HISPANIC MARKET
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Tecate Light, Mexico's best-selling light beer, is seeking a place at the table among imported light beers in the United States.
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The Tucson-Southern Arizona Black Chamber of Commerce, the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and a "microbusiness" program in Sonora are developing a "nostalgic market" to serve the Hispanic market in the South.
For years, minority population increases have transformed Baltimore's inner suburbs. Now, that growth is reaching into such extended areas as Harford County, diversifying a relatively homogeneous jurisdiction.
In a further sign of the United States' growing diversity, nonwhites now make up a majority in almost one-third of the most populous counties in the country and in nearly 1 in 10 of all 3,100 counties, according to an analysis of census results to be released today.
SMALL BUSINESS / ENTREPRENEUR
The California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce's (CHCC) State Convention & Expo will be held this year in Long Beach, California, on August 22-25, 2007.
A running-scared Wall Street is impacting business in North Texas, as Dallas investment banker David Mahmood saw this week when he tried to complete $90 million in private financing for a California client.
Abel Perez has spent a lifetime in private and public jobs, helping businesses establish safety programs, solve management issues and handle human resources needs. This month, he brought that experience to a new job as the first paid staff member of the Wichita Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
POLITICS
Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson on Tuesday called for universal health care, offering a plan that would expand preventive coverage to help offset a package costing more than $100 billion.
Responding to Congress' failure to enact a new immigration overhaul, the Bush administration on Friday opted for a regulatory assault to toughen workplace enforcement and crack down on employers who hire illegal immigrants.
The findings of a report recently released by the U.S. International Trade Commission show that agricultural exports to Cuba could double -- adding up to $350 million in shipped goods a year on top of the $338 million in agricultural goods shipped last year -- if the embargo was lifted.
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