Hispanic and Latino Issues


Time Warner Launches Spanish Business Site

Hispanic business owners can access info on voice, data and video tools.  Read story

Un Nuevo Día…A New Day

Companies shift their focus to accommodate and capitalize from the Latino population boom.  Read story

Urban Renewers

Some thoughts on what groups are making it in the inner-city, and why.  Read story

Giuliani To Address Latino Small-Business Event

April 13, 2007 -- Former New York Mayor and presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani will be a keynote speaker at the 2007 Small Business Econo...  Read story

Self-Employment Up for Women and Ethnic Groups

December 6, 2004 --Between 1979 and 2003 the number of self-employed women, blacks and Latinos has risen sharply, according to a report re...  Read story

Selling To The New America

A new wave of immigration is changing the complexion of the American consumer market, turning 'minority' markets into 'majority' ones  Read story

Hispanic Economic Organizations Expand Training

Bilingual training is gaining ground in the business community.  Read story

Zions Bank Launches Spanish Language Site

Small-business customers can now access bilingual data about treasury management services and international banking.  Read story

The Start-Up Diaries: Moonlight over Indiana

Luis Espinoza has been moonlighting for the past few years to build Inca Quality Foods, a Hispanic food-distribution business. But he would never dream of qu...  Read story

Minority-Owned Businesses Grow

Feb. 25, 2005 -- The share of minority-owned businesses in the United States more than doubled in the last twenty-years, but not all grou...  Read story

Upstarts: Start-up Mambos to Beat of Booming Market

With the Latino population in this country on the rise, can an English-language magazine for Latinas make it?  Read story

The New Ellis Islands

LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles has always been a city of transplants, but now it has become a city of immigrants. You can see them at the border check-point, M...  Read story

Bridging the Digital Divide

In the United States, it's an unfortunate reality that basic opportunities and values that come from having a good education are not, traditionally, besto...  Read story

The Reluctant Entrepreneurs

Are American blacks still stuck on the bottom rung of the economic ladder because so few start businesses of their own?  Read story

Sowing in the Corners

Founded by a handful of Oklahoma farmers in 1903, family-owned First Bethany Bank & Trust recalls some of the finest traditions of small-town business. Wh...  Read story

The Founder Next Door

Is today's entrepreneur any different from the rest of us?  Read story

SBA Issued Record Amount of Loans in 2004

August 19, 2004 -- With nearly two months left in its fiscal year, the Small Business Administration has already granted more 7(a) and 50...  Read story

SBA Reaching Out To Hispanic Community

July 2, 2004 -- Sometimes it's the little things that make a big difference. At least, that's what the Small Business Administration is h...  Read story

Self-Employed Businesses Unlikely to Hire Employees

August 20, 2004 -- It's been said that hiring the first employee c...  Read story

The Latino Archipelago

The standouts on this year's list are the cities that know how to attract entrepreneurs.  Read story

SBA Loans: Following the Money

By: Robb Mandelbaum The Small Business Administration's efforts to make smaller loans available to more peo...  Read story

Entrepreneurship Grows In All Market Conditions

Sept. 27, 2005 --Immigrants and Latinos have swollen the growing ranks of America's self-employed in recent years, increasing the diversit...  Read story

Work-Life Balance Key for Job-Seekers

Oct. 31, 2006 -- Salary, benefits, and the opportunity for work-life balance are key deal-makers for job-seekers in considering a new job...  Read story

Multicultural Work Force

A multicultural work force is one made up of men and women from a variety of different cultural and racial backgrounds. The labor force of any country is ...  Read story

Teaching Entrepreneurship

Chart showing rates of business formation among ethnic groups in the U.S. versus that of NFTE graduates.  Read story

Microsoft Unveils Resources for Hispanic Business Owners

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT)  this week launched a series of Spanish-language resources for U.S. Hispanic small business owners that includes the Mi...  Read story

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