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Taco Bell New Items 2015: Fast Food Chain Testing the Quesalupa, a Chalupa With Cheese-Stuffed Shell, in Toledo, Ohio

If Toledo, Ohio, does not love Taco Bell's newest idea, the Quesalupa, the rest of the nation will not get a chance to try it.

Venezuela Protests & Inflation: Two Top Farmatodo Executives Arrested After Being Accused of Pricing Irregularities, Understocking Products

By Paola Hernández
Venezuela has just arrested two top executives of Farmatodo, one of the Latin American nation’s largest drug store chains.

US Jobs and Employment Statistics: Increase in Job Growth Reportedly Points to Higher Wages, Salaries for 2015

By Paola Hernández
The United States job market is growing closer to its full health as employers added 257,000 jobs in January and increased wages.

Recession, Financial Scandal Prompting Brazil to Cut Back on Carnival Season 2015

By Paola Hernández
The Brazilian economy continues to feel the pinch of a stiff and unrelenting recession that is now threatening to bring about a significant downsizing to the region's carnival season, including prompting the dire downsizing of one of the country's most colorful and long celebrated events.

Muslim Woman Says She Feared Being Labeled a Terrorist by Delta Airlines Flight Attendant, Passengers [Video]

By Paola Hernández
A Muslim woman from Michigan is claiming harassment by another passenger while both were aboard a Delta Air Lines flight, during which she also alleges flight attendants did nothing to aid her.

State Income Tax Return, Filing & Refund: TurboTax Says Hackers Are Using Preparation Software to File Fake Returns, Steal Customers' Refunds

By Paola Hernández
TurboTax put a stop to allowing state income tax returns to be e-filed after numerous reports of suspicious filings were found, the company said.

Radioshack Bankrupt: Company to Sell Its Stores to Sprint, Standard General After 11 Straight Quarters of Losses

By Paola Hernández
Radioshack will start selling up to 2,400 stores to Sprint and its lender and largest shareholder, Standard General. This is all part of Radioshack's bankruptcy protection, which the company filed for on Thursday.

Twitter Blames Weak Fourth Quarter Growth on Apple iOS 8 Issues, Safari Bugs Driving Away 4 Million Users

By Paola Hernández
Twitter added new users by 1.8 percent in the fourth quarter, down from 4.8 in the third quarter. The company cites various bugs, including Apple's latest iOS, 8 as some of the reasons why Twitter did not have a strong quarter for growth.

AT&T, Verizon, Dish Network Big Spenders in FCC Spectrum Auction

By Paola Hernández
In a rather quiet affair, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) concluded a record-setting telecommunications spectrum auction last week, raising $44.9 billion.

Immigration Reform News Update: President Obama's 2016 Fiscal Year Budget Increases Immigrant Detention Funding

By Paola Hernández
President Barack Obama proposed his budget for the 2016 fiscal year earlier this week, but an immigrants rights groups expressed concerns.

Sony Pictures Entertainment Co-Chairman Amy Pascal Resigns Follow 'The Interview' Hack, to Get Own Company

By Paola Hernández
Amy Pascal will be stepping down from her position at Sony Pictures Entertainment as a co-chairman. Amy Pascal will be stepping down from her position at Sony Pictures Entertainment as a co-chairman.

Apple TV Rumors and News Update: Company Reportedly in Talks With TV Programmers to Offer Shows Online, Compete With Dish Sling and Sony PlayStation Vue

By Paola Hernández
Apple has spent years eyeing the TV business, and rumors have it the company is staking a claim in the pay-TV arena.

Swatch Watches to Introduce First Smartwatch: Swiss Watch to Be Compatible With Windows, Android Devices

By Paola Hernández
Swatch will introduce its own smartwatch in the next two to three months to compete with Apple and other competitors.

Microsoft to Buy Sunrise Calendar App for About $100M: Popular Android, iPhone & iPad App Syncs With iCloud, Google, Facebook & More [Video]

By Paola Hernández
Software titan Microsoft is acquiring startups that have created rival products, and its latest acquisition is calendar app maker Sunrise, for which Microsoft paid at least $100 million.

Anthem Hacked: Social Security Numbers and Other Personal Information of Over 80M Health Insurance Customers Stolen in Data Breach

By Paola Hernández
Anthem Inc., the nation's second-largest health insurer, has said that hackers broke into their database and stole personal information of about 80 million of its customers and employees.

New Twitter and Google 2015 Deal Means Tweets Will Start Coming Up in Search Results

By Paola Hernández
Google now has access to Twitter's "firehose" Tweets will soon be appearing in Google searches in an easier fashion thanks to a deal the two companies made.

Obamacare Tax Credit 2015: Health and Human Services Department Partners With Top Tax Filing Organization

By Paola Hernández
With the 2015 tax season being the first year for people to report their health insurance information on their tax returns, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this week announced efforts to ease the process.

Ross Ulbricht News: Silk Road Founder Convicted for Online Black Market Selling Drugs Ecstasy, Cocaine & More, Faces Life in Prison

By Paola Hernández
In a Manhattan federal courthouse Wednesday, Ross Ulbricht was convicted of charges stemming from his role in founding and operating the Silk Road website that served as a black market version of eBay for worldwide drug dealers and users.

Colombia Businesses Prepare 500 Million Flowers for Valentine's Day 2015

By Paola Hernández
The world's second largest producer of flowers is producing more packages to the global market demand on Valentine's Day.

MARKETPLACE: Aerbook CEO Ron Martinez Explains How Work Experiences and Technology Paved the Way for Social Publishing Platform

By Paola Hernández
In this edition of Latin Post’s “Marketplace,” Ron Martinez, founder and CEO of Aer.io Retail and the social publishing and e-commerce platform Aerbook, discusses his journey from busboy to successful businessman
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