Inc. 5000 Recognizes Viscom International for Second Straight Year
MARKET WIRE
Aug 28, 10:51 AM EST
For the second year in a row, Viscom International Inc. (www.viscominternational.com), has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. ||Based in Atlanta, Viscom develops prepaid products and marketing services for the U.S. Hispanic market.||For 2008, Viscom was ranked 1,786 on the Inc. list, jumping from its previous ranking of 3,607 for 2007.

Latin Superstar Daddy Yankee to Kick Off Republican National Convention Week With Fiesta Americana Concert
U.S. Newswire
Aug 28, 08:16 AM EST
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On the evening of Monday, September 1, 2008, The Hispanic Leadership Fund, in association with the Hispanic Alliance for Prosperity Institute and The Latino Coalition, will host the Fiesta Americana Concert with musical performances by Reggaeton star Daddy Yankee & Pop Artist Maxine Lausell. ||This event showcases today's youth and Hispanic community and will demonstrate a clear message of support for key issues such as tough but fair immigration reform, free trade in the Americas and prosperity through ownership. ||In 2008, he was awarded Latin Record of the Year and Urban Record of the Year.

Nevada Woman Nervous About Convention Speech
Las Vegas Review - Journal
Aug 28, 05:46 AM EST
DENVER - Xiomara Rodriguez has no illusions - the Reno resident knows why she'll be onstage tonight at the Democratic convention.||"I'm Hispanic, a veteran and a woman, so I fit three different hats," Rodriguez said Tuesday.||"I got involved with the campaign from Day One because I identified with Senator Obama," Rodriguez said.

Melendez Becomes Osceola's First Hispanic School Board Member
The Orlando Sentinel
Aug 27, 05:17 AM EST
Aug. 27--In a night of political surprises, Osceola voters elected the first Hispanic to the School Board, while Fred Hawkins Jr. defeated incumbent County Commissioner Bill Lane to become the Republican nominee for the District 5 seat. ||Julius Melendez became the first Hispanic School Board member, avoiding a runoff with John Davis and Deloris McMillon by capturing more than 50 percent of the vote for the District 2 seat. ||It was the first School Board seat in more than a decade to be chosen in district voting, a system that voters approved in January.