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Young Latinas Share Their Voting Photos, Stories
“Today was such an important day, for some it was just another election. For me it was my first time I had my voice heard. I became a citizen last year and this was the first election I was able to...
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Latinos Express Growing Confidence In Personal Finances, Nation’s Direction
Hispanics have grown more satisfied with the nation’s direction and more confident in their finances since 2011, according to a new survey from the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research...
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Xoom Named Best Money Transfer Company
Xoom Corporation, a global online money transfer provider, has been named the best money transfer company to Latin America and the Caribbean by the Inter-American Dialogue (IAD), the leading U.S....
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Why Hispanics are Less Active in the Franchising Sector
From culture to politics, Hispanics are gaining influence in the U.S. But when it comes to franchising, U.S. Hispanics are severely under-represented — owning just a fraction of all franchised small...
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Spain Hosts Summit For Booming Latin America
CADIZ, Spain — In an historic role reversal, recession-hit Spain and Portugal on Friday courted the Latin American leaders of their former colonies, countries that now enjoy some of the strongest...
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Mexico Predicts Agreement in Tuna Trade Dispute
Text of report by respected Mexican business newspaper El Financiero website on 15 November Mexico and the United States are close to resolving a dispute that has been running for decades over US...
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Mexican Billionaire May Save Twinkies
Grupo Bimbo, a Mexican company that is the world's largest bread baker, might hold the key to saving the Twinkie from extinction in a Hostess liquidation. Though other companies have shown interest in...
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Small Businesses Give Personal Touch
Small businesses say it's hard to compete with large, chain stores, but their loyal customers keep coming back because of the relationship they've established with the business. Small Business...
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Economic Uncertainty Clouds Hope Among Small Businesses
Even a pop in sales from Small Business Saturday would not allay small companies' concerns about looming tax hikes and continued uncertainty about their operating climate, local business owners say....
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Minorities Bloom in Wilting Economy
When we talk about Hispanics and the economy, we generally focus on immigration — and in particular, its potential to bring down wages. Likewise, in the political sphere, we concentrate on the...
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Job Gains Could Strengthen This Year
Last week’s economic reports delivered seemingly incongruous messages: The economy shrank in the fourth quarter for the first time since the recession, but job growth was more robust than initially...
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Chief concerns for Latino Hoosiers Remain Education, Economy
A 2012 study released by the Pew Research Hispanic Center noted that despite a continual onslaught of reports to the contrary in the mainstream media, Latinos continue to express a deeper concern for...
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Silicon Valley Job Market: Pace of Hiring Slows
Job Search (Photo credit: Tax Credits) Silicon Valley’s economy this year is continuing to create jobs but at a slower pace, according to a survey released Tuesday. The annual CEO Business Climate...
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Fed: Regional Economies Improving
Consumer Spending (Photo credit: 401(K) 2013) The nation’s economy expanded in all 12 Federal Reserve districts in late January and February, though a recent payroll tax increase, the new health care...
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Seize Opportunity to Reform Immigration: Column
Immigration Reform Rally 2010 (Photo credit: Anuska Sampedro) Apart from the fiscal mess, no legislative priority is greater than immigration reform. It should be passed this year, before the...
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Trade With Mexico Continues to Grow
Forex Money for Exchange in Currency Bank (Photo credit: epSos.de) Mexico is growing its economy and trading heavily with the United States, an expert said last week. Chairman and CEO of ABC Capital...
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Banks Likely to Report Earnings Gains
Big banks have been picking up steam with the economy, but the March hiccup in job growth has investors holding their breath about whether the good times are still on. First-quarter earnings news from...
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How the Economy Is Shaping Hispanic Young Adults’ Lives
10080001 (Photo credit: moodboardphotography) Today, the state of the economy is shaping Hispanic young adults’ lives more than anything else. Just as they were entering or approaching adulthood, the...
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Readout on the First-Ever White House Hispanic Business Leaders’ Forum
Official portrait of Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement Valerie Jarrett. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) On Wednesday, May 29th, the White...
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Why Hispanic consumers will revive the American economy
colette shopping bag (Photo credit: Karl Hab) Hispanics are still the fastest growing population in the U.S., and their numbers are predicted to soar another 167 percent by 2050. This growth has...
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White House: Time Is Right to Refocus on Economy
“Dr. Coburn and Senator Obama look over the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act” (Photo credit: Wikipedia) President Obama believes it is appropriate to look broadly at the state of...
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‘Crossbones’ NBC Series To Film In Puerto Rico And Boost Economy
Starting Wednesday, Puerto Rico will be the setting for the NBC television series “Crossbones” starring John Malkovich in the role of the pirate Blackbeard. “I hope Puerto Rico feels honored by the...
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Improving Latino Education In The U.S. Has Economic, Social Benefits
For more than a century the United States was a gigantic ship sailing vigorously with the wind at its back. In recent decades this is no longer the case, as the lumbering vessel has lost momentum and...
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Latino Issues Take Center Stage In San Diego Mayoral Race
The concerns of San Diego’s increasingly influential Latino community took center stage in the mayor’s race Wednesday night in a sometimes testy debate between the top four candidates. There wasn’t a...
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Puerto Rico Considers Daylight Savings Time
Legislators in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico are expected to debate a proposal that would create a daylight saving time like the one imposed in the U.S. mainland. Sen. Margarita Nolasco says the...
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Venezuela Cyber Crackdown Focuses On Bitly
Venezuelans have been scrambling for dollars for weeks, taking refuge in the greenback as their own currency is in free fall. Rather than address the economic imbalances behind the bolivar’s plunge,...
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Venezuelan President Announces New Economic Measures
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro reassigned members of his economic team Wednesday but didn’t announce a painful currency devaluation that analysts say is needed to stabilize Latin America’s...
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Going Solo: The Online Business Pro as an Active Freelancer
It takes a lot of guts to be your own boss. With tough economic times, and the well-stated fact that most businesses fail rather than succeed anyway, you have to be a real daredevil to take the plunge...
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This Is How Much Violence In Latin America Costs
Dreams of a better life randomly shattered forever by a stranger’s bullet. Homeless orphans sucked into violent crime. Entire neighborhoods where the police fear to tread. The human toll of Latin...
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Campaign Aims To Boost Hispanic Household Wealth
A national group that plans to mount a multiyear campaign to improve income and household wealth among Hispanic families pointed to Arizona on Monday as a potential leader in that effort. “Arizona has...
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