• The March issue of Hispanic Business listed its Top 25 firms for Supplier Diversity, ranking them on management involvement, procurement from minority suppliers and outreach efforts. The top three were: Comerica Inc., Southern California Edison and Consolidated Edison Co. of New York.
• "Minorities accounted for 48 percent of all births in the nation in the 12 months that ended in July 2008. While it will most likely take years for the health statisticians to confirm precisely when the 50 percent benchmark will have been reached, demographers said it could occur this year." – New York Times, March 12, 2010
• Although "a majority (84 percent) of Hispanic-Americans report that education will be a priority in 2010, most (92 percent) believe that there are barriers standing in the way of receiving an education beyond high school," according to a survey by Sears Holdings. Nearly three-quarters (71 percent) cited a lack of money to cover school expenses as the biggest roadblock. - Sacramento Bee, March 2, 2010
• The February/ March issue of Hispanic ranked the Top 25 Colleges for Latinos based on commitment to academic quality, campus diversity, on-campus cultural programming and resources. The top three and their Hispanic enrollment were:
     1. Princeton University, 8 percent, www.princeton.edu
     2. Harvard University, 7 percent, www.harvard.edu and
     3. Yale University, 9 percent, www.yale.edu.
  
• Carlos Slim of Mexico, head of a telecommunications empire, was reported by Forbes to be the world’s richest man with a net worth of $53.5 billion. The 70-year-od Slim, who outranked Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, is the first person from outside the United States to lead the rankings of billionaires in 16 years, when Japanese real estate tycoon Yoshiaki Tsutsumi was tops. - Chicago Sun-Times, March 11, 2010
• El Salvador’s President Mauricio Funes was making the rounds in Washington, DC this month, "another sign of changing times as a Democratic administration welcomes the representative of a party of former leftist guerrillas whom previous U.S. governments tried to annihilate." Funes lobbied for an extension of the temporary-protection program that allows nearly a quarter-million Salvadorans to live and work legally in the U.S. - Los Angeles Times, March 10, 2010
• "Chile may need to spend twice as much as Haiti to recover from its devastating quake and tsunami, but it doesn’t have the same desperate need for international aid or loans. Thanks to surplus stashed away in better times, Chile can finance much of its own reconstruction from the February 27 quake. President Sebastian Pinera said (March 12) the country will draw on foreign credit ‘with moderation.’" - Chicago Sun-Times, March 13, 2010