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Cape Verdeans in Mass. Invest Back in the Homeland

Source: 
BayStateBanner.com
Writer: 
Yawu Miller
Development consultant Armindo Gonçalves (center) spoke at a forum on Cape Verde business opportunities, joined by Zenaide Lete (left), of Cape Verdean Investments, and Verissimo Pinto of Cape Verde Stock Exchange. (photo: Yawu Miller, baystatebanner.com)

South Asian Restaurateurs Hurt by Rising Fuel and Food Costs

Source: 
IndiaNewEngland.com
Writer: 
Adam Smith
Prakash Reddy of Minerva restaurant, in Norwood, Mass., said his business is strong. (photo: IndiaNewEngland.com)

Immigration Clinics Help Irish Understand the Law

Source: 
IrishEmigrant.com/boston
Writer: 
Stephen Hagan

Jamaicans in Boston Help Those Back at Home with Bee Business

Source: 
BayStateBanner.com
Writer: 
Talia Whyte
Seated, from left: Boston Diaspora Ventures chair Kenneth Guscott, All Island Bee Farmers pres. Winfield Murray. Standing, from left: Leo Williams, BDV; Delano Franklyn; Ivy Lawson, BDV; and Denzil McKenzie, BDV. (photo: BDV for baystatebanner.com)

Agriprocessors Fallout Still Affecting Local Kosher Shops

Source: 
TheJewishAdvocate.com
Writer: 
Lorne Bell

Job-Injury Fatality Rates Higher for Latino Workers Than for Others

Source: 
EthnicNewz.org
Writer: 
M. Thang
Photo from the Spanish-language Web site of the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), http://osha.gov/as/opa/spanish/index.html

(EthnicNewz.org first published this story on Thursday, 5 June 2008, and updated it on 7 June 2008.)

Piracy Plagues Bollywood and Indian TV and Music

Source: 
IndiaNewEngland.com
Writer: 
Mark Connors

20 Latino Business Leaders Sought for Award

Source: 
TuBoston.com
Writer: 
EthnicNewz.org
Image from tuboston.com/20

The Boston Business Journal and El Planeta Spanish-language newspaper will award and announce "20 on the Move" Latino executives who are making a difference in Boston.

Gov. Patrick, Hundreds of Business Leaders Attend Launch of New Racial Diversity Initiative

Source: 
EthnicNewz.org
Writer: 
M. Thang
"[I]mmigration is absolutely critical to our economic health," said Steve Crosby, dean of the UMB McCormack Graduate School, at the public launch of the Commonwealth Compact, a project to promote diversity in Massachusetts. (Photo: mccormack.umb.edu)

Update 29 May 2008:
Scroll down for video of the speeches of Gov. Deval Patrick and others at the launch of the Commonwealth Compact.

Gov. Patrick speaks at the launch of the Commonwealth Compact. It would be "absurd" to not use the talents of ALL the state's residents, he said. (photo: mass.gov)

Mass. Launches Effort to Help Small, Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses

Source: 
EthnicNewz.org
Writer: 
M. Thang

(Updated May 23, 2008)

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