Business + New York Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
October 29, 2009
New Study Shows that for Latinos in NYC, The Recession is a Depression
October 17, 2009
Hugo Balta, news director for Telemundo’s WNJU-47 in New York, also got pink-slipped during the company’s latest round of cuts.
October 13, 2009
LISTA’ Jose Marquez and Judge Sonia Sotomayor to Recieve 2009 New York State Department of Labor and JSEC Rising Star Awards.
October 2, 2009
Rochester Hispanic Business Association honors Jacklyn Ortiz as business person of year
September 30, 2009
Peter W. Davidson of Brooklyn, described as “an experienced dealmaker and executive in the private sector,” has been named to a key post in the state’s economic development agency – will be executive director, the No. 2 person, at the Empire State Development Corp., or ESD – Many of his businesses have been geared toward the Hispanic community, including El Diario/La Prensa.
September 22, 2009
DON”T MISS the Third Annual Hispanic Digital and Print Media Conference this Thursday September 24 in NYC. The industry’s signature event will explore the latest trends and opportunities in the Hispanic digital and print media markets. The event annually gathers more than 200 key players in Hispanic advertising and media through an exciting line-up of speakers and panelists.
September 18, 2009
10 Reasons To Attend The Seventh Annual Hispanic Television Summit
August 14, 2009
Polito Vega celebrates 50 years on the Radio in NYC
Long Island immigrants fight to win wages they say they are owed
August 3, 2009
Univision is celebrating its 41 years of broadcasting tomorrow, Tuesday, August 4, 2009 from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. in the boogie down Bronx Joyce Kilmer Park 161st & Grand Concourse & Walton Avenue right in front of the Court House Bronx, NY Join Zon del Barrio as we bring the Bronx down with this birthday celebration!
July 20, 2009
30-year-old Jacklyn Ortiz wins Hispanic Business Person of the Year award – Rochester, New York
June 24, 2009
Time Warner Cable, the second largest cable operator in the US, has tapped New York-based advertising agency Gotham Inc. for the metropolitan launch of its new bilingual entertainment brand, El Paquetazo
Local members of the New York Chapter of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs who recently completed graduate degrees were honored Tuesday by the chapter and the city of Rochester
June 22, 2009
Nathalia Ortiz has joined the team of “Currents,” the new NET NY television show as a reporter and fill-in anchor.
Agency Chain Vies for Latino Buyers – (Casa Latino makes the NY Times)
June 19, 2009
New York City Mayor Bloomberg Names Hispanic BIC Web Site Integral Part of City’s Five Hispanic Business Initiatives
June 17, 2009
Two undocumented workers from Mexico and one from Ecuador injured in construction accidents in New York were awarded settlements totaling $3.85 million in the past two weeks, lawyers said on Wednesday.
June 12, 2009
COORS LIGHT JOINS THE PARADE Official Beer Sponsor Celebrates Puerto Rican Summertime Festivities While Supporting Educational Endeavors
June 3, 2009
El Departamento del Trabajo y la organización comunitaria “Se Hace camino Nueva York” informaron hoy de un acuerdo con seis supermercados que les obliga a pagar 317,687 dólares en salarios a varios de sus trabajadores, un gran número de ellos inmigrantes latinos.
May 28, 2009
US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Region V to Host 2nd Annual Hispanic Business to Business Trade Show
April 10, 2009
New York will soon have a new daily Spanish-language newspaper. On April 20, NY Al Día will be launched
March 31, 2009
10th ANNUAL LATIN ALTERNATIVE MUSIC CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES PANEL TOPICS
March 24, 2009
A Dream Delayed for Latino Laborers
March 14, 2009
Las bodegas de Nueva York, en peligro de extinción
March 11, 2009
Telemundo NY WNJU-47 cancels newscasts, lays off staff
February 1, 2009
Top 15 Hispanic-owned Companies in New York
January 21, 2009
It’s Official: New Times Company Gets $250 Million Cash Infusion From Carlos Slim
December 10, 2008
New York Real Estate Power Players Join Casa Latino Real Estate
John Leguizamo is featured in a new online ad campaign launching today from The New York Times – video
November 18, 2008
Más de 100.000 rosas cultivadas en Colombia fueron regaladas el lunes en las calles de Nueva York como parte de una campaña que celebra el éxito de la industria de la floricultura en la nación sudamericana y sus exportaciones.
November 12, 2008
Bronx homeowners and homebuyers are having more trouble obtaining credit than their counterparts in any other borough, with black and Hispanic buyers suffering the worst, according to a new report.
November 11, 2008
The number of Hispanic-owned businesses in the mid-Hudson Valley has increased dramatically in a short period of time, as shops and restaurants have sprung up to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse population.
A New York-based company that refurbishes cell phones at its factory in Long Island has agreed to pay $435,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of paying Hispanic workers less for doing the same job as Asian employees.
Puerto Rico’s governor-elect Luis Fortuño says he and New York Gov. David Paterson plan to enhance trade ties between the Caribbean commonwealth and the U.S. state
10 Years On, Spanish-English Newspaper Is Bridging Worlds – El Aguila del Hudson Valley, a bilingual newspaper, was founded by a Honduran immigrant. – New York
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
October 27, 2008
Did You Know? Hispanic immigrants contribute $842 more per resident to local revenues than they receive in local expenditures, according to the study. Latino immigrants have long settled in Long Island, but since 2000, Hispanics, especially from Central America, have made up more than one-half of the immigrants arriving there.
October 6, 2008
Last Call: Join Leading Executives at Hispanic Digital and Print Media’s Preeminent Event
September 26, 2008
WXTV-TV in NYC – For the first time in history, a Spanish-language TV station is poised to win the audience race from 6 pm to midnight, a time period which straddles early fringe, access, primetime, and late fringe, on a weekday basis during a September ratings survey.
Hiram Hernandez Sr. honored as Rochester’s Hispanic Business Person of the Year
September 17, 2008
Join Portada in NYC, Oct. 9 to Drive the Hispanic Digital and Print Media Industries Forward
September 15, 2008
NYC’s Hispanic Heritage Event is a Fiesta for Marketers
September 11, 2008
The National Hispanic Sales Network (NHSN) will be hosting its Annual Career Fair on October 29, 2008. The event will be held from 9 am to 6 pm at the Sheraton, Times Square located at 790 7th Ave & 51st St. New York City, NY 10019.
September 10, 2008
The National Society of Hispanic MBA’s already has a chapter in New York City. A new chapter is currently being established in Rochester with the goal of expanding to Buffalo and Syracuse.
September 4, 2008
List of Confirmed Speakers / Panelists at Portada’s Digital and Print Media Conference
September 3, 2008
With mobile salon, Bronx teen has beautiful business plan – Ozemary Feliz
The Future of Hispanic-Latin Entertainment, Media and Technology Markets Conference Attracts Influential Lineup of Speakers to Explore the Transformation of These Industries
August 18, 2008
New York area Hispanic TV viewers are showing little interest in the Olympics, not only on NBC O&O WNBC but also on co-owned Spanish-language Telemundo affiliate WNJU. Univision’s WXTV goes up
August 14, 2008
Top US Companies to Meet Top US Hispanic Companies in Historic Summit to Ring In New Era of Economic Opportunity
August 11, 2008
GolTV to Launch on Time Warner Cable in New York City and Los Angeles
August 7, 2008
Ecuavision Internacional, Telemicro Internacional added to Time Warner Cable New York City DTV
Fighting the bagel tyranny one ‘pan de yuca’ at a time
August 4, 2008
One startling change has been the TV-watching habits of Hispanic viewers. In 1995, most Hispanic viewers in New York primarily watched English-language television (62 percent) over Spanish-language stations (38 percent), according to Nielsen Media Research. Last year, viewers favored the Spanish stations 71 to 29 percent. Similar trends are happening elsewhere.
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.
August 1, 2008
New York’s Latin Media and Entertainment Commission and LatinVision Media Partner to Host the October “2008 Convergence Conference: The Future of Latin Entertainment, Media and Technology Markets” in New York
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 27, 2008
The $55 million lawsuit filed against the Town of Southampton by owners of The Hampton Bays Diner on grounds that town police violated their civil rights by instigating 18 months of police monitoring of a weekly “Latino” inspired dance night has spotlighted allegations of anti-Hispanic sentiment. – (a very detailed article)
New York-based Davidson Media Group has purchased Philadelphia’s largest Spanish-language radio station, La Mega 1310 AM, for $8.25 million, confirmed Peter Davidson, president of the radio broadcasting group.
July 24, 2008
New York’s Latin Media and Entertainment Commission and LatinVision Partner to Host the October “2008 Convergence Conference: The Future of Latin Entertainment, Media and Technology Markets” in New York
July 21, 2008
Lawsuit: Long Island diner harassed for hosting Hispanics
July 17, 2008
Nearly 300 black and Latino New York homeowners are getting a total of about $1 million from a California mortgage company because they were charged more than white customers for loans. – GreenPoint Mortgage bought by Capital One in 2006
July 15, 2008
Sophie’s Cuban Cuisine Opens Second Franchised Restaurant – NYC
June 25, 2008
Portada Invites You to the Second Annual Hispanic Digital and Print Media Conference, NYC, Oct. 9
June 22, 2008
Society of Hispanic MBAs meets at Nazareth College – Rochester, New York
June 18, 2008
Queens Courier Establishes Outreach To Latin Population With Exclusive Spanish Edition
June 3, 2008
Spanish wind company promises New York $2B in development, jobs
May 13, 2008
New York Farmers fear they’ll be short of workers
Mayor Bloomberg and Latin Media and Entertainment Commission Announce New Efforts to Position New York City as the Center for Latin Media and Entertainment
May 5, 2008
Shirley Rodríguez Remeneski & Jerusha Ramos Co-Chair the LATINA Style Business Series Tour in New York City, NY
April 25, 2008
LATINA Style Business Series Celebrates the 10 Year Anniversary Tour in New York City, NY
April 12, 2008
LATV to Hold Inaugural Upfront May 1
April 10, 2008
Some New York Colombians Lean Republican Over Trade Issue
April 7, 2008
NSHP’s Hispanic & Bilingual Career Fair Hits New York City
February 25, 2008
First Ever Hispanic Business to Business (HB2B) Trade Fair will Provide Procurement Opportunities for Regional Latino Businesses
February 19, 2008
Feared Sweeps for Illegal Workers Found Just One – Suffolk County
January 31, 2008
Hispanic Hotel Owners Association To Host Hotel Investment Seminar in New York City
January 9, 2008
New York Carpenters’ Union Embraces Immigrant Organizing
January 4, 2008
Hispanic Business-to-Business Trade Fair: Precedent-Setting Event Promotes a Strong Hispanic Business Community – New York City
December 14, 2007
Warehouse Workers Quit in Immigration Inquiry – Fresh Direct in New York City
December 11, 2007
New bank targets Latinos in South Bronx – Hispanic MPR
November 11, 2007
Agriculture Department To Conduct Farm Labor Survey – New York
October 26, 2007
The New America Alliance Announces Endowment Fund to Support ”American Dream” Initiative for Latinos at 7th Annual Wall Street Summit
October 22, 2007
24 Horas Newspaper – NY Increases Circulation and Exposure by Placing Distribution Newsracks in City’s Key Areas
October 17, 2007
B&H to Pay $4.3M to Settle Suit Alleging Pay Bias Against Latinos – New York
October 4, 2007
Venezuelan Brings Taste Of Home To New York By Opening Restaurant – NYC
October 2, 2007
Ecuadorian Family Turns Latino Practice Into A Business – New York City
September 30, 2007
Latina magazine puts Newburgh salon among top 10 in U.S. – New York
Viva la incubadora! Hispanic chamber nets $500,000 – Long Island
September 24, 2007
A Spanish-Language Store Is Forced to Close Its Books – Librerí Lectorum – New York City
June 13, 2007
Chase sets free Mexico money transfers in NY area
Brooklyn’s La Marqueta buys time
June 11, 2007
Botanicas, religious and superstitious, thriving in New York City
April 17, 2007
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Launches Spanish Language Web Site – Millions of New Yorkers now have access to health and benefits information through Empire en Español
February 16, 2007
La Avenida dressed up, waiting for La Marketa – Rochester, New York
February 6, 2007
Did You Know? New York City has more Hispanic-owned businesses””close to 130,000””than any other city in the U.S.
February 5, 2007
This Hammer for Hire – United Hispanic Construction Workers – New York
January 7, 2007
CNY dairy farmers visit the village of their Mexican laborers – CNY = Central New York
January 2, 2007
“CasaCyber’ is home sweet home for Latinos – Brooklyn
December 19, 2006
Latino butchers in Queens slice out a niche market in meat
December 6, 2006
Did You Know? Dominicans own more than 400 supermarkets in New York City, with total annual sales of $2 billion
