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Show PageC8 THE DAILY HERALD. Proo, I tah. Thursday. November 21, 19 Hispanics start new businesses at fastest pace for minorities , . blond-haire- d folks as oppressed Hispanics. It's differBy FRANK JAMES ent." Chicago Tribune Eddie Salvers, a Census Bureau statistician, The Census Bureau reported WASHINGTON acknowledged that because the agency asked responbusiJhis week, that the number of Hispanic-owne- d clear-cdefinesses edyed past the number of firms headed by dents lo classify themselves, "It's not a is a it's But true. he's whether What nition. saying for the first time in the nearly 30 the perspective of the data on not or depends problem years the agency has tracked such businesses. w those people included in these Overall, the agency said, the number of minority-bwue- d user, hether you want not." or counts businesses jumped 60 percent in the five-yea- r Companies owned by Cuban Americans formed peritnJ that ended in 1992. That was more than double 25 percent of the 862,605 Hispanic firms, w hile about the 2d percent increase for all U.S. businesses during Mexican-Americahad nearly half of the businesses w in the the same period and as similar to an increase in that category. . five-yethat the bureau tracked. period previous Experts said minorities started businesses for many businesses increased by nearly 83 Hispanic-owne- d of the same reasons as whites. Many new entreprepercent from 1987 to 1992. the most recent period for neurs lost jobs in corporate cutbacks or decided to which survey data are available, the bureau said. In 19H7. African American and Hispanic business leave before they were laid off. "It's gotten a lot easier to start businesses, espeowners each held a roughly 35 percent share of minority-o(because of) the development of computers and cially d But businessbusinesses. Hispanic-ownened businesses software," said Russell Roberts, director of the manes grew to 39 percent of minority-oagement center at Washington University's Olin by 1992. the Census Bureau said. ; . .Meanw hile, the number of black-owne- d businesses School of Business. in this we're "What country is a. going through expanded by 46 percent, but their share of all minorithe small business," said Bob Calvin, renaissance of r32 businesses declined to nearly percent. ty manwho teaches new enterprise and ; ,'The number of businesses owned by persons of j. Asian descent increased by 61 percent during the agement at the University of Chicago's graduate The census category that contains Asians also school of business. "We're going from being a nation of middle manJiiicludes Pacific Islanders. American Indians and "Alaska natives. The bulk of the businesses were agers to a nation of owners," Calvin said. "It used to be, bigger was better. Now smaller is owned by Asians. smarter." . There was some dispute, however, about the the latest data. " W hat they're doing is they're Minority business ow ners shared some of the same saying anybody with a Spanish surname is Hispanic motivations as whites, but some certainly started their and a minority. But there's a problem with that." said own businesses out of frustration at real or perceived John Sibley Butler, professor of management and bias. "Despite the supposed gains in American society in Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin. terms of the opening of doors, America is still not the '.Z Butler argues the federal agency's approach cver- businesses. state, the number of Hispanic-owne- d open door, not the free market for blacks," said Hay-war- d Derrick Horton. associate professor of sociology "I'm in Texas and there are lots of people here w ith Hispanic surnames who are white. ... The (Census at the State University of New York at Albany. "So you get black professionals and others trying Bureau) is counting Cuban Americans as minorities. as an alternative." But you can't go to Miami and talk about blue-eye- - - 1 ir . - - r -- - ; ut African-America- , wned w small-busine- ss peri-;od- small-busine- Daily Herald Phota'Matthew R. Smith Im'press'ive the store ss accu-racy'- Production Manager Bob Walter of Minuteman Press checks one of the jobs he was running through a press Monday morning. Minuteman Press celebrated its grand opening last week at its new location,' 1593 S. State Street ip Orem. Joyce Scofield, owner of the Minuteman Press franchise, says the most, distinctive feature of Workers caught in swirl of downsizing job that might not be there in a month isn't an easy feat. So how do workers survive the unknow n? Is there a way to w in out over your emotions before you're show n the door? Absolutely, said Smye, coauthor this year of a book called How Lean "Corporate Abuse and Mean Robs People and Profits" (Macmillan. S24.95). By Maura McEnaney Newspapers d. Knight-Ridd- er j Read this AKRON. Ohio of displaced workers: Six hundred fifty at Goodyear in St. Marys, Ohio. at Four hundred seventy-thre- e truck plant in the Volvo-GOrrville, Ohio. Nine hundred planned at FirstEnergy, the company that w ill be created when Ohio Edison and Centerior Energy Corp. merge next litany krir MR I riprriLT M ire ij Aoi d I Genuine... r XL IIUfffKR" r Medium oak finish w ith simulated & doors. Inside self rising tray, outside J upholstered top. Sku;o545 LJ !j U XttlUM UAUt I Jt V --K - White washed pine with delicate silk SJi 1 ill : J screened front $15 Per Month Sku 1904736 5 Per Month JW X'-Jj-x- cictdhi? nma earner How to cope year. JLaneCedar Chest m Two hundred fifty at Babcock & Wilcox in Barberton. Ohio. Two hundred at Bank One in Akron. Ohio. 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When w ork assignments are tenuous and employees are struggling to keep their jobs, employees undergo a sort of psychological endurance test Showing up for a If you are uncertain about the future of your job. here are some suggestions on how to cope: Regain control over your ow n career. Don't leave your future in someone else's hands. Make a list of what you want to accomplish, personally and professionally. Seek from y our daily tasks. Don't get caught up in layoff rumors. The anxiety they create can bring work to a halt. Manage your emotions. Think instead about how you can improve a situation. Workers who volunteer for assignments are more likely to be kept on. First Smye said, employees have to shed the notion that the company is in control of their destiny. "Workers at all levels need to take control of their lives." Smye said. One w ay to do that she said, is to think of y our career as y our ow n small business. Set dow n a strategy and mission and include the things you would like to achieve, whether in that company or elsewhere. "We have to make it part of our personal plan." she said. That kind of planning is suited to all workers, w hether they are manu- - Peo-pleTe- ' " (Mm is its "free color days." Every day Minuteman runs two different colors of ink through their press. Customers can have copies made in either of the selected colors for the same price as a regular black and white copy. The new business is the second Minuteman Press franchise in Utah. al laborers, secretaries or corporate climbers, Smye said. For starters, she suggests, ask yourself these questions: Do you want to work in a large company or a small company? In w hat kinds of situations do you do best? What kind of person do you w ant to work for? By answering these questions, workers w ill regain a sense of control. Smye said. And doing that creates employees who want to work with a company, not against it. 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