13, 2009
The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has named an executive with South Texas roots to be the voice of the nation’s Hispanic business community. – Javier Palomarez
Iowa, U.S. gripped by trial in wake of historic immigrant raid – Postville raid aftermath
The anchor Lou Dobbs appears to be exploring an exit from CNN, his longtime employer. – (Could he move to FOX?)
October 12, 2009
Hispanic Farmers Fight To Sue USDA – In Texas and across the Southwest, Hispanic farmers have been fighting the Agriculture Department for close to a decade.
Whispering to Rottweilers, and to C.E.O.’s – Cesar Millan, the “Dog Whisperer,” built a multimillion-dollar company on his skill with pets and their owners. “God was my lawyer,” he says, and his pack chose his producers.
October 7, 2009
Government Lags in Hiring of Latinos – The overall Latino hiring disparity is equivalent to more than 100,000 jobs or roughly $5.5 billion in salaries
According to Carmelo Mesa, a Cuban economist who’s a visiting professor at Tulane University in the United States, Venezuela bankrolled Cuba to the tune of $9.4 billion last year. This includes $2 billion to take account of the cost of subsidizing Venezuelan oil exports to Cuba. Venezuela sends oil to Cuba at a “preferential” price of just $27 a barrel.
Maryland Labor Secretary Thomas Perez easily won Senate confirmation Tuesday as the new head of the civil rights division at the Justice Department. – All of the negative votes were cast by Republicans
October 5, 2009
Legal travel to and from Cuba is booming, even though the Obama administration has not officially changed any rules regarding nonfamily travel to the island.
October 2, 2009
Portada goes FREE – While certain premium website features and access to past issues will require a paid membership, current print and digital editions of Portada will be Free.
Hispanic farmers voice discrimination concerns – In N.M. visit, agriculture secretary gets an earful on USDA loan practices
September 29, 2009
Next year, Latin America will have to borrow $400 billion to compensate for the lack of national capital, a high-ranking World Bank official said.
September 28, 2009
RIP: The Man Behind Sazón Goya, José Antonio Ortega Bonet
Puerto Rico’s government announced that it will lay off more than 16,000 public workers – adding to an unemployment rate higher than that of any U.S state.
The Miami Herald’s Thirteenth Annual Americas Conference. Once again this year, leading business, government and academic leaders will come together on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 29 and 30, to discuss key issues and trends affecting political and economic relationships between Latin America, the United States and the Caribbean.
September 24, 2009
Half of New Latino Immigrants to U.S. Send Money Abroad :: U.S.-born Latinos are much less likely to send remittances, unless they report being religious
Study: Minorities underrepresented in games – USC researcher surveys 150 best-selling games, finds zero Hispanic or Native American protagonists; women, children, and the elderly also disproportionately rare.
U.S. Census Uses Telenovela to Reach Hispanics – “Más Sabe el Diablo” – “The Devil Knows Best”
September 22, 2009
Ousted Florida Anchorman Charles Perez Speaks Out
A Mobile Connection for the Hispanic Community
September 15, 2009
In a challenge to the big Spanish-language networks, Estrella TV, Liberman Broadcasting’s new Spanish-language TV network, launched nationwide Monday (Sept 14), reaching 68% of U.S. Hispanic TV households.
September 9, 2009
The 100 most powerful men and women in Latin American business.
Ritmo Latino: Salsa, Cumbia and Reggaeton CD Sales Falter
The number of people crossing the northern and southern land borders into the USA has dropped sharply since a passport requirement began June 1. – Businesses in tourism-dependent border communities blame the policy for making a bad year worse.
September 8, 2009
El Dia, Houston’s Spanish-language daily newspaper, quietly folded last week, leaving thousands of Spanish-speaking residents without a daily voice.
Hispanic-Media Spending Posts Biggest Decline Yet – Autos, Retailers Down, While Telcos, Satellite TV Are Bright Spots
September 4, 2009
Federal Contractors Required to Use E-Verify Beginning Sept. 8, 2009 – verify their employees’ eligibility to work in the United States
September 3, 2009
New NCLR Report: Latino Worker Deaths Sound the Alarm for Declining Standards in America’s Workplaces
September 2, 2009
Hispanic Unemployment Rate Flat Despite Labor Market Movement
September 1, 2009
It’s the Economy, Stupid! Immigration Reform as Economic Stimulus by Walter A. Ewing
August 27, 2009
After years of declines, poverty is now on the rise in Latin America thanks to the global economic crisis.
August 24, 2009
Unemployment in California hits post-World War II high – In July, Latino unemployment rate hit 12.7%, dwarfing the white jobless rate of 9.5%
August 20, 2009
Labor report: Hispanic workplace deaths decline – Fatal injury rate for Hispanics per 100,000 decreased from 5.3 deaths to 4
August 18, 2009
Unemployment In New England Highest Among Latinos – Unemployment among Latino men has tripled since 2007.
August 17, 2009
New Cato Report Highlights Economic Benefits of Legalizing Immigrants – Reform that Includes Legalization Would Yield a Net Benefit of $180 Billion Over 10 Years, While Enforcement Efforts Alone Would Incur $80 Billion in Losses
August 16, 2009
Mexico has replaced all 700 of its customs inspectors with agents newly trained to detect contraband, from guns and drugs to TVs and other big-ticket appliances smuggled to avoid import duties.
August 13, 2009
Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies early Thursday launched an employer’s sanctions raid at a Valley paper company and planned to detain more than 100 employees in connection with using false or stolen IDs.
August 12, 2009
The 2009 Inc. 500: The Top 10 Latino and Hispanic-Run Companies
August 11, 2009
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is experimenting with a new Latino-themed warehouse store as it hunts for U.S. growth – The Más Club, which opened in Houston on Thursday
Obama Reverses Campaign Pledge To Renegotiate NAFTA
August 4, 2009
Exec Shuffle As Juniper Explores Sorpresa Sale – Longtime CEO Stuart Rekant Among Departing Execs
August 3, 2009
MADIGAN SUES WELLS FARGO FOR DISCRIMINATORY AND DECEPTIVE MORTGAGE LENDING PRACTICES – Illinois Attorney General Alleges Lender Steered African-Americans, Latinos Into Subprime Loans
July 28, 2009
Rick Sanchez On Twitter: Hispanics Working For Fox Have “Sold Out,” Bill Maher’s An “Opportunist”
July 27, 2009
As Lines Continue to Blur, Some of Today’s Top Hispanic Shops Aren’t Hispanic After All – Ad Age’s Hispanic Fact Pack Ranks Agencies and Uncovers Latino Trends
July 20, 2009
Latino-owned Businesses: Potential Boon For Economy – Study commissioned by newly-formed Latino Business Chamber shows Latino businesses are positioned to grow – Strengthening Latino Businesses in Greater Los Angeles
Hispanic worker deaths up 76% since 1992
July 19, 2009
Fox News, CNBC Pundit Wages War With U.S. Hispanic Chamber Over Small Business Bill
July 16, 2009
Critics: Hispanic Media Lack Coverage Of Sotomayor 0 Gerson Borrero, of New York’s El Diario/La Prensa; Lori Montenegro, a correspondent for Telemundo and Maria Elena Salinas, a news anchor for Univision, debate whether their news organizations have a special obligation to cover the hearings
July 14, 2009
Jets’ Mark Sanchez may be NFL’s key to opening Hispanic market
July 13, 2009
Payday lenders are nearly eight times more concentrated in California’s Black and Latino neighborhoods as compared to white neighborhoods, draining these communities of $247 million in payday loan fees.
July 9, 2009
Government Rescinds “No Match” Rule – would have unlawfully used the error-ridden Social Security Administration database
July 1, 2009
Feds begin immigration crackdown at 625 companies
June 26, 2009
The number of Hispanics in Nevada who filed jobless claims from May 2006 to May 2009 jumped 662.3%, from 2,389 to 18,211 – Construction slowdown
June 25, 2009
MetroPCS is First North American Carrier to Offer Unlimited International Calling for $5 per Month – including Mexico and South America
June 15, 2009
Computer ‘raid’ in Vernon leaves factory workers devastated – No immigration agents descended on Overhill Farms, a major food-processing plant in Vernon. No one was arrested or deported. There were no frantic scenes of desperate workers fleeing la migra through the gritty streets of the industrial suburb southeast of downtown Los Angeles. For more than 200 Overhill workers, however, the effect was devastating: All lost steady jobs last month
Hispanic foods moving out of the ethnic aisle – Grocers expand offerings, chains typically in Latino communities expand
June 11, 2009
30 Years of Hispanic Business Media: From Newsletter to Multimedia – HispanicBusiness Magazine hits 30 years
June 1, 2009
Mexico remittances plunge in worst fall on record – plunged in April by more than 18 percent compared to the same period last year
May 31, 2009
Lifting Cuban embargo a trade-off for South Florida business – Miami businesses could benefit — and be hurt — if the trade embargo against Cuba is lifted, a new report says.
May 29, 2009
More than 7,000 public employees will lose their government jobs at the beginning of July, according to an announcement made Wednesday by Maria Sanchez Bras, the director of Puerto Rico’s Office of Management and Budget.
May 7, 2009
The number of Cuban Americans visiting Cuba is up 20 percent so far this year and will likely keep rising as Washington eases travel restrictions, the Cuban tour operator for U.S. traffic said on Wednesday.
April 30, 2009
Unless it is contained shortly, the Mexican swine flu outbreak that is sounding alarm bells across the world is likely to have long-term economic, law enforcement and political consequences on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border.
April 27, 2009
A federal judge has awarded about $235,000 to more than 600 Latino farm workers who accused a farm labor contractor and two Yakima Valley growers of violating federal labor laws.
Mexican Tourism, Already Hurt by Violence, Bears Blow of a Health Scare of Swine Flu
April 22, 2009
Latino scams go unchecked – When it comes to outlandish product claims, the nefarious world of late-night Spanish TV infomercials is the electronic equivalent of a tour through a Wild West carnival side-show. With no – apparently – watchdog government agency looking, anything and everything goes.
April 10, 2009
New York will soon have a new daily Spanish-language newspaper. On April 20, NY Al Día will be launched
March 24, 2009
American International Group (AIG) ignited a national firestorm of rage when it shelled out at least $165 million in bonuses to its tainted executives. But what has gotten almost no attention is a big reason that AIG had to stiff the government and everyone else. That’s the role that the company played in the subprime loan racket – a racket that hurt tens of thousands of black and Latino would-be homeowners.
After 15 Years, Nafta’s Promise Still Unfulfilled in Mexico
March 23, 2009
Illegal workers struggling in U.S.
March 19, 2009
U.S. officials are assessing the cost of new Mexican tariffs that take effect Thursday in retaliation for a U.S. decision to cancel a cross-border program that gave Mexican truckers access to their northern neighbor’s highways. The tariffs affect about $2.4 billion in annual trade and 89 U.S. products
March 17, 2009
Mexico slapped tariffs on 90 American agricultural and manufactured exports on Monday in retaliation for Washington’s move to block Mexican trucks from using U.S. highways
March 13, 2009
Blacks, Hispanics at bottom of income ladder – In both Canada and the United States, the two groups face substantial economic inequities
Hispanic Businesses Seen as Key to Economic Recovery
March 11, 2009
A California company wants its customers to feel as comfortable using self-serve money transfer machines as they do using ATMs. San Bruno, Calif.-based Nexxo Financial Corp.’s technology allows immigrants to send money home via automated teller-type machines to bank branches and pickup centers in Latin America.
Media Moves: Top talent out at Univision – Enrique Gratas, Sergio Uriquidi and Fernando Arau were among those laid off.
March 10, 2009
Two prominent Miami-Dade brothers are scheduled to surrender to federal authorities Monday afternoon to begin their nine-year prison sentences for orchestrating a kickback scheme involving millions of dollars in contracts with a Kendall hospital. – Carlos and Jorge de Céspedes
March 4, 2009
In down times, Hispanic market is booming – Nation’s largest minority commands attention of businesses, institutions – (great first line) – With more than 46 million people, Nuevo Hispania is the 27th-largest nation on Earth and the fourth largest in the Western Hemisphere. Its residents wield $1 trillion of buying power in the marketplace. Even as the rest of the economy contracts in the global recession, Nuevo Hispania remains a thriving, even booming, market that’s expected to grow by 48% in the next four years.
March 3, 2009
Jane Velez-Mitchell was until recently a glorified freelancer for Headline News, the sister channel of CNN. Now she is one of Headline News’s nightly hosts — and her 7 o’clock show is setting ratings records for the network.
February 28, 2009
Kathy Cano-Murillo, the Crafty Chica make the New York Times: “She has gradually expanded her audience for years, making objects with a glittery Latino aesthetic and offering instructions and tips to those who want to do the same. Her most recent venture is the creation of a line of branded craft supplies and packaged projects, and it is finding its way into mass retail.”
February 24, 2009
Hilda Solis Confirmed As Labor Secretary By Senate
February 13, 2009
Univision: YouTube’s Most Pirated Broadcast TV Network
Much of USA’s Valentine’s candy came from Mexico
February 1, 2009
Eloy O. Aguilar, an award-winning Associated Press bureau chief who mentored a generation of journalists in Mexico and Central America as he covered civil wars, disasters and political upheaval, collapsed and died Friday. He was 72.
January 28, 2009
Yearly Mexican Remittances Drop Significantly
January 21, 2009
Salvadorans living abroad sent home about $3.8 billion last year, an increase of 2.5 percent despite the global economic turmoil.
December 29, 2008
Many in the Indianapolis area losing TV in Spanish – Decision to drop Univision leaves growing population of Hispanics with few options – WIIH (Channel 17)
December 22, 2008
There’s no stopping the shopping for Valley Latinos – Valley’s Latino consumers appear to buck national economic slowdown – Yakima, Washington
December 19, 2008
Rep. Hilda L. Solis (D-El Monte), a Congressional Hispanic Caucus leader considered to be one of the most reliably pro-union voices in the House, is President-elect Barack Obama’s choice to head the Labor Department, a Democratic official said Thursday.
December 18, 2008
Field of Calzones – A shame and a travesty as female farmworkers suffer from sexual harassment – It is estimated that about 400.000 women are working in the U.S. fields and packing sheds. The average pays about $11,000 per year.
Entravision Threatened With Delisting From NYSE – Entravision Communications, the owner of Univision affiliates in a run of top markets including Washington and San Diego, has seen its share price plummet over the past year to below $1
December 17, 2008
Latino Workers in the Ongoing Recession: 2007 to 2008 – A small but significant decline has occurred during the current recession in the share of Latino immigrants active in the U.S. labor force
Products Marketed to Latinos Can Be More Expensive
December 15, 2008
Threatened by the collapse of U.S. financial markets, the countries of Central America are reinventing globalism as a necessary survival tactic for the economic hard times to come.
PBS’ ‘Chávez’ Web Debut Proves Profitable – Frontline documentary on Venezualan leader a bilingual hit online – (video, Hugo Chavez)
December 12, 2008
Bush Administration now bails out agricultural industry with changes to guestworker program that creates a government sanctioned slave market
December 10, 2008
Mexican bakery giant Grupo Bimbo is buying the U.S. subsidiary of Canada’s George Weston Ltd. for $2.3 billion, making it one of the world’s largest bakery companies.
December 5, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama’s pick for commerce secretary, Bill Richardson, got a warm welcome Thursday during a visit to Mexico, where government officials said they doubted Obama would follow through on a campaign pledge to re-negotiate NAFTA.
December 3, 2008
California broadcaster to build U.S. Latin network – Liberman Broadcasting is hoping to build a national network called Estrella TV. Through a combination of station purchases and affiliates, Liberman expects Estrella TV to be in 70 percent of U.S. Hispanic homes by the end of first-quarter 2009.
November 18, 2008
Mexican billionaire acquires 28% stake in Circuit City Stores – Ricardo Salinas Pliego, who controls a chain of Latin American electronics stores and TV Azteca, owned 47.2 million shares of the bankrupt company as of Nov. 14.
November 10, 2008
Barack Obama’s Transition Economic Advisory Board includes 2 Latinos: Roel Campos (former SEC commissioner) and Antonio Villaraigosa (mayor, City of Los Angeles)
November 6, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama is expected to name Washington, D.C. lawyer Henry Rivera, a Democrat, to head a transition team focused on the Federal Communications Commission, according to informed sources.
November 3, 2008
Hispanics and the economy: Economic stagnation for Hispanic American workers, throughout the 2000s
October 28, 2008
Study Notes Fewer Loans to Hispanics and Blacks – The number of new mortgages to blacks and Hispanics fell sharply in New York City in 2007, while staying flat for white borrowers and — surprisingly — rising for Asian-Americans
Sam’s Club opening new store called Mas Club – will be opened in Houston the first half of 2009
October 27, 2008
Politics pays off for Spanish TV – Greater access to candidates and an influx of ad revenue from political spots have boosted visibility — and the bottom line — for Spanish-language media in this year’s presidential race.
October 23, 2008
A report being released Thursday at the 2008 Hispanic Business Expo and Economic Summit in downtown Detroit shows the Hispanic/Latino community’s economic impact on Southeast Michigan is at least $14.5 billion.
October 20, 2008
Immigrants contribute $10.6 billion a year to Long Island’s economy by increasing productivity, generating new business and paying taxes, according to a study to be released Monday by Adelphi University’s Center for Social Innovation.
October 15, 2008
Immigrants integral to Nebraska state economy, UNO study finds – If immigrants vanished and weren’t replaced in three of its key industries, Nebraska would lose 78,000 jobs, including some filled by U.S.-born workers. Production throughout the state would drop nearly 9 percent, or by $13.5 billion.
October 8, 2008
Federal agents detained more than 300 suspected illegal immigrants Tuesday in a raid at a chicken processing plant that has been under investigation for months. – Greenville, South Carolina
October 7, 2008
Goya Foods on track to generate $1 billion in sales this year
October 1, 2008
Rep. Joe Baca used his growing clout in Washington to swing enough votes in the House to defeat the $700 billion financial bailout bill. The Rialto Democrat and chairman of the House Hispanic Caucus said enough caucus members followed his no vote that if they had voted in favor of the bill it would have passed by one vote.
September 30, 2008
Remittances, exports — Latin America has reasons to worry over U.S. financial crisis
Citi and the Citi Foundation Award $1,000,000 to the National Council of La Raza
September 27, 2008
The exit of Cucuy marks a generational change in Spanish-language radio, and will benefit a rising crop of Spanish-language DJs, especially Piolin (Tweety Bird) on Univision Communication Inc.’s KSCA-FM (101.9) and Don Cheto on KBUE-FM (105.5), owned by Burbank-based Liberman Broadcasting Inc.
September 25, 2008
Francisco Aguirre Baca, who co-founded the Spanish-language newspaper Diario Las Américas and earned accolades throughout the world for his humanitarian efforts, died at his home in Washington, D.C., on Sunday as a result of complications from a stomach aneurysm. He was 88.
September 16, 2008
One of Hispanic radio’s biggest personalities, El Cucuy, Renán Almendárez Coello, has signed off of KLAX-FM “La Raza” in Los Angeles, dealing a blow to owner Spanish Broadcasting System. – going to build his own radio network
September 9, 2008
Pioneering Hispanic Columnist Roger Hernandez Dies at 53
Southern California’s taco truck war continued to sizzle as county officials asked a judge to reinstate a law he threw out last month that had forced truck operators to move every hour or face the threat of jail.
September 3, 2008
Professor Shows Relationship Between Lower Wages and Poor English is Larger than Previously Shown – Arthur H. Goldsmith, Jackson T. Stephens Professor of Economics at W&L, has co-authored an article on “Measuring the Wage Costs of Limited English”
Puerto Rico’s daily English-language newspaper closes – The island’s daily English-language newspaper has closed after nearly 50 years.
August 11, 2008
A new study by the nonpartisan Employee Research Institute (EBRI) indicates that the uninsured population in the United States is becoming increasingly dominated by immigrants. In fact, over a 12-year period ending in 2006, immigrants accounted for 55% of the increase in the uninsured population.
KRYP-FM, known as “El Rey,” has become the king of Portland radio. Only 17 months old, the station is drawing 6.4 percent of the Portland audience listening to radio at any one time. No other privately owned station — country, rock, news/talk — got more than a 5 percent share.
August 6, 2008
Private equity says ‘hola’ to Latino firms
Iowa kosher meat plant Agriprocessors cited for violations of child labor laws – The Postville, Iowa, plant was the site of one of the largest immigration raids ever; 57 kids were involved.
August 5, 2008
Bird dung means business on Peru island – It’s a dirty job, but people love to do it. Workers toiling 24 days a month loosen, scrape, sift, filter and bag bird dung to make some of the world’s finest organic fertilizer – known as guano.
August 3, 2008
Rapid growth for Spanish-speaking television news – On an evening its rivals were preoccupied with Christie Brinkley’s divorce and the capture of a Brooklyn murder suspect, New York’s WXTV led its local news with a story about graffiti saying “Get out of the USA” painted near a Peruvian restaurant on Long Island.
July 30, 2008
Local New York Univision reporter Miriam Ayala filed a federal lawsuit against the local Univision station (channel 41) and the larger network, claiming that she was passed over for plum positions anchoring and on good stories because she wasn’t light skinned enough, young enough or pretty enough.
July 29, 2008
Many African-American and Latino Families in Danger of Falling Out of Middle Class, According To New Report – 80% of Latino middle-class families are on shaky financial ground
July 28, 2008
The Immigration Fight Gets Ugly – A law making it a felony to be an undocumented worker is sowing conflict in Mississippi, as states take action in the absence of federal immigration reform
July 27, 2008
After Postville, Iowa Raid, Immigrants Fuel Labor Inquiries – found more than 20 under-age workers, some as young as 13. – some worked shifts of 12 hours or more – six days a week
July 23, 2008
Carlos and Jorge de Céspedes, founders of Pharmed, once one of the largest Hispanic owned businesses in the country, were charged Tuesday in federal court with healthcare-related wire fraud and income tax evasion.
Latino MBTA employees, angry over anti-Hispanic comments allegedly made by the transit authority’s antidiscrimination chief, took their frustration to Governor Deval Patrick yesterday, seeking a high-level ally to air their grievances. – Massachusetts
July 21, 2008
Jobs For Day Laborers Are Dwindling – Florida
July 17, 2008
Do Americans Expect Their Business Leaders to Be White? Study Says Yes
July 14, 2008
Spanish-language TV journalists paid less – Many earn roughly one-fourth less in base pay than their competitors at English-language stations – (very, very interesting)
July 13, 2008
LULAC Receives $1 Million Grant From AT&T
July 10, 2008
Report: Immigration no-match policy could (really, really) hurt state economy – Oregon
June 24, 2008
Univision, Zubi Advertising Complete $80 Million Deal – The deal includes advertising on all three Univision TV networks (Univision, TeleFutura and Galavision), among other areas of the company
Border farmers seek change on guest workers
June 17, 2008
Hard times for Merco Group – South Florida’s real estate boom ends in a tangle of litigation and financial demands for a family-owned development enterprise. – the Meruelo family
June 12, 2008
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LA RAZA AND WACHOVIA LAUNCH $16.25 MILLION PARTNERSHIP TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN U.S. LATINO COMMUNITIES
Raul Alarcon Sr. Dies – founder of Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS)
June 9, 2008
Federal contractors must ‘E-Verify’ employees’ eligibility to work
New Jersey landlord sued over renting to illegal immigrants
June 5, 2008
Pew Hispanic Center Report: Latino Labor Report, 2008: Construction Reverses Job Growth for Latinos
Gov. Sanford Signs Illegal Immigration Bill; Farmers Concerned – South Carolina
June 4, 2008
(Update on the Dichos story) The fortune cookie goes Mexican – Sid Martinez and his Takitos with ‘dichos’ from San Antonio
Couple making dichos are smart cookies – Their idea: taco-shaped cookies with Mexican proverbs and English translations tucked inside. Their challenge: to bring it to market.
Massachusetts sues H & R Block over its mortgage unit’s lending practices – The complaint alleges that the sub-prime division discriminated against black and Latino borrowers.
Hispanics losing wages, jobs during housing slump
June 3, 2008
Maine tourism-related businesses struggle to find seasonal workers
May 28, 2008
Hispanic women face wage gap compared with others in the U.S. – Legal status, education level and language barrier can impact pay
May 27, 2008
Miles away, Postville raid’s impact is still acute
May 22, 2008
U.S. to ease visa restrictions for seasonal jobs – definition of “temporary” jumps to 3 years from 10 months!
May 20, 2008
The U.S. Recession Hits Home — in Mexico – Even as Mexican workers send less money home and families struggle to stay above the poverty line, the U.S. is still considered a land of opportunity
May 15, 2008
Hispanic jobless rate shows vulnerability – Unemployment among U.S. Hispanics has risen faster than other groups
May 13, 2008
Hundreds arrested in immigration raid at Postville plant – Iowa (largest in the history of state)
For Hispanics in U.S., a dream is going sour – (along with the economic downturn – dare I say ‘recession’)
May 8, 2008
Florida woman’s fight with UPS touches nerve over security level
May 6, 2008
Ski towns struggle with labor crunch as immigrant crackdown continues
Burger King investigates e-mails slamming farmworker group
May 5, 2008
Politics and tacos don’t mix on L.A. streets
Cell phone firms’ dream demographic: Latinos
April 30, 2008
Fewer Latino Immigrants Sending Money Home – Only 50 percent of some 18.9 million Latino immigrants in this country now send money regularly to relatives in their home countries, compared with 73 percent two years ago, the survey found.
April 29, 2008
Weary of waiting for Congress to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws, the United Farm Workers hopes to recruit Mexican laborers to pick crops on U.S. farms.
Mexico’s guayabera shirt fights for U.S. market
Jump in Fatalities of Latino Workers, Reports New AFL-CIO Death on the Job Study
April 28, 2008
Director of Chicago’s Latino Union gains respect of day laborers, groups formed to help them – Jessica Aranda
SBA Deputy Jovita Carranza Expected to be Nominated as Agency Chief
April 25, 2008
Shortchanging phone cards probed
Court orders Goya to negotiate with union
April 24, 2008
Report says Latinos underrepresented in federal jobs – (is anyone really surprised?)
Facing South: How Mississippi passed the country’s biggest crackdown on immigrant workers
April 22, 2008
U.S. immigration laws sapping trade, businesses say – in Washington state
April 21, 2008
Multilingual workplace can translate into opportunities
April 16, 2008
Puerto Rico to get $1.28 bln in US stimulus funds
April 15, 2008
Senators look into treatment, wages of Florida tomato pickers
April 9, 2008
Realty tightens standards for its Hispanic customers
April 7, 2008
Latino music biz shuns new artists
Hispanic Unemployment Increases to 6.9%–153,000 More Hispanic Unemployed in March
April 2, 2008
Immigration Issues End a Pennsylvania Grower’s Season
March 31, 2008
Will U.S. economic woes expose Latin America to new turmoil?
March 26, 2008
Oklahoma immigration bill will cost state – according to a new study by the Oklahoma Bankers Association
March 24, 2008
Labor shortage grows desperate for area farmers; Relief sought in state measure, but say U.S. reform needed – Colorado
March 20, 2008
Studios zooming in on Latino moviegoers
March 9, 2008
Taste for NAFTA sours – Ohio alone lost a net 50,000 jobs as a result of NAFTA, according to a 2006 analysis
March 6, 2008
Mexican Worker Money Transfers Drop at a Record Pace
February 28, 2008
Not Ready to Pay for TV Time, a Mexican Beer Goes Online – Pacifico
Orlando-area immigrants’ construction jobs vanish
February 20, 2008
Georgia Hispanic Chamber CEO Sara González dies
February 19, 2008
Latino helps others build union power
Feared Sweeps for Illegal Workers Found Just One – Suffolk County
February 18, 2008
Police Investigating Theft Of $100,000 From Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce – San Diego -(Is organization is insolvent and beset by management problems?)
February 12, 2008
Poultry series exposes a new, silent subclass – Neglect of workers has ugly precedent in Carolinas history
February 6, 2008
Rich illegal immigrants in U.S. hide in shadows – up to 20,000 illegal immigrants earning upward of $100,000 a year as entrepreneurs
New guest-worker rules intended to ease farm industry worries
February 5, 2008
A Great Debate Over the Price Of a Pair of Honduran Socks
January 31, 2008
Remittances to Mexico drop as U.S. economy slows, enforcement increases
Apartments going empty as hiring law hits migrants – Arizona
January 24, 2008
Builders’ Hispanic workers leaving – Tulsa, Oklahoma
January 23, 2008
Telecinco in U.S. Spanish-speaking TV venture CaribeVision for $32 million
January 22, 2008
Rising health care costs put focus on illegal immigrants
LATV NETWORKS ACQUIRES AMERICAN LATINO TV, WIDELY BROADENING SCOPE OF ITS PROGRAMMING, DISTRIBUTION AND ADVERTISING OFFERINGS THROUGHOUT THE U.S.
January 16, 2008
Adman to Pitch Immigrants’ Story – Lionel Sosa
January 15, 2008
McClatchy, ImpreMedia eye Hispanic ad market
January 14, 2008
Immigration Crackdown Hits Fence Builder
January 10, 2008
The ChamberPost: Economic Impact of Immigration – (Arizona studies)
Strict immigration law rattles Oklahoma businesses – (will other states pay attention what happens in Oklahoma and Arizona?)
January 9, 2008
The nation’s second-highest court ruled that employers must bargain with unions that employ undocumented workers, despite it being illegal to knowingly hire such workers.
January 7, 2008
Unemployment Continues to Rise – Hispanic Males Feel the Impact – HispanicBusiness.com
Univisión’s challenge: increasing revenue
January 3, 2008
Immigration Reform Tied to Economy
Marketplace: Three Kings Day gives gift of sales – (Let us commercialize another holiday)
PR Newswire to Acquire Leading Hispanic Press Release, Clipping and On-line Advertising Services
January 2, 2008
Leader of U.S. immigration agency pledges to punish employers of illegal immigrants – Julie Myers
December 11, 2007
Music exec sues Univisión – The president of Univisión Music sued Univisión as it entered the final stages of an auction of its music division.
Suits fuel debate over English-only rules at work
December 10, 2007
Latin music sales plummet in 2007
December 6, 2007
Publishers find big market for Spanish-language books
December 5, 2007
Georgia labor commissioner says immigration reform will bring worker shortage
Wall Street and Immigration: Financial Services Giants Have Profited from the Beginning
Arizona farm employers await judge’s ruling in sanctions law challenge
December 3, 2007
The burrito king of Argentina – A kid from Calabasas makes it big in Buenos Aires as a baron of the California staple.
November 28, 2007
English-Only Showdown – (should charities and other employers be protected from federal lawsuits over their English-only policies? – EEOC related)
Language Speaks Volumes to Latinos Online – (English-speaking Hispanics embrace technology at higher rates than those who prefer Spanish)
November 26, 2007
Oklahoma Immigration Bill Hitting Business – (Is this really a suprise?)
Government Abandons Current “No Match” Rule Harmful to Legal Workers
Immigrants Create Almost a Quarter of New York State Economic Output ($229 billion) – Fiscal Policy Institute Report: Immigrants in New York State
November 20, 2007
Drug plant closings leave Puerto Rico feeling sick
November 19, 2007
Hispanic firms hurt by Arizona migrant crackdown
November 15, 2007
Subcontractor sentenced to 18 months for using illegal workers – Kentucky
Fishing company accused of hiring 126 illegal immigrants – Newport News, Virginia – (fined $7 million)
Latin chicken chain Pollo Campero to open restaurants inside U.S. Wal-Marts
November 13, 2007
Longs looks to Latino market to bolster profits – (this grocery chain has chain with more than 500 stores in California, Nevada and Hawaii)
Latino purchasing power in AZ expected to surge – $3.6 billion in 2000 to $6.4 billion in 2006, and the number is expected to hit $9.8 billion in 2011
Creator of McDonald’s burrito recognized – A Cuban
November 12, 2007
How Latin America Subsidizes the U.S. – The estimated $2 trillion of U.S. investments held by Latin America’s wealthy classes is essential to a U.S. economy.
November 11, 2007
Legal and Illegal, Welcome – Small Banks for Latinos Move Into the Void, Serve a Hungry Market
November 7, 2007
Mattel recalls 155,000 Mexican-made toys
November 6, 2007
Landmark deal to pay more to tomato pickers in question
November 4, 2007
So you’re a fan of Frito pie? Thank a Mexican immigrant
Anti-illegal immigration law affecting agriculture sector – Oklahoma
October 30, 2007
Mexican truckers cite years of driving deep into U.S., say pilot program nothing new
Pharmed, once one of the largest Hispanic-owned firms in the country, declares bankruptcy, owing more than $60 million.
QuePasa Corporation Makes Bold Moves to Accelerate Leadership Position – Robert Stearns resigned as CEO on Thursday, October 25th
October 29, 2007
Amid debate, Mexican trucks drive in US
October 26, 2007
Report says illegal workers not so hard on Iowa economy
October 24, 2007
The Pharmed Group, one of the largest Hispanic businesses in America, announced it was downsizing and may file for bankruptcy.
An Open Letter to Marketing y Medios Clients and Readers – (it is going away/merging)
October 22, 2007
P&G’s Big Broadband Buy: Telenovelas – Exclusive Sponsorship Deal Places Spots in Telemundo Digital Video
October 20, 2007
San Diego County remittances to Mexico hit $1.1 billion
October 18, 2007
Spanish-Language Nets Shake Up Ad Sales – Mandala Upped at Telemundo; Lawenda Re-joins Uva at Univision
The arrival of high-profile polling firm Zogby International in Miami highlights the region’s potential to become a Latin American and Hispanic opinion research hub.
October 16, 2007
Antoinette Zel Out at Telemundo
The Tap Is Closing – Immigration and unemployment are affecting how much money is being sent from the US, which is doing severe damage to Latin American economies which depend on these remittances.
October 15, 2007
Match game hard on farmers – Immigration
October 14, 2007
Hispanic exodus from Irving hurts businesses – Texas
Crackdown Upends Slaughterhouse’s Work Force – North Carolina
October 9, 2007
Why Hispanics need to stay informed to realize their power
October 8, 2007
Cross-border business boom – More companies based in Mexico are opening shops in the United States
October 4, 2007
Nordstrom sued for racial harassment
October 2, 2007
Hispanic media doubly confusing for investors – Entravision gains, but Spanish B’casting farther down Street
October 1, 2007
Enrolling immigrants, legal or not, on the rise but rankles some – Unions
Mexican music enjoys strong sales, timeless appeal
September 30, 2007
Taunts, threats as employer-sanctions law nears – against Hispanic in Arizona
On the job with a port trucker
Contractor sued over alleged harassment of Hispanic workers – California
September 20, 2007
Hiring off the curb? Not in Marietta – Georgia (you can get busted for picking up a day laborer)
September 18, 2007
Almost 500 mostly Latino janitors who cleaned UPS facilities, hotels, and other properties in Illinois and Texas have won a $1.2 million settlement
Immigration crackdown called devastating to economy – Oklahoma
September 16, 2007
In a report to Congress that’s certain to generate controversy, a new Federal Reserve study concedes credit scores vary “substantially” among different racial and ethnic groups.
September 15, 2007
Hispanic businesses feel the squeeze – Crackdown on illegal immigration partly blamed for sudden halt in sales – Georgia
Coffee chain drops names over concerns it’s an ethnic slur – Beaner’s Coffee – (good move)
September 12, 2007
Chiquita: $25M fine for terror payments
Linda Chavez-Thompson Steps Down From AFL-CIO
Self-Defined Hispanic Ethnic Groups Show Marked Differences
Houston taco truck owners sue over new regulations
September 11, 2007
Senate votes to block Mexican trucks test
Rising US unemployment is reducing remittance flows to Latin America
September 9, 2007
Mexican Trucks Begin Deliveries Beyond U.S. Border
August 29, 2007
Coke using banned U.S. sweetener in Mexico (banned in the United States since 1969! – come on Coke)
Hispanics’ Hard Times Hit Wal-Mart
August 28, 2007
Workplace Unfairness Costs U.S. Employers an Estimated $64 Billion Annually in Employee Turnover
