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Archive for November, 2009

The New General Market

Current trends suggest expanding Latino influence will blur the lines and Hispanic and general markets will collide, with the resulting merger revealing a new, evolved American general market. Read more

Latinos may be ‘future’ of U.S. Catholic Church

ST. LOUIS, Missouri (CNN) — “I’ll take two chili, uh…” a hungry customer stammers at the front of a two-hour-long line. “Chile rellenos,” the money-handler trills back in perfect Spanish. This is not a trendy Tex-Mex restaurant; and it’s more than 1,000 miles from the Mexican border. Read more

Money Trickles North as Mexicans Help Relatives

During the best of the times, Miguel Salcedo’s son, an illegal immigrant in San Diego, would be sending home hundreds of dollars a month to support his struggling family in Mexico. But at times like these, with the American economy out of whack and his son out of work, Mr. Salcedo finds himself doing what [...]

Despite Recession, Startup Hispanic Endeavors Grow

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Despite the tough economy, new U.S. Hispanic ventures keep opening, and established agencies are raiding general-market shops to build up expertise in areas the Hispanic market still lacks, such as digital. Read more