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Jobs Data Overshadows Brighter Economic News
The good news about the growth rate of 3.5 percent for the US economy, during the third quarter, were overshadowed by the unemployment rate approaching ominously almost 10 percent, the much feared double digit threshold.

Two out of three U.S. automakers reported vehicle sales increased in October, with Chrysler Group LLC reporting sales slumped significantly, down 30 percent.

A growing number of Mexicans who live near the border with the United States are seeking to transfer their residence to El Paso to flee the danger of kidnappings, extortion and executions that is part of daily existence just across the Rio Grande in Ciudad Juarez.

Dobbs links an incident in which his home was hit by a bullet to the controversial stand he routinely takes against illegal immigration. But law enforcement officials say it was more likely a stray bullet from a hunter.

HispanTelligence Research
HB500
For more than two decades, the annual Hispanic Business 500 directory has served as a barometer of the U.S. Hispanic economy. A purchase of the 2009 directory provides the top 500 Hispanic-owned companies list in Excel format including: CEO names; company addresses and telephone numbers; e-mail addresses for 310 companies and Web addresses for 456 companies; and company revenue and employees numbers for 2008 and 2007.

Hispanics are now the largest ethnic minority in the United States and during the past decade, U.S. Hispanic purchasing power has rapidly increased. This report takes an in depth look at how today's Hispanic Economy is transitioning into an economic power in the U.S. Click here for the executive summary and table of contents!

The number of Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States is expected to grow 41.8 percent in the next six years to 4.3 million, with total revenues surging 39 percent to more than $539 billion, according to new estimates by HispanTelligence. Spurred by growing entrepreneurial trends and affluence among the nation's largest minority population, the increase is expected to come at a robust rate of 8.5 and 8.7 percent, respectfully, over the next couple years.





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