Latino leadership has long been decentralized by differences in region, generation, country of origin and ethnicity. That decentralization stymies a unified front and vision for Hispanics.

The online travel booking company Travelocity was fined nearly $183,000 for booking roughly 1,400 Cuban trips between 1998 and 2004, apparently the first time Washington has cracked down on a major online travel provider for violating the 1963 embargo on the Communist nation.

Could it be that early morning is the best time for Gov. Bill Richardson to debate? At Sunday's ABC News debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, Richardson not only avoided any serious gaffes and non sequiturs but also jumped in and engaged the other candidates over the war in Iraq.

Mexican governors are traveling to different cities in the United States to learn first-hand the experiences of their compatriots north of the border and seek mechanisms to help protect them and aid in their development.

U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., has called for a Justice Department investigation of U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

Small Business Administration chief Steven Preston announced reforms aimed at cleaning up a broken system for keeping track of government procurements that has allowed federal agencies to classify billions in contracts to some of the world's largest companies as going to small businesses.

NASA offers 40 hours of free technical advice to businesses.

Fines await if they use illegal workers, but how can they tell?

Search the 2007 Hispanic Business 500, a national benchmark of the surging development of U.S. Hispanic-owned companies.

More than 20 percent of Cubans are 65 or older, while a scant 4 percent of Mexicans are in that age bracket. On the other hand, 37 percent of Mexicans and 31 percent of Puerto Ricans are younger than 18.

Six-term Texas congressman Silvestre Reyes has carved a niche in Washington as a go-to guy on immigration and national defense.

Florida-based construction company builds business with international clientele.