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Latino-Owned Businesses Contribute $100 Billion Annually to California Economy

Mary Mata October 16, 2013

By Hispanically Speaking News Hispanic-owned businesses contribute more than 650,000 jobs and more than $100 billion annually to the California economy, which makes them fundamental to the prosperity of one of […]

Hispanics are creating a new baby boom in the United States

Mary Mata October 15, 2013

Implications for Latinos in an Economic Recovery

Mary Mata October 14, 2013

NY Fed Fired Latina Examiner Who Took on Goldman

Mary Mata October 11, 2013

By Jake Bernstein, ProPublica In the spring of 2012, a senior examiner with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York determined that Goldman Sachs had a problem. Under a Fed mandate, […]

How ‘lawsuit lending’ is putting families at risk

Mary Mata October 10, 2013

By Febe Zepeda and Baldomero Garza, Latinovations An insidious problem has been creeping into the shady world of predatory lending – the practice of lawsuit lending. It goes something like this: […]

The Shrinking American Middle Class: Even More Challenging for Latinos

Mary Mata October 7, 2013

By Steve Moya, NewsTaco Many economists define middle-class as those adults whose annual household income is between $40, 000 and $120,000 or between two-thirds and twice the national median income. […]

29.1% of All Latinos Uninsured in Total 48 Million Americans Uninsured

Mary Mata September 18, 2013

By Hispanically Speaking News A Census Bureau report issued today shows that approximately 48 million people in 2012 did not have health insurance.  This report shows an increase in the number of […]