Category: Business
Business leaders create a complicated twist in the debate over immigration reform
LatinaLista — Most immigrant advocates and members of the Latino community, who care about immigration reform, have just about given up hope that the issue will ever be tackled by Congress.
New cable programming highlights nation’s need to uphold affirmative action
LatinaLista — On a day that the Supreme Court has agreed to decide on whether the University of Texas’ race-conscious admission policies violate the rights of white applicants, there is some hopeful news that not all diversity initiatives are under attack. Today, Comcast cable company announced the launch of four minority-owned networks on its cable-TV [...]
New report shows Latinos have unprecedented success in lawncare and landscape industry — but for how long?
LatinaLista — Every bad joke you’ve ever heard about Latinos being in the lawn care and landscaping business is about to multiply courtesy of a report released today by the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce titled “The Economic Impact of the Landscaping and Lawn Care Services Industry on U.S. Latinos.” According to the report’s authors, [...]
Alabama Arrest of German Mercedes-Benz executive under immigration law underscores how little history changes
LatinaLista — The fallout from Alabama’s harsh anti-immigration bill H.B. 56 just keeps raining down. Last Friday, one of the latest consequences of the legislation, and one that had some in the “Heart of Dixie” suffer cardiac arrest, was when a German executive, who worked at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance, Alabama, was pulled over [...]
New report reveals Latino and black homebuyers with good credit were targets of subprime lenders
LatinaLista — At the height of the subprime mortgage crisis, the blame for it and the subsequent housing bubble bust were laid directly on the doormat of Latino and black homebuyers. “Buying more home than they can afford” was the popular soundbite pundits and commentators echoed while trying to make someone accountable for the worst [...]
Latino Appointed New Veterans Services Director
By Dalia Díaz Rumbo News LAWRENCE, MA — The Lawrence City Council will be considering the appointment of Retired Sergeant First Class Jaime L. Melendez, Jr. who was Mayor William Lantigua’s choice as Director of Veterans Services. Sgt. Melendez was born in Lawrence, attending grammar school in this city and later graduating from high school [...]
Latina Lista giving away 2 free tickets to attend National Hispana Leadership Institute’s annual conference
Latina Lista — Want to network with hundreds of Latinas Listas? The National Hispana Leadership Institute (NHLI) will convene over six hundred Latinas, national leaders and NHLI’s accomplished alumnae at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in Los Angeles, CA in just a couple of days on November 3-4, 2011 at their annual national conference. For those [...]
Latino San Diego leader honored by Chargers
By Pablo Jaime Sáinz La Prensa San Diego SAN DIEGO — Although Ruben Barrales sees himself as one of many Latino leaders in the county, the San Diego Chargers thought otherwise. The Bolts selected Barrales, who serves as the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce President and Chief Executive Officer, as the recipient of the [...]
Walmart to sell products from women-run businesses in developing nations
LatinaLista – Ever since the practice of “micro loans” was made popular in helping women entrepreneurs in developing nations establish their businesses, the products they made didn’t travel far out of their neighborhoods. Yet, with technology, the sophistication of business consortiums pooling aspiring entrepreneurs together and the increasing sense that big businesses must have a social [...]
Latest job report underscores the continued need for Affirmative Action policies
LatinaLista — As the nation begins the annual three-day celebration of Labor Day, today’s employment reality is nothing to celebrate. For the first time since 1945, there was no job growth in a recorded month and unemployment is holding steady at 9.1 percent. This lack of job creation is fueling speculation from economists that the [...]
