Last month, partner [email protected], Jr. was named one of 2011’s “101 Most Influential Leaders in the Latino Community” by Latino Leaders Magazine. For over ten years, this national publication has featured influential Latino politicians, business owners and community leaders across the country, with the goal of demonstrating the influence of Latinos in the United States…
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CVS has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $45,000, as a result of failing to report to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) that it sold children’s hooded jackets with drawstrings at the neck. In March 2009, the CPSC and the importer of the jackets announced a recall of the products, but CVS just…
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The erection of a new building usually signifies growth for a company, or for some businesses, it means a new beginning. What should have been seen as a step toward the future for one manufacturing company will now forever be marred by tragedy. One construction worker was killed and another was seriously injured when the…
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According to The Washington Post, Cargill is recalling 36 million pounds of infected turkey. The meat giant’s turkey is already linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak that has killed at least one person and injured at least 76 others. Twenty-six different states, from coast to coast, have already reported cases of illnesses related to the…
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According to Reuters, Honda Motor Co. has issued a recall of approximately 1.5 million vehicles in the United States and more than 130,000 in Canada to fix a problem with the transmission software. Company officials said that if the transmission was quickly shifted between gears, the transmission could become damaged. The recall covers four-cylinder Accords,…
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Every day 15 people are killed in distracted driving accidents — an epidemic of sorts further exacerbated when less experienced teen drivers are on the road. When you combine the already high fatality rates of teen drivers with distracted driving, the results are disastrous. A recent fatal auto accident in Harris County illustrates that distracted…
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Ford is recalling almost 1.1 million Ford F-150s, F-250s, and Lincoln Blackwood pickups because their fuel-tank straps can rust, corrode and ultimately fail causing the fuel tank to drop to the ground. If it hits the ground, there is a risk of the tank rupturing and catching fire. Thus far, the defect has been blamed…
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Four people were killed early Saturday morning last week in a head-on collision on a rural Texas road in just outside Decatur. Just after 3 am, on the two-lane FM 730, the 30-year-old driver of a Ford F-350 pickup truck was headed northbound when he noticed a Ford Mustang headed southbound — in his northbound…
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