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Bilinguals Big Boon for Business

April 30th, 2008 · Comments Off

This blog continues to address the need for more bilingual speakers, and the benefits of becoming bilingual.  I am constantly surprised by the number of non-bilingual people living in places with a large Hispanic populations.
An article in the California Job Journal stresses the importance of becoming bilingual.  (Hint- you make more money!)
Julia Hollister, the reporter […]

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Language Barrier and National Credit Crisis Affects Latino Families

September 28th, 2007 · No Comments

“According to national studies, Latinos are 2.5 times more likely than whites to receive one of the infamous so-called subprime loans, that consist of low interest rates for a limited period of time that are later adjusted to the market,” says the New American Media. Many families qualified for mortgages they could not sustain, […]

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