Video: Illegal Immigrants caused 911?
Found this one on VivirLatino. I keep trying to stay away from politics, but it’s EVERYWHERE!
This is a very interesting video. Apparently, the illegal immigrants caused 911. Go figure.
Hispanic women entering the world of business
Los Angeles, Mar 20 (EFE).- U.S. Hispanic women have lost their fear of the business world and are, more and more, the ones who are seeking financial independence via owning their own firms.
According to figures compiled by the Center for Women’s Business Research, from 1997 to 2004 the number of businesses owned by Hispanic women in the United States increased by 64 percent and the income generated by those companies grew by more than 62 percent to $44.4 billion.
“The women feel more comfortable managing their own businesses instead of working for others, and thus they have time to attend to their families,” said Theresa Ynzunza, the national president and cofounder of the National Latina Business Women Association.
“But many women who start a business don’t have the knowledge of how to do it and need a push, they need incentives,” she added.
To raise the business knowledge level of its members or of women who are planning to start their own business, the NLBWA offers two business training programs: Emerging Latina and Latin Financial.
The first is an intensive program for those who want to learn how to start a new business or how to achieve growth in an existing company.
It consists of four-hour classes once a week for eight weeks and an eight-hour session devoted to providing instruction in how to carry out a strategic business plan.
The content of the courses, which are taught by experts, includes instruction on how to craft a business plan, identifying and differentiating oneself from the competition, marketing and sales strategies, licenses and permits, and personal and business finances.
“Often, new businesswomen want to live right from the start off the businesses finances, which is not very convenient. They have to learn how to separate” their personal and business financial activities, Ynzunza said.
The program is interactive and asks the participants to commit themselves to it for three months.
Latina Financial is a program of financial education designed to help businesswomen obtain financial independence.
The program is offered once a month and lasts for six months. It covers financial matters and some aspects of investing in the stock market and other financial markets.
Those who sign up for the program must make a commitment to stick with it for at least six months.
Both programs have attracted not only women but men as well, and men constitute some of the members of the organization.
In addition, the organization offers courses on leadership development, provides opportunities to receive direct advice from businesspeople with experience and offers people the chance to socialize and make contact with professionals and local, national and international businesspeople.
The NLBWA was founded in Los Angeles by 11 businesswomen and professionals in July 2004 and little by little it has been expanding itself to become a national entity.
In December 2007, it merged the headquarters in Atlanta with the five already-existing branches in Southern California.
The board of directors of the association is working to add new associations in Texas, Florida, Utah and Chicago.
California, Texas, Florida, New York, Arizona, Illinois, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Mexico and Colorado are the 10 states where there are the most businesses owned by Latinas, according to the figures of the 2002 Women’s Policy Center.
“The aim is to add two new chapters each year,” said Ynzunza, who was inspired by other entrepreneurs - both female and male - to promote and supprt the development of the most rapidly growing business sector in the United States: that of Hispanic women.
Ynzunza added that there had been a change in the growth of business property among the first generation of immigrants who speak little Engligh, and that is the reason that the women’s association is preparing to launch a Web site in Spanish. EFE
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Qwest Offers Spanish-Language Guide to Help Families Stay Safe on the Internet
DENVER, March 26 — As a public service through its Motivate.Educate.Elevate. program, Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) is now offering a Spanish-language parent guide written by psychologist and online safety expert Linda Young, Ph.D. The handbook, called “Understanding a Child’s Virtual World,” aims to help families understand how communications technology affects daily life and relationships.
The handbook is available at no charge at http://www.incredibleinternet.com/index.php/do/parent_guide/lang/sp and provides a professional perspective to help families stay safer online. The guide is divided into the following five chapters:
Online culture is starting to reproduce exactly the same kinds of interactions that we’ve always seen in person
– How Technology is Changing Relationships
– Seven Reasons Good Kids Do Bad Things on the Internet
– Communicating With Teens in Ways That Change Behavior, Part One
– Communicating With Teens in Ways That Change Behavior, Part Two
– Always-On Technology: Do You Have Tethered Kids?
Dr. Young is a Seattle University staff psychologist with more than 15 years of counseling experience. In 2007, Qwest commissioned Dr. Young to write the guide “Understanding a Child’s Virtual World,” and has now made this important resource available in Spanish as well as English. Qwest also sponsors appearances by Dr. Young at community events throughout the country to help parents and guardians better understand children’s use of communications technologies.
“The accelerating popularity of social networking sites has created an online environment for interaction among users that mirrors much of what happens in real life,” said Dr. Young. “Online culture is starting to reproduce exactly the same kinds of interactions that we’ve always seen in person.”
Qwest is providing Dr. Young’s handbook as one element of its comprehensive Spanish-language educational program called Motivate.Educate.Elevate. The program was launched in September 2007 to highlight information and opportunities made available by Qwest that reflect important multicultural values. The resources are available at http://www.Qwest.com/motivate and are examples of Qwest’s ongoing commitment to serve the Hispanic community.
“Online safety is an important component of Qwest’s Motivate.Educate.Elevate program,” said Hector Placencia director of multicultural marketing at Qwest. “And with the expertise of Dr. Young, Qwest is helping parents establish a deeper understanding of how children and teens see technology differently than adults and promote a safer online experience for broadband customers.”
Since joining the Qwest program, Dr. Young has spoken with hundreds of parents and guardians at community events about how they can stay informed about online safety issues and trends in technology. She also provides parents and guardians with insight and advice on how they can open new and varied lines of communication with children.
About the Program
Qwest is a leading provider of communications and entertainment services and also demonstrates an unparalleled commitment to serving its Hispanic customer base. For more information about Motivate.Educate.Elevate., visit http://www.qwest.com/motivate .
About Qwest
Qwest offers a powerful combination of award-winning broadband, video and voice solutions for residential customers, businesses and government agencies. Customers coast to coast turn to Qwest’s industry-leading national fiber optic network to meet their evolving communications and entertainment needs. Qwest employees are the driving force behind the company’s nationally recognized Spirit of Service. Qwest is a participant in Networx, the largest communications services contract in the world, to provide innovative voice, data and video services. For more information on Qwest please visit http://www.qwest.com . For information about the products and services Qwest is offering in the Networx contract, visit http://www.gsanetworx.com .
The marks that comprise the Qwest logo are registered trademarks of Qwest Communications International Inc. in the U.S. and certain other countries.
CONTACT
Qwest Communications International Inc.
Margaret Fogarty, 303-965-6950
Margaret.fogarty@qwest.com
source: HispanicPRWire
Time Warner Cable of New York & New Jersey Introduces Business Class Website En Espanol and Web Content En Espanol for Residential Consumers
NEW YORK, March 26 — Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey, a leading provider of digital cable, high speed data and phone for residential and business customers, today announced the launch of its commercial website for the Latino community, http://www.twcbc.com/nyc-espanol . Also available to residential consumers is a Spanish language mini-site accessible through http://www.timewarnercable.com/nynj .
“Nearly one-third of the residents within our service area in New York are of Hispanic descent and speak Spanish, in many cases as the native language. It makes sense for those residential and business customers that we communicate directly to them and speak their language,” said Howard Szarfarc, President, Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey. “Tailoring our resources and communication methods for the Latino community helps us meet the growing needs of diverse residential and business customers.”
Tailoring our resources and communication methods for the Latino community helps us meet the growing needs of diverse residential and business customers
The new Spanish language content will offer many of the user-friendly features of the English version. The new residential pages offer the ability to learn more about products and services such as our Triple Play packages, Road Runner en Espanol, DTV en Espanol, as well as International Movies On Demand. Details about our International Calling plan are also available.
“This is a terrific opportunity for the Latino community in the New York Metro area. As this important population of our city continues to grow, it is essential that services such as this are available to them. Time Warner Cable’s commitment to serving their customers and improving options to them is evidenced by this new service,” according to Nancy Ploeger, President, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce.
Voice, data and video solutions and packaging tailored for small, medium and large businesses including the hospitality marketplace are available on the new commercial site.
“Time Warner Cable Business Class offers many innovative and cost-effective communication services to businesses. This new website is designed to help us reach out to the rapidly growing segment of Latino owned and operated New York City businesses,” Szarfarc added.
For more information on Time Warner Cable, visit http://www.timewarnercable.com/nynj . To obtain information about Time Warner Cable’s Business Class services, call (212) 598-1750, email sales@twcmetrobiz.com or visit us online at http://www.twcbc.com/nyc or http://www.twcbc.com/nyc-espanol to contact a Time Warner Cable sales representative.
About Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey
Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey serves over 1.4 million customers in four NYC boroughs (Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island and western Brooklyn), Mt. Vernon, Hudson Valley (Orange, Sullivan, Ulster Counties and parts of Dutchess, Greene and Delaware Counties) and Bergen and Hudson Counties, New Jersey.
Time Warner Cable is the second-largest cable operator in the U.S., with technologically advanced, well-clustered systems located mainly in five geographic areas — New York state (including New York City), the Carolinas, Ohio, southern California (including Los Angeles) and Texas. As of December 31, 2007, Time Warner Cable served approximately 14.6 million customers who subscribed to one or more of its video, high-speed data and voice services.
Time Warner Cable Business Class has served the New York market for over 25 years, and delivers one of the most technologically advanced and best-clustered cable systems in the country. We serve over 42,000 commercial customers from a diverse range of industries including banking & financial services, healthcare, technology, hospitality, Government, etc. Leveraging its leadership in innovation, the highest quality customer care, and significant strategic partnerships, Time Warner Cable provides advanced services such as: Business Class Phone, Private Network Metro Ethernet Solutions, High-Speed Internet, Video-on-Demand, Cable TV, Disaster Recovery/Data Center Resiliency, Cellular Backhaul, and BusinessLink.tv IPTV service.
CONTACT
Suzanne Giuliani
(212) 598-7391
suzanne.giuliani@twcable.com
source: HispanicPRWire
Spanish-language Newspapers Defy Industry Slump
CORAL GABLES, Fla., March 26 — According to a special report released this week by Hispanic Market Weekly, the leading authority on U.S. Hispanic marketing and media, Spanish-language titles in large Latino centers across the nation continue to see revenue gains and circulation jumps, bucking downward trends seen across the newspaper industry.
“From emerging markets such as Orlando to long-established print markets including Los Angeles, the future looks bright for the Spanish-language newspaper,” reads Against the Wind: A Special Report on the Hispanic Newspaper Industry.
From emerging markets such as Orlando to long-established print markets including Los Angeles, the future looks bright for the Spanish-language newspaper
“Even where Spanish-language titles have not fared well as dailies, long-term growth with weekly distribution has kept management and ownership more than satisfied with weeklies showing a 26.4 percent jump in ad revenue between 2005 and 2007,” said Hispanic Market Weekly’s Associate Editor Adam Jacobson, who authored the report.
Among the anecdotal reasons offered: Hispanic’s long-standing use of print, the growing popularity of weeklies, and the use of community-oriented content largely absent in mainstream media and Spanish-language television.
According to the report, at the end of 2007, there were 33 daily newspapers and 417 weekly newspapers targeting Spanish-language readers in the U.S.
The entire Special Report can be found at http://hispanicmarketweekly.com/article.cms?id=9968.
About Hispanic Market Weekly
Coral Gables, Florida-based Hispanic Market Weekly (www.hispanicmarketweekly.com) is the leading authority on news and events shaping Hispanic marketing, providing in-depth coverage of the media, companies and trends that impact the U.S. Latino market. Founded in 1997, Hispanic Market Weekly is the publication of choice for corporate marketers, agencies and media professionals seeking breaking news, research, insight and analysis.
CONTACT
Tammie Caton
JTS Communications
tcaton@jtscom.com
(251) 327-7826
source: HispanicPRWire