economía

  • How much do wildfires really cost California’s economy?

    Not a single structure burned down in the city of South Lake Tahoe. And yet, the threat of the fast approaching Caldor Fire cost surrounding El Dorado County tens of millions of dollars, if not more. In South Lake Tahoe, Domi ​​Chavarria, co-owner of Verde Mexican Rotisserie, felt the devastation...
  • ¿Cuál es el impacto real de los incendios forestales en la economía de California?

    No se quemó una sola estructura en la ciudad de South Lake Tahoe. Y, sin embargo, la amenaza del Incendio Caldor que se acercaba rápidamente costó decenas de millones de dólares, si no más, al condado de El Dorado. En South Lake Tahoe, Domi Chavarría, copropietario del restaurante Verde Mexican...
  • Community Credit Unions Help “Underbanked” Women

    SAN FRANCISCO — Worldwide, only 65% of women have a bank account, compared with 72% for men, so as we celebrate National Businesswoman’s Week later this month, community development financial institutions are working to even the playing field. Many of those institutions specialize in making loans to under-banked groups. Ebony Perkins, director of...
  • Cooperativas de crédito comunitarias ayudan a mujeres con acceso limitado a los servicios bancarios

    SAN FRANCISCO — En todo el mundo, solo el 65% de las mujeres tienen una cuenta bancaria, en comparación con el 72% de los hombres y, en marco de la celebración de la Semana Nacional de la Empresaria a finales de este mes, las instituciones financieras de desarrollo comunitario...
  • DriveForward Program to Expand Reach

    Peninsula Family Service SAN MATEO, Calif. – Peninsula Family Services announced this week a new partnership and grant award from the State of California’s Department of Financial Protection and Innovation’s CalMoneySmart Program to expand the reach of our Financial Empowerment’s Financial Education program. The partnership is working to reach...
  • Programa “DriveForward” Ampliando el alcance de nuestro servicio

    Peninsula Family Service SAN MATEO, Calif. – Peninsula Family Service anuncio esta semana una nueva afiliación y otorga una subvención del Programa CalMoneySmart del Departamento de Protección Financiera e Innovación del Estado de California, para ampliar el alcance del servicio del departamento de Empoderamiento Financiero, con su programa de...
  • A medida que COVID-19 arruina la economía, la enseñanza podría impulsar el empleo

    PORTLAND, Ore. — La ensenanza podria desempenar un papel clave a la hora de colocar a las personas en trabajos bien remunerados, especialmente ahora con un alto desempleo por la pandemia. Un analisis de la Institucion de Brookings dice que Estados Unidos deberia expandir sus ofertas de adiestramiento a medida...
  • As COVID-19 Wracks Economy, Apprenticeships Could Provide Jobs Boost

    PORTLAND, Ore. — Apprenticeships could play a key role in placing people in good-paying jobs, especially with high unemployment from the pandemic. An analysis from the Brookings Institution urged the U.S. to expand its apprenticeship offerings as the country recovers from COVID-19. Lou Long, apprenticeship committee administrator for Northwest Apprenticeship Services based in...
  • Ignored no more

    At this stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is putting the public health system and the United States economy in check, no one doubts the significant contributions that the community of essential Latino workers has made throughout this tragic year. In hospitals, farm fields, meatpacking companies, the hospitality industry,...
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