SBA under fire: Critics rail against agency's budget, disaster response

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Congressional hearings on the Small Business Administration's (SBA) budget are shaping up into a partisan battle that also includes a call for the resignation of SBA Administrator Hector Barreto. Ranking Democrat on the House Small Business Committee, Nydia Velazquez, criticized that the SBA has declined unprecedented amounts of disaster loans in response to the hurricanes and has also failed to act at critical junctures when small businesses in the Gulf Coast were desperately in need of assistance.

Appointments, resignations and dismissals, United States. Small Business Administration, Barreto, Hector V.

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Medical emergency

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The struggling U.S. healthcare industry is facing critical shortage of Hispanic professionals and it is wrestling to meet the unique needs of Hispanic patients. The shortage of qualified workers has created an increased demand for Hispanic professionals from nurses and doctors to administrative executives and emergency personnel.

Market information - general, Health Care and Social Assistance, HEALTH SERVICES, Medical Personnel, Hispanic Americans, Health care industry, Supply and demand

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Advice from the top

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The investment strategies offered by Samuel A. Ramirez Jr., managing director of Samuel A. Ramirez and Co., and Louis Barajas, founder of Louis Barajas & Associates are described. Mr. Ramirez, in choosing investments, seeks to accomplish three criteria, which include risk tolerance, consistent return and diversification.

Security brokers and dealers, Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage, Securities & Investment Svcs, Methods, Investments, Securities industry, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Investment management, Investment services, Ramirez, Samuel A. Jr., Samuel A. Ramirez and Company Inc.

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