Business + Hispanic News Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

August 24, 2009

Chertoff’s Strategic Partnership with “PR Firm from Hell” – Chertoff Group, founded by former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, has formed a “strategic partnership” with the controversial public-relations firm Burson-Marsteller to carry out the crisis-management part of its homeland security business.

March 19, 2009

Chicago’s Latino Landscape 2008: a statistical portrait of Chi-Town Hispanics – (great resource)

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.

August 22, 2008

Angelo Paparelli Receives Top Honors from Two Leading Publications Attorney Named “Most Highly Nominated Corporate Immigration Lawyer” by International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers and Ranked as a Band #1 Immigration Lawyer by Chambers USA

June 26, 2008

Tampa: ‘The Ideal Gateway to Commerce with the Americas’

April 16, 2008

Cuban off-shore oil drilling put off until 2009

Puerto Rico to get $1.28 bln in US stimulus funds

DJ Colombia Juan Valdez Coffee Shop Chain To Open Ecuador Stores

HOLA Networks launches video ad delivery

El Nuevo Dia Orlando Launches Custom Publishing Division for the U.S. Hispanic Market

April 14, 2008

Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. Schedules First Quarter 2008 Teleconference

City National Promotes Salvador Mendoza to Senior Vice President, Community Reinvestment – Los Angeles

Adriana Lopez, Owner, Get the Edge Inc., recognized as the Latina Entrepreneur of the Year at the 10-Year Anniversary Tour of the LATINA Style Business Series in Anaheim, CA

Bank of America Launches Latin America Shared Service Center in Miami

Venezuela Inflation: World’s Second-Worst

Texas State Bank retains Anita Santiago Advertising for Hispanic & general market

Innovative approaches to the Hispanic Retail Banking Market – CMG Partners

Gary Bonilla Named to New Role of Senior Vice President, Creative Strategy, Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group

Spanish Broadcasting System Forms Partnership with MySpace

Listen to podcast interview with Jose Uzal, general manager, WBWP about the Hispanic market in Palm Beach County, Florida – Hispanic MPR

MySpace Latino: Lost in Translation « ñ-marketing – (MySpace Latino y Edelman Multicultural take note – this is good, well presented info)

Florida investigates complaints about prepaid phone cards

Dominican Republic rich climate for Southwest Florida businesses

Get The ‘Legal Lowdown’ At The Hispanic Radio Conference

Did You Know? After dozens of interviews, the (Las Vegas) Sun concluded in an April 6 story that 60 percent to 80 percent of the Las Vegas Valley’s residential construction workers are illegal immigrants. Tens of thousands of these immigrants who have lost construction jobs are no longer feeding money into the economy. Many are leaving Las Vegas.

April 13, 2008

LicenZing LLC Signs with YMI International Inc

LicenZing Junior Latino Brand Palomita™ Goes Totally HYP – PR.com

April 12, 2008

LATV to Hold Inaugural Upfront May 1

Farmers Crossing The Border – To Mexico, Is The Land Of Plenty Shifting South? Call It Reverse Immigration

Virtual Ribbon Cut on Website to Empower Latino Entrepreneurs

April 10, 2008

SOYO Continues to Target the Spanish Speaking Market

Some New York Colombians Lean Republican Over Trade Issue

Mexicana to Join oneworld Alliance

HipCricket Launches First-Ever Comprehensive Hispanic Mobile Marketing Network

April 9, 2008

Fitch Affirms Univision Ratings; Outlook Stable

Nasdaq Says Quepasa Is Noncompliant – Nasdaq Informs Quepasa That It Does Not Comply With Minimum Shareholder-Equity Requirements

TransferOrbit Releases Product for Banks to Service Latino Market

Upper cut Lopez Foods looks to beef up profits, take bite into international breakfasts – Oklahoma company expected to bring in $500 million this year

US Hispanic High Users Of Mobile, But Which Hispanics And How Are They Using It?

Realty tightens standards for its Hispanic customers

Univision, Nielsen Unveil Research Tool – For the coming upfront, Univision will use only fusion data from the Los Angeles market

April 8, 2008

Wal-Mart De Mexico 1Q Net MXN3.26 Billion Vs MXN2.94 Billion

Mexico’s Televisa in deal with France’s Groupe JLA

Battle brews over future of Mexican oil

Puerto Rican Plant Burns Tires for Fuel

Electronic Dragnet for Undocumented Immigrants Nets Citizens

Text Market – Marketers are taking advantage of the fact that Hispanics are ahead of the general market on mobile data use

People en Espanol’s Jacqueline Hernandez Departs for Telemundo

Entravision OKs $100M buyback

Leaders create the Dominican Chamber of Commerce of Central Florida

ImpreMedia Powers New MySpace Latino Sports Community

MySpace Launches MySpace Latino

Zune Expands Internet Presence With Multiple Hispanic Digital Alliances

Amid Financial Crisis, Newspaper Chain’s Hispanic Properties Hang in the Balance

Hispanics Get Telecom’s Attention

Telemundo Taps Jacqueline Hernandez As COO – Former ‘People en Espanol’ Publisher Charged With Tying Clients To Different Platforms

I Created an Absolut Ruckus – Laura Martinez’s story (my condolences Laura)

April 7, 2008

Latino music biz shuns new artists

H para Hombres the First Audited Spanish-Language Lifestyle Male Magazine in the U.S. Market

Carlos Ponce new voice of State Farm.

Zale names Acevedo Executive VP Chief Stores Officer

Sparks continue to fly over Absolut’s Mexico ad

Billboard Magazine Launches Spanish-Language Website

MySpace to launch social-networking website for US Latinos

To Reach Hispanic Boomers, Advertisers Must Look Beyond Language

P&G Taps Oprah, Salma Hayek for Global Vaccination Push

Univision to Debut New Kids’ Block

Modelo Especial ‘Quiere’ Spanish Speakers

Amazon.com beefs up Latin music store

Entravision Communications Corporation Announces Additional $100 Million Share Repurchase Program

North Carolina Bank Partners with Fiserv to Target Hispanic Market

Hispanics and Other Ethnic Markets Will Spend $60 Billion on Telecommunications, Says Insight Research

Latinos gain momentum: It’s a very entrepreneurial culture, here and elsewhere – Washington Latino Business Association

Did You Know? Food bought at grocery stores and restaurants accounted for an average of almost 13 percent of household spending in the United States in 2006, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ data show. In Hispanic households, that percentage was even higher: 14.3 percent.

Business owners notice drop in immigrant population – Deleon, Florida

Responding to growing Hispanic population, Workforce Language Services offering workplace Spanish training

NSHP’s Hispanic & Bilingual Career Fair Hits New York City

What Shaky Economy? Hispanic Networks Bet Ad Growth Will Continue – Advertising Age – Hispanic Marketing

Hispanic Unemployment Increases to 6.9%–153,000 More Hispanic Unemployed in March

Tapping the Hispanic-American travel market

April 2, 2008

¡Bienvenidos! Best practices for using welcome calls in your Hispanic customer service strategy – Hispanic MPR

Hispanic Entrepreneur: Mayra Castillo and Xochitl Gonzalez > www.alwaysabridesmaid.us

Hispanic Entrepreneur: Ana L. Nogales Ph.D. > www.drnogales.com

Latin America Boosts US Companies – As the U.S. economy slows down, Latin America is providing an increasingly vital sales boost for U.S. and European multinationals.

National Health Partners Announces Agreements with Several Large Chambers of Commerce

Univision Online President Javier Saralegui Resigns, Cesar Conde to Assume his Role – Portada

Aerospace industry migrating to Mexico in greater numbers

Remediation Plan Needed for Dairies near Mexican Border

Learn Spanish by Phone – a Pioneering New Service from SpanishPod

Cabinet Members, Global Business Leaders, and Celebrities Support Development in Latin America and the Caribbean through Annual Meeting of Inter-American Development Bank in Miami

Immigration Issues End a Pennsylvania Grower’s Season

The Winner’s Circle: Hispanic Business Magazine’s Elite Women

April 1, 2008

Best Buy Strikes Deal to Make Cuauhtemoc Blanco First-ever Brand Ambassador

Arizona guest-worker program hits snag

Jennifer Hernandez Helps Developers Transform Contaminated Properties – HispanicBusiness.com

Stradley Ronon Attorney Co-incorporates Delaware Hispanic Bar Association

New Univision Takes Shape – Joining Univision last fall, Lawenda tapped Lisa McCarthy and Peter Lazarus to oversee cross-platform and TV network sales

Concerns arise over new Hispanic group – Lubbock Area Mexican American Chamber of Commerce formed after Lubbock Hispanic Chamber of Commerce merges with the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce

McClatchy to Boost Spanish Content – in deal with ImpreMedia

March 31, 2008

Western Union to Support United Farm Workers Foundation Efforts to Improve the lives of Farm Workers, Migrants and their Families

Jose Antonio Rodriguez Appointed New CEO of Digicel El Salvador

Will U.S. economic woes expose Latin America to new turmoil?

Centennial’s Puerto Rican operations show good growth

Construction skid sidelines Latino immigrant workers – California

Latin Chamber hosts expo for women entrepreneurs – Salt Lake City

Casa Latino Real Estate, the Next Giant

Thanks, NAFTA: The treaty is responsible for the Rio Grande Valley’s latest growth spurt

Radio hispano: City gets 1st Spanish-language radio station – Wilmington, North Carolina

Univision Opens Up – New sales chief restructures ad sales with new talent and consumer-centric upfront mission

Hispanic Magazine Advertising Up 22 Percent

Examine Hispanic Shopping and Spending Patterns in the United States

State Farm Launches Integrated Hispanic Effort

March 28, 2008

Gov Ritter names Sandy Gutierrez to jobs panel – Colorado

Bilingual employees are ‘increasingly lucrative’

Employees Encouraged to Learn Spanish

To Reach Hispanic Boomers, Advertisers Must Look Beyond Language

LATINA Style Business Series kicks off the 10 Year Anniversary Tour in Anaheim, CA

Central Valley Fund Invests $2.75M in Hispanic Third-Party Logistics (’3PL’) Provider

March 26, 2008

El Salvador Tourism Yields 20 Million Dollars In Revenues

Time Warner Cable of New York & New Jersey Introduces Business Class Website En Espanol and Web Content En Espanol for Residential Consumers

Spirit Airlines is carving out a niche in Latin America and helping drive air fares down.

Staples Celebrates Opening of First Houston Store with $25,000 Donation to Hispanic Scholarship Fund

Heavy hitters announced for CMEx Puerto Rico

The president of the Puerto Rico Senate will visit Lee County this week as part of the effort to launch nonstop flights between Fort Myers and San Juan.

Oklahoma immigration bill will cost state – according to a new study by the Oklahoma Bankers Association

Double Vision: MultiVu Latino Launches

Consultant, nonprofit chief Greg Lopez picked to head SBA’s Colorado district

State Farm Shows Latinos at Life’s Intersections

Chrome(R) Systems Launches Spanish Version of New Vehicle Data Product

Marketwire Launches North America Hispanic Newsline

March 25, 2008

Pollo Tropical 86’s hormones from Florida restaurants

Public Counsel Names Hernan D. Vera New President and C.E.O.

Cozen O’Connor Member Rafael Perez Named Managing Partner of Newark and Trenton Offices

Cozen O’Connor Member Blanca Quintero Named Managing Partner of San Diego Office

March 24, 2008

Latinos form new lender in Seattle

Immigrant study finds no signs of harm to employment – But report on Green Bay doesn’t gauge effect on wages

Labor shortage grows desperate for area farmers; Relief sought in state measure, but say U.S. reform needed – Colorado

Domino’s Pizza Now Available in Spanish

Did You Know? Dallas has some of the highest rates of foreclosures in the country, and Texas is among the states with the highest share of subprime loans, according to the Consumer Federation of America. A good chunk of those loans in Dallas — about 22% — were made to Latinos.

Marketplace: Mag looks for Latina bride matchup – Bodas USA

The United States should explore broader cooperation with Spain in Latin America, where their companies face similar challenges.

Did You Know? Goya sells 1,600 products ranging from bags of rice to ready-to-eat, frozen empanadas, up from 1,100 five years ago. The mix includes 38 varieties of beans alone, including the “powerhouse” frijoles negros favored by Cubans and the recently added mayacobas favored by Peruvians

Aetna Plays Host to Esperanza Academy Art Students – Philadelphia

Entrepreneurs and Experts Reveal Big Ideas at Microsoft’s Small Business Summit 2008

CEO Profile: At Goya, it’s all in la familia – Bob Unanue

10 Things Never to Say to Latino Executives

March 23, 2008

Blawgletter®: Fifth Circuit Protects El Chulo Show – Joaquin Garza (“Garza”) and Raul Bernal (“Bernal”) – Amigo Broadcasting, LP v. Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc.,

March 22, 2008

Telemundo’s sweet surrender – The Spanish-language station gave up its valiant attempt to form a third broadcast network in Mexico.

March 20, 2008

Listen to podcast interview with Ruth Gaviria, executive director, Meredith Hispanic Ventures about Meredith’s Spanish language publications – Hispanic MPR

What You Don’t Know about Nafta – The free-trade deal is taking the blame for huge job losses. But its true effects on workers and competitiveness are far more complicated

No penalties for Tucson Panda Express with illegal workers, investigators say

Studios zooming in on Latino moviegoers

Other Brews May Have Corona Singing Blues – Analysts Blame Import’s First Decline in 16 Years on Growth of Rival Brands; Brand Execs Blame Price Increase

Macy’s spring line-up of celebrity ads includes returning famous faces as well as, in a first for the chain, Spanish speaking stars.

El Clasificado Continues to Provide Free Small Business Training Workshops for Latino Micro business Owners in 2008

AT&T Calls Puerto Rico – Homegrown talent graces culturally targeted effort

LATINA Style Business Series Kicks Off the 10 Year Anniversary Tour in Anaheim, CA

Frontera Investment Announces Reverse Merger Into Bidnow.com

Hispanic Chamber of Commerce honors law offices of Gil & Cruz

Frank Lopez, Former U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation President & CEO, to Oversee Volvo Rents’ Hispanic Outreach

Televisa Mexico deal could help Telemundo in U.S.

Qwest and Latina Celebrity Claudia Molina Extend Partnership Into 2009

Lexicon Marketing :: Profesiones sin Barreras(TM) Is a New Bilingual Vocational School From Lexicon(R) Marketing Group That Will Increase the Job Skills of the Hispanic Workforce

Centennial Acquires Univision’s Albuquerque Cluster

Televisa takes on Univision

March 18, 2008

Christian Martinez Appointed Vice President of Ad Sales for the Southeastern Region, Univision Online, Inc.

Chivas USA, Galaxy seeking Spanish-language TV deals

Suenos LLC and Cambria Suites Hotel Break Ground in Oklahoma City

Microsoft Responds to Rise in Hispanic Small-Business Ownership

Border Media Partners Names Jose Santos VP/Spanish-Language Programming

hawkeye Recognized for Building Brand Awareness in Hispanic Market

Did You Know? From 2000 to 2002 alone, annual growth for the tortilla industry expanded nine percent, with U.S. tortilla industry sales reaching $5.2 billion.

Growing Latino market valuable for farmers

ReelTime Rentals Announces Joint Venture With Laguna Productions

March 17, 2008

Author speaks to Latins in need of financial help – Radio personality Lynn Jimenez has written a financial how-to that is aimed at Hispanics but is a good primer for anyone looking for ways to manage their money.

Viva Vision and Univision Movil Secure Partnership

impreMedia Boosts Digital Team with Online Marketing Veteran Liz Sarachek Blacker

P&G’s Graciela Eleta de Cacho Lands at Univision – Former Head of Hispanic Marketing’s New Role Still Largely Unknown

Many tastes of Mexico – Goods for U.S. Hispanic kitchens showcased at International Home and Housewares Show in Chicago

Univision.com and CNET Announce Partnership to Deliver Technology Content and Original Videos to U.S. Hispanics

Chamber will amplify Hispanic voice in Pleasant Grove – Ralph Castro – Dallas

Telemundo Is Said to Have Struck Deal in Mexico with NBC Universal

Pernod Ricard launches Hispanic job education initiative – Espiritu de Progreso Latino

March 13, 2008

Latino Group Protests Business Owner – Asked to see Social Security card of a Spanish-speaking customer – Rhode Island

Latino-theme water park developer files $1.5 billion claim against Garden Grove, California

Mayor Tom Leppert says Dallas needs to work more with Hispanic contractors

Contractor at Airports Settles Suit in Bias Case – Dallas

Sí TV Selects Consorte Media as Exclusive Publisher Representative for Hispanic Traffic

Speaking the same language – Hispanic firms identify with clientele’s culture – Santiago Insurance Agency in Milwaukee

Sony, Televisa in Mexican copro deal

Bush pushes Colombia trade pact

Transpanish Translation Services Launches Blog

Hector V. Barreto, Jr. Joins Zana Network Advisory Board

In Polk, Mexican goods in high demand – Polk County, Florida

Sports radio, en español – Medium’s strength reflects population growth, local popularity of soccer – Las Vegas

March 11, 2008

US Officials Battle Over Mexican Trucks

Consorte Media CEO Alicia Morga to Speak at MultiCultural Media Expo

Many Immigrants Struggling As Construction Jobs Vanish – Florida

Gary airport to get flights to Mexico? – Viva Aerobus

Univision Communications’s outlook cut to negative; ‘B1′ CFR affirmed – Moody’s

Latin American Contact Center Market Heats up

March 10, 2008

Financial services firms missing new markets as Hispanic subgroups grow

Chicago Plays Host to National Diversity Career Fair for Bilingual and Hispanic Professionals

Weakening housing market threatens Latino wealth

Sporting Eye of El Tigre, Northgate Gonzalez Buys 5 Local Markets

March 9, 2008

A new report shows Latino owned businesses to grow significantly in Minnesota

Chucho Clothing for Sale on MexGrocer

Tecate Crosses Borders To Reach Mexican Men

MIGRATION-US: Ailing Building Industry Squeezes Remittances

Goya Foods to add 30 jobs in Miami-Dade – Florida

How Much is Spanish Broadcasting Worth?

James Ridinger of Market America Talks Latin Expansion and Entertainment Portal with Miami Herald – E-Business B2B/B2C | NewswireToday

Taste for NAFTA sours – Ohio alone lost a net 50,000 jobs as a result of NAFTA, according to a 2006 analysis

Patricia Barela Rivera awarded Hispanic Chamber Lifetime Achievement honors – Denver

A Slight Rebound for the Hispanic Labor Market

President Bush to Address U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Banks Springing Up to Serve the Underserved – AT first glance Raleigh, N.C., may not seem like a logical place to open a Latino-oriented bank. After all, Raleigh is not a city like Los Angeles, for instance, where more than 47 percent of the population is Hispanic.

Furniture store attempts to tap the Hispanic market – Victorville, California

Penguin Launches Personality Driven Hispanic Imprint

Univisión chairman has Midas touch

March 6, 2008

LATINA Style Magazine Releases the 2008 LATINA Style 50 Survey

Mexican Worker Money Transfers Drop at a Record Pace

Sherman Health relaunches Spanish Web site – Illinois

Largest Medical Center in Puerto Rico Deploys Force10 Networks in Campuswide Upgrade to Integrate Systems and Patient Records

Patents Benefit Latin America – Latin America needs to urgently rethink its traditional view of intellectual property.

An in-depth report on the fast-growing wireless market in Latin America. Both operators and handset vendors are gaining strongly.

Univision Announces 2007 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results

Did You Know? Hispanic moviegoers made up the fastest rising demographic; they saw an average of 11 movies a year, compared with eight in 2006

March 5, 2008

Marinela Takes Zumba Dance Craze To Kids

Horizontes Unidos at National Stationery Show

Ice Energy is Making Green by Going Green: Hispanic Entrepreneur Taps into a Clean Energy Source

Must Mexico Be Self-Sufficient in Corn?

Entravision Sells-off Outdoor Advertising Operations

Uncertain safety for Latino workers – Construction job fatality rates exceed those for other groups, and many are reluctant to complain

CHARO Community Development Corporation Hosts its 4th Annual Business Conference & Expo

Toyota Joins U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for 18th Annual Legislative Conference Themed ‘Hispanic Business —Shaping Tomorrow’s Policy’

Entravision Reports Q4 Loss, Full-Year Loss Improves

Monster Forges Recruitment Alliance with iHispano, the Leading Career Site for Hispanic and Bilingual Professionals

Pizza Patron filling a niche – While many pizzeria operators spent 2007 struggling with softening same-store sales, at least one pizza chain booked a pretty good year.

JCPenney Names The Vidal Partnership Hispanic Advertising Agency of Record

LOPEZ NEGRETE COMMUNICATIONS WELCOMES HISPANIC MEDIA VETERAN TO LEAD DEPARTMENT – Rosa Serrano

Bank Seeks to Widen Base Beyond Latinos – Security One Changing Name, Leaders – Washington DC

Hispanic Business School Pioneer at IIT Stuart School of Business

February 28, 2008

Hablas Espanol? Tellme Connects Domino’s to Spanish Speakers: Financial News – Yahoo! Finance

Cuban cigar sales up 7 percent in 2007

Not Ready to Pay for TV Time, a Mexican Beer Goes Online – Pacifico

Developer of Latino-themed water park lashes out – Garden Grove officials voted down a proposal for water park at Willowick Golf Course, but developer says the city behaved unprofessionally – California

Mexico’s Leadership of US Bilingual Offshore Contact Center Services not Guaranteed says Datamonitor Analyst

Eyes on Puerto Rico: Johnson & Johnson Markets New Contact Lenses Directly to Consumers

Orlando-area immigrants’ construction jobs vanish

Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Helps Women and Minorities in Business – Pasco, Washington

Fewer workers, fewer summer festivals – Amusement companies can’t get workers, who can’t get visas

AOL Mexico’s Director of Programming Talks with Portada

Javier Teruel Joins JCPenney Board of Directors – Former Colgate-Palmolive Executive Brings Extensive Marketing and Operations Experience to JCPenney

Jose Armario Appointed Group President of McDonald’s Canada and Latin America

Baby Abuelita Goes to SPOK

Siesta Tees Releases New Latino Themed Clothing Line

Marcio Cabrera taking Navarro Pharmacies into new markets to widen its Hispanic appeal and capture other demographics

February 27, 2008

Marketplace: Hard times for Latino construction

Eduardo Castro-Wright and Lulu C. Wang Named to MetLife’s Board of Directors

‘Diversity’ Defined in Less Than a Third of Workplaces

February 26, 2008

How Fidel Ruined Cuba’s Economy – Cuba’s GDP is now five percent of what it was before Fidel Castro assumed power.

Consultant (Marco Polo-Cortés) to lead Hispanic business group – San Diego County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

National Society of Hispanic MBAs Celebrates 20th Anniversary and Announces 2008 Conference in Atlanta

Did You Know? Virginia’s median household income ($55,500 in 2006) exceeds that for Hispanic immigrants ($48,300), and is lower than that for Hispanic citizens ($62,800)

Pan-American Life Insurance Company Names Insurance Industry Veteran as New Executive Vice President-International – Eugenio Magdalena

Latin Chamber of Commerce installs new leaders – Nevada

Telecinco Completes Acquisition of CaribeVisión Stake

Did You Know? A study of top executives at 60 major marketers found widespread confusion about multicultural marketing. Conducted for executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles, the study found that while 84% of execs said they believe multicultural marketing is “critical” to business, 40% said they couldn’t quantify the financial value of multicultural consumers for their own businesses.

February 25, 2008

Maria Adaena Márquez Recognized by Cambridge Who’s Who for Entrepreneurial Talent – Cambridge Who’s Who – Your Premier Source For Global Networking.

First Ever Hispanic Business to Business (HB2B) Trade Fair will Provide Procurement Opportunities for Regional Latino Businesses

El Tigre stores sold to Anaheim retailer – San Diego

Former US Treasurer Rosario Marin honored by the Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

February 21, 2008

Magic Valley dairies working on immigration reform – Idaho

Entrepreneurs address PR needs for diverse Hispanic marketplace – Michigan

Puerto Rican chamber celebrates its first year – Sarasota-Manatee Counties, Florida

Law seminars planned in Spanish – The Hispanic Bar Association of Central Florida

February 20, 2008

FERNANDO SOMOZA NAMED GM DEALER OF THE YEAR FOR SECOND YEAR

Spanish Language Business Tools Now Available from CalBizCentral

La Costeña Assigns Concept Café US Hispanic Ad Responsibilities

Longtime head of Hispanic chamber dies – Sara González, oversaw Hispanic chamber’s growth

Georgia Hispanic Chamber CEO Sara González dies

February 19, 2008

U.S.-Mexican business partnerships makes the United States more competitive.

La Salsa Mexican Grill Names Odette Valles as Franchisee of the Year

Rising foreign direct investment is giving a boost to Mexico’s legal sector.

Latino helps others build union power

Did You Know? In 1990, about one in 10 construction workers in the U.S. was Hispanic. By 2005, the rate was nearly one in four; and in 2006, it was two in three, according to the Pew Hispanic Center

Local company at center of illegal immigration investigation – Hampton, Virginia

Hispanic Chamber working to boost tech opportunities in Mexico – Austin

Feared Sweeps for Illegal Workers Found Just One – Suffolk County

February 18, 2008

Mexican Bottler Grows As Coke Enjoys Latin American Popularity

Trump plans Puerto Rico golf complex

Tinbu Announces The Production Of Multi-Lingual Apple iPhone

Police Investigating Theft Of $100,000 From Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce – San Diego -(Is organization is insolvent and beset by management problems?)

NSHMBA Los Angeles Hosts an Evening of Professional Networking and Culture at the Museum of Contemporary Art

Fannie Mae Reacts To Concerns Over Office Diversity

¡Hola Surfers! — Marketing to Hispanics — Consorte Media

Operator of bilingual Latino Web sites plans move to Austin – Quepasa.com

Al Dia names new publisher – Alejandro Sanchez – Dallas

Winston-Salem wants illegal immigrants off private payrolls – North Carolina