Business + Essentials Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 20, 2009
The current global crisis will cause the number of poor people in Latin America to rise by 9 million to 189 million this year, the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean said in a report presented on Thursday.
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 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
“Lopez Tonight” opened to 3.1 million viewers Monday night as the new TBS talkshow also premiered on Turner nets TNT and TruTV.
November 11, 2009
A new study of workers at 50 hotels in the United States found that women were 50% more likely to be injured than men, and that Hispanic women had an injury rate two-thirds higher than their white female counterparts.
Mexico and the Crisis of a Dependent Economy – The well-known 19th century Mexican saying—”poor Mexico, so far from God and so close to the United States”—has become more poignant today than ever in the context of the global economic crisis.
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 6, 2009
Native American corporations, particularly an array of Alaska Native Corporations, have become major defense and homeland security contractors – responsible for a wide range of national security operations, including electronic surveillance on the border, running immigrant detention centers, and supplying security and other services in U.S. overseas wars and energy exploitation.
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.
November 2, 2009
The Hispanic Market Is Set to Soar – The 2010 Census will radically alter the demographic map and the rules of engagement between Hispanic and general-market shops
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 28, 2009
American Rights at Work – Immigration Study Finds Enforcement Has Undermined Workers’ Rights
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 17, 2009
Take a look at photo of Target’s offensive Illegal Alien costume – it has already been pulled from their site
October 15, 2009
Hundreds of Thousands of Puerto Rican Workers, Faith Leaders, Students and Citizens to Unite in Hato Rey on October 15 – National March Will Protest Massive Cuts in Essential Public Services; Republican Administration Under Investigation for Civil Rights Violations Against High School Students
October 14, 2009
A small Miami-based company said the U.S. government has given it permission to lay the first optical communications fiber from the U.S. to Cuba. That could drastically cut the cost of calling the island nation and make the Internet more accessible to Cubans.
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
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.
The Pecos Insurrection – How a private prison pushed immigrant inmates to the brink. (a must read)
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 9, 2009
Associate Editor Sandra Guzmán was let go from the New York Post last week sparking controversy
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
Hispanic farmers voice discrimination concerns – In N.M. visit, agriculture secretary gets an earful on USDA loan practices
September 30, 2009
Charleston composer Fernando Rivas continues his winning ways – one of America’s leading composers for children’s television
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
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.
TOP Ten reasons CNN needs to drop Lou Dobbs
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
Fidel Castro’s new `tropical business casual’ look is a signal — but of what? – known for being deliberate with his image, might be signaling new health with his new look — but his motive is the source of much speculation.
September 14, 2009
If Cuba embargo ended, U.S. businesses ready for rush, but not island – While U.S. companies dream of a post-embargo Cuba, infrastructure woes, a lack of financing and Cuba’s legal system may present challenges.
September 11, 2009
There is a de-facto American Union: The Honduran migrant workers should have their own tea-party… No remittances without representation! – (really interesting!)
September 9, 2009
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 6, 2009
Zumba Fitness: Colombian immigrant is behind fitness craze – Alberto “Beto” Perez
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
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.
At House of Raeford, far fewer Latino workers – Once more than 80 percent Latino, the production floor at the Raeford plant is now up to 70 percent African American
August 12, 2009
The 2009 Inc. 500: The Top 10 Latino and Hispanic-Run Companies
August 11, 2009
Obama Reverses Campaign Pledge To Renegotiate NAFTA
August 10, 2009
Despite recession, companies target Latino market
August 4, 2009
New Postville Book Blames Feds, Globalization for Town’s Collapse – “Postville, U.S.A.: Surviving Diversity in Small-Town America”
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 21, 2009
A Note About My Time at Entrepreneur Magazine – Dennis Romero rips into his former employer
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 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
What is Next for MySpace Spanish Language Versions in the U.S. and Latin America?
MetroPCS is First North American Carrier to Offer Unlimited International Calling for $5 per Month – including Mexico and South America
June 24, 2009
“Even under the low immigration assumptions, minorities will fuel 73 percent of household growth in 2010-20, with Hispanics leading the way at 36 percent,” researchers found.
Why Understanding The Second-Generation Hispanic Is Key To ‘Multicultural Intelligence’
June 19, 2009
Border Companies Thrive on Mexican-Americans – Exports and imports between Mexico and the United States have grown rapidly in the last decade, to close to $400 billion annually.
Rodri Rodriguez Bringing the Romance and Spectacle Back Again with 20th Mariachi USA Festival
June 17, 2009
Street vendor Amado Campos, 44, of Los Angeles, is his own boss, but he works long hours, seven days a week. His costs are up but sales are down as his customers cut back in a poor economy. And he needs a new cart.
June 16, 2009
Dole Food Co. dislikes ‘Bananas!’ – The firm threatens defamation suits if the documentary about pesticide lawsuits is screened Saturday. The film won’t compete but will be shown.
70 Percent of Hispanics Over 50 Are Still Working
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 8, 2009
Hispanic Workers Ages 50+ May Help Employers Solve Potential Future Labor Shortages
June 6, 2009
Hispanic farmers on Friday told a U.S. Department of Agriculture official that the federal agency in charge of helping farmers stay in business discriminated against them whenever they applied for loans.
June 4, 2009
Attorney Angel Reyes: Why are Hispanics ‘last in, first out’ of jobs?
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
Lost in translation: The Spanish-language puzzle – The long-rumored e-book boom at last has arrived. But publishers still wait, and wait, for another supposed surge: Spanish-language titles.
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 14, 2009
The Wal-Mart corporation has been carefully nurturing its image as a strong supporter of the Latino community in America, opening stores designed for Latino shoppers, and hosting economic summits for Latino businesses. So it was especially embarrassing for the corporation to find itself in the national headlines late last week as the target of a lawsuit filed on behalf of its own Latino workers.
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.
Could legalizing immigrants improve U.S. economy?
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.
Out of Tequila’s Shadow – Mezcal – Hoping Mezcal Can Turn the Worm
April 10, 2009
New York will soon have a new daily Spanish-language newspaper. On April 20, NY Al Día will be launched
April 2, 2009
The money Mexicans living abroad sent home fell three percent in February compared to the same month last year, the central bank’s president said Wednesday.
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.
Unemployment hits harder among Latinos, blacks
After 15 Years, Nafta’s Promise Still Unfulfilled in Mexico
March 23, 2009
Illegal workers struggling in U.S.
March 21, 2009
The Los Angeles Times Home section talked with four household employees — a nanny, a housekeeper, a gardener and a day laborer — to see how the recession was affecting their work and their lives. Here are their stories. Because of embarrassment or immigration status, all declined to provide their full names.
March 19, 2009
Chicago’s Latino Landscape 2008: a statistical portrait of Chi-Town Hispanics – (great resource)
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 16, 2009
A business owner is being called “racist” for posting signs that say he’s not hiring. – ‘No Yobs Aqui’ sign offensive to some – Yuma, Arizona
Peru beer made from coca leaf to be exported to China
Young Latinas on PBS model financial success – Almas
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.
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 20, 2009
Politics of the Plate: The Price of Tomatoes -If you have eaten a tomato this winter, chances are very good that it was picked by a person (a Latino) who lives in virtual slavery.
February 16, 2009
The Real Economics of Immigration Reform – By ignoring the role of immigration policy in our economic situation, Americans are actually hurting themselves.
February 13, 2009
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.
Economic Hardships Drive Latinos Away – Latino Exodus Hurting Mid-South Companies – out of Memphis
January 29, 2009
People en Español english page/content gone from their website – Looks like they are no longer doing any English content
January 28, 2009
The national recession obliterating jobs in Oregon nurseries, construction sites and manufacturing facilities is hitting Latinos harder than any other group, primarily because they face distinct challenges that most people in the U.S. don’t.
The International Labor Organization says as many as 2.4 million Latin Americans could lose their jobs this year due to the global economic crisis.
Yearly Mexican Remittances Drop Significantly
January 26, 2009
A federal appeals court has ordered Taco Bell to pay the creators of the fast-food chain’s popular Chihuahua sales mascot $42 million.
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 31, 2008
Top 15 Hispanic/Latino Media Stories of 2008 (random order – culled from Top Stories of 2008)
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 28, 2008
Spanish media shrinking in Tucson as Hispanic numbers boom – Local Spanish speakers have few options for news
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.
Sources Say Fernando Del Rincon Fired From Univision
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
A Huntington Park businessman allegedly preyed on thousands of mostly Hispanic investors in a Ponzi scheme that promised 84 percent annual returns on real estate. Federal prosecutors say Milton Retana, a Salvadoran who owns Best Diamond Funding, got $62 million from investors. – California
Products Marketed to Latinos Can Be More Expensive
December 15, 2008
Mexican Playboy Magazine Apologizes for Nude Virgin Mary Cover
Interview: Carolina Guillen, ESPN Deportes
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 9, 2008
The Immigrant Story That Wasn’t: Laid Off Republic Windows Employees Just Regular Working Stiffs – Esther Cepeda absolutely stunned that the peaceful sit in at the Republic Windows and Doors factory and warehouse has not been stuck in the ghetto of “immigrant story” by our local and national media.
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.
December 2, 2008
Car Makers Cut Hispanic Ad Spending 5.2%
November 28, 2008
Hispanic Marketing Trends: 2009 and Beyond – An interesting future for Hispanic marketing in the United States, full of “dualities” and opportunities.
November 21, 2008
She has been anchoring at KMBC-9 for almost 25 years, but now Maria Antonia, considered Kansas City’s most recognizable Hispanic journalist, has been pulled off the anchor chair and is suing KMBC for gender and age discrimination
Results of the latest study on Latino consumer attitudes show that the buying power of Hispanics is in the billions. The study called DATOS, the Spanish word for ‘data,’ says Arizona has the 6th largest Hispanic population in the sountry with nearly 2 million Latinos, and that could translate to a new group of influential consumers.
After three years of publication, Sports Illustrated Latino, Time Inc.’s Spanish-language edition of the general market sports title is closing its doors.
November 19, 2008
Jorge Mettey, former news director and vice president of news at Univision KMEX-TV 34 in Los Angeles, filed a lawsuit Monday against his former employer, claiming he was wrongfully terminated after allegedly being pressured to cover news sponsored by advertisers.
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.
Univision holds audiences as revenues fall – But net stays No. 3 in key young demo
Telemundo Drops Yahoo For Relaunch In 2009; Taps MSN Latino Instead
November 17, 2008
Café Bustelo opens cafe in South Beach – Florida
Home Depot Inc. is aiming to tap into the nation’s burgeoning Hispanic population with a new Spanish-language version of its Web site, joining only a handful of other large U.S. retailers offering the online option.
November 12, 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.
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.
Three Cuban men who were forced to work against their will repairing ships for a Cuban joint venture in Curacao won an $80 million judgment Monday in U.S. federal court in Miami.
Spanish-Language TV’s Wall St. Woes – The economic downturn is expected to bring declines to one of the industry’s strongest categories: Spanish-language television.
Latin America feels the pinch of global economic crisis
Puerto Rico to launch new English-language daily – Puerto Rico Daily Sun
October 17, 2008
Facing a slowdown in advertising, NBC Universal’s Spanish-language television operation Telemundo has cut 85 jobs, reducing its workforce 5%. “We are basically adjusting to reflect the economic realities of the current market,” spokesman Alfredo Richard said. The employees were notified of their terminations last week.
Argentine inflation means daily scramble for coins – One peso — worth about US$0.31 — now buys so little, it makes more sense to melt down its metal than to save the 20 pesos it would take to buy an average box of chocolates
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.
U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Disavows McCain-Palin Press Release
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 6, 2008
Last Call: Join Leading Executives at Hispanic Digital and Print Media’s Preeminent Event
Telstra boss, Sol Trujillo, has been moonlighting for his best pal, John McCain. Having pocketed $13.4 million this year guiding the telco through the biggest upheaval in its history, Mr Trujillo has joined a host of Wall Street bankers in personally raising up to US$100,000 ($150,000) for the presidential hopeful
October 1, 2008
Mexicans in the United States sent home 12.2% less money this past August than they did in August of last year, the Banco de Mexico said Wednesday.
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 29, 2008
Ford Selects Three Latina Breast Cancer Survivors for National Education Awareness Campaign
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 22, 2008
Hispanic Americans Pay Higher Used Car Loan Rates Hispanic America Saves Outlines Steps to Avoid Costly Loans :: Hispanos Pagan Intereses Más Altos en los Préstamos de Autos Usados Hispanic America Saves Detalla los Pasos para Evadir los Préstamos Costosos
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 26, 2008
Ray Chavez, an Oakland Tribune photographer and this year’s recipient of the NAHJ’s Photographer of the Year award, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Oakland on Friday.
August 19, 2008
Even as the demand for health care continues to increase, the number of qualified Hispanic nurses lags behind, according to a recent study of the nursing industry in the Los Angeles area.
August 17, 2008
Indigenous Central Americans increasingly fill ranks of farmworkers – New survey — “A Sustainable Bounty: Investing in Our Agricultural Future” — was conducted by the Washington State Farmworker Housing Trust
August 14, 2008
Five years after arriving in Central Florida, El Nuevo Día Orlando, the region’s only daily Spanish-language newspaper, is closing.
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
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
Latino Bar Business Down on Big Fight Night, Thanks to Sheriff Joe What’s-His-Name (Arpaio)
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
The only news/talk-radio station in the Valley (Arizona) aimed at Latino immigrants is going off the air, the victim of a faltering economy, ongoing crackdowns on undocumented immigrants and a tough market for Spanish talk radio. – Its sister station in Denver, KNRV-AM (1150), signs off this month, too.
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 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
Wal-Mart pulls Mexican comic criticized as racist – Memin Pinguin
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
Tu Ciudad magazine closure
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)
Cubans who work more will now earn more
June 9, 2008
Federal contractors must ‘E-Verify’ employees’ eligibility to work
New Jersey landlord sued over renting to illegal immigrants
More Hispanics die on job than other U.S. workers – Study finds rate of work-related deaths overall has dropped since ‘92
June 5, 2008
Did You Know? The unemployment rate for Hispanic immigrants was 7.5 percent during the first months of this year, compared with 6.9 percent among native-born Hispanics. During the same period in 2007, the rates were 5.5 percent and 6.7 percent, respectively.
St. Paul McDonald’s sued by applicants who claim they were rejected for being born in U.S. – Minnesota
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.
In South Florida, Eviction Spares Few – (almost everyone in this article from the New York Times is Latino)
The Hispanic Business 500: Tough Economy Challenges Hispanic-Owned Firms
June 2, 2008
Telemundo pulls plug on ‘Cada Dia’ – The decision to cancel the morning show underscores the Spanish-language network’s difficulties in competing against Univision.
Did You Know? For every $1 that white American families save, a black or Latino family, on average, is only able to set aside 18 cents. The mortgage meltdown is having a devastating effect all across, but especially for people of color. It might strip as much as $213 billion in assets from black and Latino households, according to a recent study by the nonprofit group United for a Fair Economy.
May 28, 2008
New generation of L.A.-area Latino leaders aren’t as friendly toward ‘amigo stores’ – Cities like Baldwin Park are turning away from ethnic-oriented retail projects in favor of mainstream businesses. Starbucks is welcome.
Hispanic women face wage gap compared with others in the U.S. – Legal status, education level and language barrier can impact pay
Did You Know? As a whole, Hispanic households are the least ready for the transition (to digital TV). As a result, the effect of unready households on total viewing is more likely to affect Hispanic networks than Anglo networks. Viewing to unready sets accounts for 17 percent of prime-time viewing to English-language broadcast networks and 26.8 percent to Spanish-language broadcast networks.
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
Five months after Tennessee’s “Illegal Alien Employment Act” became law and threatened to penalize business owners found more than once to have knowingly employed illegal workers, no company has been fined or lost its business license.
Monty Partners Helps Businesses Prepare with Mock Immigration Audits – In 2007, the company reported revenues of more than $6.2 million.
May 19, 2008
Dressed to the Havana Nines – Havana Shirt Store
May 15, 2008
Survey: Latinos likely online, bilingual in choice of media – San Diego
May 13, 2008
Former laborer now runs the company – RBG Construction owner took ’scary’ leap 12 years ago, rewarded with multimillion-dollar enterprise, big projects – Ray Gonzales Sr. in Arizona
Did You Know? Unemployment among Hispanics rose 1.4 percentage points to 6.9 percent from April 2007 to April this year
For Hispanics in U.S., a dream is going sour – (along with the economic downturn – dare I say ‘recession’)
May 8, 2008
Remittances from Mexican Immigrant Communities in the U.S.: How Are They Perceived in Mexico?
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
