By Brittney Castro LatinaLista As a Certified Financial PlannerTM, CEO of Financially Wise Women and a Chase Financial Education Partner, I understand that credit plays a big role in your future and has tremendous impact on your ability to…
Black Friday is upon us. More than a 100 million consumers are estimated to be out looking for deals on what is considered the largest shopping weekend of the year. SEE ALSO: 6 drawings that capture the feeling of…
Stress and entrepreneurship go hand in hand. In addition to the high-pressure moments — such as an investor pitch or launch day — the day-to-day lifestyle takes its toll. Getting a business off the ground is hard work and…
Business
KitKat hires English guy to soothe you into looking at a blank screen for the holidays
Dec 8, 2015, 7:01 AM 0
The holidays, in America, mean two things: the roaring TV fire of the yule log, and, for some reason, a soothing upper-class English accent. As other brands try to outdo one another’s saccharine fireplace scenes and festive extravagance, KitKat…
Business
Silicon Valley VCs Talk Europe’s Startup Scene And Big Money In London
Nov 25, 2015, 8:31 AM 0
Designspiration is a hub for creativity and a tool for collecting and sharing ideas. Designspiration was created in 2010 by Shelby White with the main purpose of easily providing curated inspiration for creatives. Using Designspiration is very easy. It’s…
Rachel and I had been muttering at each other for some weeks about the upcoming August Bank Holiday at the end of the month. The muttering was along the lines of: “Don’t feel like Carnival this year“; “need to…
I LOVE days that start with tweets like this from the ace Claire, part of #LoveLondon HQ. We’ve been working really hard on our little baby recently, and I’m honestly over the moon to see that it’s being recognised…
Business, Human Rights, zNew Headline
Brewing Hatred: Coors Beer Company Markets to Women, Latinos, LGBTQ Communities as Coors Family Attacks Their Rights
Sep 16, 2015, 11:59 AM 0
By Zoe Greenberg & Brie Shea RH Reality Check (Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt of the fuller investigative piece found at RH Reality Check.) Coors Light is the second most popular beer in the United States, bringing…
Business, zNew Headline
New report highlights job sites’ costly consequences for Latino migrant workers
Apr 29, 2015, 1:31 PM 0
LatinaLista — The most common Latino stereotypes consist of Latinos (usually migrants) doing the jobs most Americans won’t do. The kind of back-breaking, death-defying climbs and exposed-to-the-elements kinds of jobs that would have most Americans call in sick rather…
LatinaLista — Two weeks ago, at the annual conference of the William J. O’Neil Center for Global Markets and Freedom at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, a group of economists, policy analysts, academic researchers and anthropologists gathered to…
By Rebecca Burns In These Times Each afternoon in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, 70-year-old Cuala resumes her quiet game of cat-and-mouse with police. After spending a few hours openly hawking cool drinks or hot chocolates from a cart, the…
Business, General, Palabra Final
Business leaders create a complicated twist in the debate over immigration reform
Apr 5, 2012, 7:39 PM 0
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.
Business, Diversity, Palabra Final
New cable programming highlights nation’s need to uphold affirmative action
Feb 21, 2012, 5:07 PM 0
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…
Business, Economy, Palabra Final
New report shows Latinos have unprecedented success in lawncare and landscape industry — but for how long?
Nov 22, 2011, 10:54 PM 0
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…
Business, Immigration, Palabra Final
Alabama Arrest of German Mercedes-Benz executive under immigration law underscores how little history changes
Nov 21, 2011, 3:39 PM 0
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…
Business, Economy, Palabra Final
New report reveals Latino and black homebuyers with good credit were targets of subprime lenders
Nov 17, 2011, 11:01 PM 0
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…
Business, Local News, Northeast
Latino Appointed New Veterans Services Director
Nov 8, 2011, 2:19 AM 0
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…
Business, Women
Latina Lista giving away 2 free tickets to attend National Hispana Leadership Institute’s annual conference
Oct 31, 2011, 8:32 PM 0
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…
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…
Business, Global Views, Women
Walmart to sell products from women-run businesses in developing nations
Sep 22, 2011, 9:46 PM 0
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…
Business, Diversity, Economy, Palabra Final
Latest job report underscores the continued need for Affirmative Action policies
Sep 2, 2011, 8:35 PM 0
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…
Business, Global Views, Local News, Washington DC
Delaware and Chile: a very fruitful relationship
Sep 1, 2011, 1:23 AM 0
By Fernando Alcayaga El Tiempo Hispano DELAWARE — The governor of Delaware, Jack Markell, has recently concluded a very successful trade mission to Chile. During his stay, Governor Markell signed a covenant to extend the terms of an agreement…
Business, Global Views, Money, Social Justice, Women
Indigent women of Latin America blaze new trails for themselves, their families and countries
Sep 1, 2011, 1:21 AM 0
LatinaLista — Inequality between women and men still exists in greater degrees in South America than they do anywhere else in the Western Hemisphere. A review of any telenovela makes the disparity between the sexes immediately apparent and underscores…
Business, Culture, Local News, West
Expo Comida Latina brings all the flavor of Latino cuisine to San Diego
Aug 24, 2011, 9:04 PM 0
By Pablo Jaime Sáinz La Prensa San Diego SAN DIEGO — Latino food, especially Mexican food, is good business. Just in California, each year the Latino food and beverage industry represents sales of $4.3 billion, according to ProMéxico, a…
Business, Global Views, Local News, Southwest
Juárez businesses fleeing violence open doors north of the border
Aug 19, 2011, 10:39 PM 0
By Omar Perez and Nicole Chavez Borderzine EL PASO — Three years ago, Carlos Gallardo Baquier’s 14-year-old son was victim of a kidnapping attempt. Three armed men assaulted the boy just outside the garage of his house, but before…
