Latino Business Owners Don’t Do Financial Planning

Latino Business Owners Don’t Do Financial Planning

Mary Mata January 4, 2011

A recent survey in San Antonio, Texas found that only 46% of Latino business owners had any sort of financial plan in place. The survey also found that, the higher […]

Latinos Lead Technology Purchases In U.S.

Mary Mata December 27, 2010

A super duper interesting article from Advertising Age this week showed that Latinos (Hispanics) own or plan to own new technology at a higher rate than other groups. Basically, the […]

Latino’s are Turning Away From Their Beloved Chevy’s

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Quick question. What do you drive? And no, “my family crazy” is not an acceptable answer. If you’re Latino/a (we have many non-Latino readers) chances are you drive an import. […]

Sheriff Arpaio Stand’s Down His Dragnets, but…

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So at first I read this little item from Fox News in Phoenix and felt mildly concerned. Arizona’s sheriff Joe Arpaio has eased off on his famous traffic patrols in […]

Prices Of Limes And Tomatoes On The Rise

Mary Mata December 17, 2010

I don’t know about you all, but when the waiter told me a few nights ago that limes were in short supply, I freaked out a little bit. ¿Cómo puedo […]

Young Latinos Mean Big Money

Mary Mata December 13, 2010

Richie and Lucía Matthews wrote an interesting piece about the big money power of young Latinos in the U.S. Not only is the Latino market in the U.S. projected to […]

NYC Cabbies: ‘We will profile’

NewsTaco December 9, 2010

If you’re planning a trip to the big apple this Christmas be prepared to walk because NYC taxis are going to be much like being Latino in Arizona. “The head […]

Young Latinos Changing The Future Of U.S.

Mary Mata December 6, 2010

The Economist wrote a really interesting story telling us what we already knew: A growing number of Latinos in the U.S., many of them young, is changing the way the […]

Poor, Disabled, Seniors Lose In Budget Cuts

Mary Mata

A startling and heretofore unnoticed “study” was released Friday that sets the groundwork for balancing state budget on the backs of impoverished and disabled children and seniors. The Texas Health […]

GOP Record on Hiring Latino Staffers is Dismal

NewsTaco December 1, 2010

All things being equal, Latinos stand a better chance at being congressional staffers if the congressperson is a Democrat as opposed to a Republican. Someone actually took pencil to paper […]