Mr. Joseph Garcia, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (SBSA) will preside over the opening bell.
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Traditional employer characteristics remain most popular among job seekers.
Employers that offer interesting work, regular recognition and rewards, and opportunities for quick advancement are the most popular targets for job seekers, according to the findings of a global recruitment survey released by Accenture.
Hyundai launches new TV spot for 2007 Santa Fe.
Hyundai Motor America has announced the introduction of a new Spanish-language television spot for the all-new 2007 Santa Fe. The commercial debuted on national Spanish-language network television on September 4, 2006. The spot rounds out Hyundai’s original, Spanish-language campaign themed, Respect.
TNS: US Ad Spending grew by 4.1% & Hispanic by 20.5% in 1st Half of 2006.
Total advertising expenditures in the first six months of 2006 increased 4.1 percent to $73.0 billion as compared to the prior year period, according to data released by TNS Media Intelligence. Spanish Language Media, paced by an enormous surge in June ad spending associated with the World Cup event, rose 20.5 percent to $2.40 billion. Internet display advertising, riding five consecutive quarters of double-digit growth, rose 18.9 percent to $4.69 billion for the half-year.
Census: Income climbs, poverty stabilizes, uninsured rate increases.
Real median household income in the United States rose by 1.1 percent between 2004 and 2005, reaching $46,326, according to a report released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Meanwhile, the nation’s official poverty rate remained statistically unchanged at 12.6 percent. The percentage of people without health insurance coverage rose from 15.6 percent to 15.9 percent (46.6 million people).
Census: 1.3 M children have fallen into Poverty Since 2000.
Since reaching an historic low in 2000, over the last seven years, the number of children living in poverty in the United States has grown by 11.3 percent to approach 13 million, even after a 145,000 child improvement in 2005, according to an analysis by the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) of U.S. Census Bureau.
Hispanics will top all U.S. minority groups for purchasing power by 2007.
Hispanic buying power in the United States will draw even with African-American buying power in 2006 – at just under $800 billion – and is projected to exceed it in 2007, according to a report on minority buying power released by the Selig Center for Economic Growth at the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business.
