Freshman U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley said Thursday his first piece of legislation that passed in the House is designed to stop corporate conglomerates from gobbling up federal contracts that could be fulfilled by small businesses.

A federal judge granted immunity Friday to Monica Goodling, a former aide to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who has taken the Fifth Amendment.

A Canton, Ohio man has a long drive as Hispanic business group widens its territory to match Ohio immigration changes.

The Arizona-based Serrano clan makes their restaurant business a family pastime.

The children of Mexican immigrant entrepreneurs are beginning to run the now-booming businesses their parents built from scratch after making their homes in Houston.

Over the next few days, crates filled with the Queen of Salsa's iconic wigs and shoes and gowns will get white-glove treatment at Miami Beach's Bass Museum of Art in preparation for the opening of the Smithsonian Institute's traveling exhibition Azucar! The Life and Music of Celia Cruz. But somewhere in Anaheim, Calif., another cache of Celia objects -- at least 36 items -- is being treated lord knows how.

Milka Duno becomes part of a fascinating story involving established IRL drivers Danica Patrick and Sarah Fisher.

Documentarian Ken Burns, under fire for failing to include Latinos in his World War II epic The War, will edit the project to include at least two Hispanics before its September public TV premiere. Burns had earlier refused to edit the 14 1/2-hour-long series, instead opting to add stories of Hispanic veterans, a move Hispanic groups said would dishonor Latino veterans.

Search the 2005 Hispanic Business 500, a national benchmark of the surging development of U.S. Hispanic-owned companies.

Advertisers' efforts to reach Hispanic consumers are becoming more targeted, and language is a major factor. Advertisers spent more than $3.3 billion to market products to U.S. Hispanics in 2005, a 6.8 percent increase from 2004.

Mario Nemirovsky once again emerges a winner in the world of high-tech with ConSentry.

Some of the country's top women leaders were recognized at Hispanic Business magazine's Fifth annual Women of the Year Awards dinner at Caesars Palace Las Vegas.