Business + North Carolina Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
September 30, 2009
Vying for a Slice of One State’s Growing Hispanic Consumer Market – North Carolina’s booming Latino population fuels economic growth
September 22, 2009
National Hispanic Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s Small Business Forum Series Launches in Charlotte, NC
September 17, 2009
Consumer Stories…Focus on Hispanic foods at local grocery chain – Charlotte, North Carolina
August 17, 2009
New study shows that white men get a lot more tips about job opportunities in upper management than Hispanics
August 13, 2009
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 3, 2009
The Food Lion supermarket chain will expand its Sabor Latino (Latin Flavor) format to 59 stores in North Carolina to better serve this growing market.
June 29, 2009
Latino Community Credit Union has been honored by the N.C. Credit Union League for its community service – Durham, North Carolina
June 25, 2009
First Ever 24/7 Spanish Language Talk Radio Show Comes to Charlotte!
Norsan Multimedia plans to flip Regional Mexican WGSP-AM (La Tremenda)/Charlotte to Spanish News/Talk as “Radio Formula 1310 AM.”
June 11, 2009
Una cadena de comida rápida mexicana en Carolina del Norte expande sus operaciones
June 8, 2009
National Hispanic Entrepreneurs’ Organization Participates in UNC Kenan-Flagler New Ventures: Discovery Class
April 13, 2009
Hispanic spending growing in Carolinas – Hispanics are currently the second biggest spenders in North Carolina, accounting for 9.4% of total buying dollars.
January 26, 2009
First Bank is expanding its services to the Latino community by offering two Spanish-language locations in Asheboro beginning Jan. 5. – North Carolina
December 12, 2008
The Latino Community Credit Union will open a second branch in Charlotte on Monday.
December 9, 2008
North Carolina lottery officials want the state’s Hispanic residents to give their share. They’d like to run a Spanish-language ad campaign to induce more purchases by a fast-growing segment of the population.
Ad Rules Threaten North Carolina Lottery’s Latino Marketing Push
December 6, 2008
The president of the newly formed Latino Chamber of Commerce of Southeastern North Carolina resigned this week under pressure from her board of directors. Liliana Parker
November 25, 2008
Charlotte Toughens Rules On Mobile Food Vendors – Many of the vendors are Hispanic and call the measures discrimination. Latino activist German de Castro said, “We are talking about an economic class that happens to be Hispanic.
Norsan Media Leader in the Hispanic Radio Market – WOLS 106.1 FM will soon speak Spanish – Charlotte
November 21, 2008
Another Spanish station is heading to the powerful FM dial in Charlotte, the third to go on the air since 2006. Starting Jan. 1, Norsan Media will take over the signal of WOLS-FM (106.1), an English-language oldies station. It will carry the Mexican regional format of Norsan’s WRML-FM (“La Raza” 102.3), and WRML will adopt a new Spanish pop-tropical format.
November 18, 2008
Viva Carolina Charlotte Edition Releases November Issue
October 20, 2008
Latino shoppers see a retail explosion – Greensboro, North Carolina
October 17, 2008
La Conexión, the Triangle’s first Spanish-language newspaper, has been sold. – North Carolina
September 15, 2008
Hispanics shine as entrepreneurs – Asheville, North Carolina
September 12, 2008
Batanga, one of the region’s top online media, venture capital and entrepreneurial success stories, is closing its downtown Greensboro office and cutting ties to the town where it was born.
Norsan Media Group Invests in Mi Gente Newspaper
August 11, 2008
Businesses across North Carolina felt the economic punch from the ‘Booze it and Lose it’ drunk driving campaign. Hispanic workers across the state chose to stay home Friday instead of braving DUI checkpoints
August 5, 2008
Sixth Branch Of Latino Credit Union Opens In Winston-Salem – Latino Community Credit Union
July 15, 2008
Media group targets Hispanics – Qué Pasa in Greensboro, North Carolina
July 14, 2008
Media Moves: Radio Lider off the air in Charlotte
June 5, 2008
Studies say North Carolina businesses are not meeting needs of Hispanic, black customers. – “There is literally millions of dollars in African American and Hispanic purchasing power that is leaking out of this very county,” Johnson said. “If you could find a way to meet the need of these consumers, imagine what it could do for Mecklenburg County’s economy and its people.”
May 8, 2008
Taco Maker has taste for Upstate
April 7, 2008
North Carolina Bank Partners with Fiserv to Target Hispanic Market
March 31, 2008
Radio hispano: City gets 1st Spanish-language radio station – Wilmington, North Carolina
March 9, 2008
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.
February 18, 2008
Winston-Salem wants illegal immigrants off private payrolls – North Carolina
February 12, 2008
Poultry series exposes a new, silent subclass – Neglect of workers has ugly precedent in Carolinas history
January 30, 2008
Law cuts immigrants’ car sales – Driver’s license requirements pull some from market – In Raleigh, North Carolina sales have dropped as much as 30% in recent months
December 13, 2007
Latino credit union lands $5.5M, will add branches – North Carolina
November 6, 2007
Hispanics are key to a healthy economy – North Carolina – (I don’t think I have ever seen this stated so bluntly – Hispanic immigrants provide entrepreneurs with something even more valuable than friendly tax policies and startup capital: low-cost labor.)
October 29, 2007
Want to irritate a PR flack? Bring up immigration and the Hispanic work force
October 14, 2007
Hispanics fuel industry growth – Hickory, North Carolina
Crackdown Upends Slaughterhouse’s Work Force – North Carolina
October 11, 2007
Professor: Hispanics vital to economy – North Carolina
October 4, 2007
Latino credit union closer to prize – Durham, North Carolina
August 23, 2007
Federal immigration agents raid Smithfield Foods plant in North Carolina
August 16, 2007
Delicioso way to chill – Family cools off region with Mexican paletas – North Carolina
July 11, 2007
Car sales sealed en Español – Greensboro, North Carolina
July 1, 2007
Latino banks see revenue potential – North Carolina
May 24, 2007
Que Pasa Media Network CEO, Jose Isasi, to be honored as one of the top 50 Spanish language media executives in the country
May 22, 2007
Store owner lashes out against businesses serving Hispanics – Monroe, North Carolina
May 14, 2007
Mexican rodeo plans kick up dust – North Carolina
May 7, 2007
Blacks, Latinos Mount Union Drive in North Carolina
April 26, 2007
Organizers hope banking endeavor can tap into growing Hispanic market – Greenville, North Carolina
April 12, 2007
Wachovia hires Rojo Hispanic Marketing
March 25, 2007
Latino theme coming to ailing mall – North Carolina
March 7, 2007
Top-level Latino executives join forces – Greensboro, North Carolina
March 6, 2007
Start a business, en Espanol – Durham, North Carolina
February 23, 2007
Companies seek bilingual employees – Greensboro, North Carolina
February 7, 2007
Activists say Smithfield needs to help change immigration laws
January 26, 2007
Immigration Raid Draws Protest From Labor Officials – Smithfield Foods in North Carolina
January 17, 2007
Did You Know? Between 1990 to 2006, the buying power of North Carolina’s Hispanics increased 1,042 percent
January 18, 2006
Real estate agents take Spanish class to build clientele. North Carolina
