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The 2005 Top 40 Companies for Hispanics list come from all sectors of the U.S. economy, but their corporate cultures share one trait – an awareness of diversity that reaches throughout all areas of the organization.

While the U.S. median age continues to rise, from 35.3 years in 2000, the median age of Hispanics remains the lowest of all groups. Demographers predict faster growth among young Hispanics than among other young ethnic groups for the next decade.

With a wave of new products on the way, this is the year that Microsoft Corp. has been talking about for years.

Time Warner's board on Tuesday formally approved one of the most highly anticipated deals on the Internet: Search giant Google will become a shareholder in Time Warner's AOL unit.

Fully 17 percent of U.S. children under age 18 were Hispanic in 2000. That was up from 12 percent in 1990 and represented an increase of 4.6 million Hispanic children in the age group, according to the Census report "Changes in the Lives of U.S. Children 1990 - 2000."

Coca-Cola got a mostly favorable report on its diversity efforts Wednesday, though there is still room for improvement.

Spanish-language media company Univision Communications and Nielsen Media Research have reached an agreement under which Univision will join Nielsen's national TV ratings service, the Nielsen Television Index (NTI).

While the U.S. median age continues to rise, from 35.3 years in 2000, the median age of Hispanics remains the lowest of all groups. Demographers predict faster growth among young Hispanics than among other young ethnic groups for the next decade.

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.

Hispanic motorcyclists may be the key to Harley-Davidson's future.