Organized crime may be costing the global economy more than ever thought possible. According to The Fiscal Times, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime found that transnational organized crime generated profits up to $870 billion just in 2009. That amounts to an estimated 1.5% of the entire global…
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Black and Hispanic Americans Are Least Likely To Have Retirement Savings
There’s a retirement crisis on the horizon, and it’s approaching faster than most Americans know how to handle it. Many American adults, across the board, have either too little savings for retirement or none at all, as the Los Angeles Times reported recently. Baby Boomers in the age range of…
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Bexel and Televisa Team Up to Bring You ‘Big Brother Mexico’
Bexel Global Broadcast Solutions is one of the leaders in the broadcast services, engineering support, and custom production systems industries, so it probably wasn’t a big surprise when Televisa, the Mexican multimedia mass media company, came to them for help. The project? Outfitting the Mexican home the television company will…
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Becky G Drops 3 New Singles Over the Holidays as Christmas Gift to Fans
Rebecca Marie Gomez, or Becky G as she’s known on stage, has made quite a name for herself in the music industry after rising from YouTube fame in 2011. For now, she sits somewhere on the brink of full-blown mainstream stardom, thanks in large part to her devoted fans she…
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Century 21 Real Estate Announces New Advertising Campaign to Attract Hispanic Home Buyers
Now that we’ve closed the book on 2015, some agencies are making it a little bit easier for Hispanic-Americans to find housing. In a press release on PR Newswire, Century 21 Real Estate LLC announced that it has partnered with a full-service Hispanic and digital advertising agency to help meet…
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Florida Girl Drowns After Climbing Pool Fence
Getting chain fence installation can make an area safer. Customers can hire cheap fence contractors when they’re ready to have a fence put into place. They can search for ‘cheap fence installers near me.’ The customers looking for ‘cheap fence repair near me’ may find the same services since a…
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A New Study Shows Chewing Slowly Works to Prevent Weight Gain in Children
In America’s seemingly endless quest to stomp out the obesity epidemic, a great deal of research has been conducted regarding what people eat. But a new study shows that the way people eat — children in particular — will affect their future weight gain. According to a recent study published…
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From Your Hand to Your Ear, How Many Germs is Your Phone Spreading?
We now live in a world surrounded by touch screens at every turn. Between smartphones, tablets, and even making some purchases, there is essentially no way to avoid swiping fingers across open surfaces that countless other hands — and even just our own — have touched. Unfortunately, the cleanliness of…
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New Study Finds Birth Control Pills May Lead to Bad Breath
It’s no wonder why some people have bad breath. After all, one in four adults doesn’t brush twice a day. However, new research has found that birth control pills may cause bad breath and worse. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University recently reviewed 61 journal articles with nearly 100 studies…
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Boots to Roots Seeks to Provide Female and Hispanic Veterans With Agricultural Education Opportunities
According to the National Center for Veteran Analysis and Statistics, women and Hispanic veterans account for a total of 16% of the veteran population as of 2012. More than any other groups in the military, women and Hispanic veterans are faced with challenges upon returning to civilian life. Generally speaking,…