“I regret that I didn’t stick with Spanish”
04/12/2017 - 05:06
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Gene Schriver is the CEO and founder of GLOBO, a translation services platform, considered one of the fastest growing Latino startups in the US.
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Calls for Amazon to stop selling ‘Mexico Will Pay’ Costume
04/03/2017 - 02:48
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Latino activist Jerónimo Saldaña says suit promotes race hatred and is reminiscent of Ku Klux Klan.
Deadline nears for contestants in Trump’s border wall ‘pageant’
03/30/2017 - 03:42
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It is the first step in a process that promises to combine three of Trump’s most successful ventures: beauty pageants, reality TV competitions and xenophobia. Proposals include hi-tech ‘virtual wall’ and 1,600km barrier of shipping containers.
Philly immigrant entrepreneurs look to the future
03/29/2017 - 19:05
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Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia recognizes top entrepreneurs and gives your start-up pioneers advice.
Trump's health-care defeat pushes stocks lower
03/28/2017 - 04:01
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For a time on Monday, one question appeared to haunt stock market investors from Tokyo to Manhattan: Will President Trump be able to live up to his promises to reduce taxes and cut regulation?
Automation: the real threat to Mexican economy
03/27/2017 - 05:05
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Automation endangers model based on low-wage jobs and export of goods made in duty-free zones, as reported in El País.
Coca-growing in Colombia is at an all-time high
03/24/2017 - 05:57
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The government hopes that former FARC guerrillas will persuade villagers to switch crops, as rreported in The Economist.
Domino's Pizza: A Digital Revolution in the Oven
03/24/2017 - 05:38
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Domino’s went from having a 9 percent share of the pizza restaurant market in 2009 to 15 percent in 2016, according to research firm NPD Cres
Inversión millonaria de Microsoft para formar profesionales en Latinoamérica
03/23/2017 - 10:16
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La compañía de Bill Gates anunció hoy una inversión de nueve millones de dólares este año en Latinoamérica para reducir el déficit de profesionales con las habilidades necesarias para una transformación digital exitosa.
Global box office reaches record $38.6 billion in 2016
03/23/2017 - 04:31
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Global box office revenue hit a record $38.6 billion in 2016, according to a report released Wednesday by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
Is Philadelphia on the verge of losing its authentic local stores?
03/21/2017 - 19:05
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Philadelphia is at risk to lose small retail shops that are vital for the city. Could socially minded venture capitalism be the answer?
Changing Tortillas for Bread
03/21/2017 - 04:40
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Wheat consumption is growing in Mexico, with thousands of bakeries offering artisan bread
American Chamber of Commerce celebrates 100 years in Mexico
03/15/2017 - 04:55
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Amcham Mexico's members account for nearly 70 percent of the foreign direct investment (FDI) and 30 percent of the jobs in the country, according to the business group's new president, Monica Flores.
[OP-ED]: Should the Fed run the economy ‘hot’?
03/14/2017 - 17:44
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Toward the end of 1942, Winston Churchill, in announcing a rare victory over the German army, uttered one of his more memorable phrases: “This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” The same might be said today of the American economic recovery. Progress, though real, is incomplete.
[OP-ED]: ¿Debería la Fed administrar una economía ‘caliente’?
03/14/2017 - 17:35
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Hacia fines de 1942, Winston Churchill, al anunciar una inusitada victoria sobre el ejército alemán, pronunció una de sus frases más memorables: “Éste no es el final. Ni siquiera es el comienzo del final. Pero quizás sea el fin del comienzo.” Lo mismo podría decirse hoy sobre la recuperación económica norteamericana. El progreso, aunque real, es incompleto.
Is Jalisco the new Mexico's Silicon Valley?
03/14/2017 - 04:16
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Several Mexican Startups and Entrepeneurs are moving to the capital of Guadalajara amid fears of Trump's immigration policies, reported El País.
Cuba welcomes First Norwegian Cruise Line vessel from US
03/09/2017 - 19:40
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The cruise ship Marina, with the Florida-based Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., arrived Thursday at the port of Havana with 1,250 passengers on its first trip to Cuba.
Charles Koch Foundation gives $2.2M to Penn Law
03/07/2017 - 14:22
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Political donor and philanthropist Charles Koch has donated $2.2 million to the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s research and policy center created four years ago to promote long-term structural improvements to the U.S. criminal justice system.
A Philly-based startup bets money from developers into environmental protection
03/03/2017 - 07:17
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The startup Magnolia Mitigation has done vital work to protect two separate endangered species in Pennsylvania, and has saved thousands of acres of wetland throughout the country, reported The Philadelphia Citizen.
[OP-ED]: What happens when you pay entrepreneurial teenagers $100,000 to not go to college?
03/02/2017 - 15:06
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In 2011, billionaire Peter Thiel made headlines when he announced that he would pay 20 teenagers $100,000 each to drop out or delay college and start businesses in biotechnology, finance, energy and education.
Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal, a venture capitalist and early investor in Facebook, wanted to underscore his belief that college costs too much, isn’t as intellectually rigorous as it once was, and leaves recent grads burdened with student loans that keep them from taking the entrepreneurial risks needed to spur the economy.
[OP-ED]: ¿Qué pasa cuando se les paga 100.000 dólares a adolescentes para que no vayan a la universidad?
03/02/2017 - 15:02
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En 2001, el multimillonario Peter Thiel hizo noticia cuando anunció que pagaría 100.000 dólares a 20 adolescentes, si abandonaban sus estudios universitarios o los retrasaban para iniciar empresas de biotecnología, finanzas, energía y educación.
Thiel, co-fundador de PayPal, capitalista de riesgo e inversor temprano de Facebook, quería recalcar su creencia de que la universidad cuesta demasiado, no es intelectualmente rigurosa como lo era antes y deja a los graduados con la carga de préstamos universitarios que les impiden asumir los riesgos necesarios para activar la economía.
Rutgers University Launches Black and Latino Tech Initiative
02/28/2017 - 04:31
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Less than 2 percent of all technology start-ups are led by black or Latino individuals, according to a Rutgers University report. The reasons are two-fold: black and Latino entrepreneurs have difficulty securing capital and they also have challenges building business teams that get accepted into top tier accelerators.
Warren Buffett Criticises Wall Street and Praises Immigrants
02/27/2017 - 04:26
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In his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, the billionaire praises ‘talented and ambitious immigrants’ , giving a contrary voice to Donald Trump.
¿Qué diferencia al TTIP del acuerdo entre Canadá y Europa?
02/24/2017 - 10:21
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Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea han paralizado las negociaciones de su acuerdo de comercio mientras Europa aprueba el suyo con Canadá
La empresa de pan más grande del mundo es mexicana, y está en Filadelfia
02/24/2017 - 06:57
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Con sede en Horsham, PA, Bimbo Bakeries USA, filial de la multinacional mexicana Bimbo, es la compañía de pan y bollería más grande de los Estados Unidos. Da empleo a más de 3,000 personas de la región y comercializa marcas tan conocidas como Entenmann’s, Sara Lee, Arnold's Bread o Thomas English Muffins.