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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; “When I grow up, I want to be a supply chain analyst.”</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; You don’t hear these words too often—but I’m hoping that changes fast.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; When I was a child, my siblings and I would sit around the kitchen table and tell our parents about the jobs we might hold as adults. My mother bought me a bag with bandages and a toy thermometer. I wanted to be a nurse.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The respected Pew Hispanic Center in Washington recently released an exhaustive report on Hispanic media. Fine report, great data. The conclusion: “Hispanic media” are doing well – better than English language media in terms of revenues, circulation and number of media companies.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; This summer we’ve seen wild swings in the stock market, a last-minute debt deal, and even a rocking east coast earthquake. But one thing we haven’t seen – from Memorial Day to Labor Day – is any improvement in the economy.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; In the cut-throat property services industry, building contracts turn over quickly.&nbsp; A janitor like Maria Trujillo might find out at the end of her shift in the hospital where she works that the contractor that employs her has been replaced—something that’s happened to her three times in six years.</p>