New business rate the highest in 15 years - Hispanics represent largest increase ---
During the Great Recession, more Americans have become entrepreneurs than at any time in the past 15 years. According to the "Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity," 0.34 percent of American adults created a business per month in 2010, or 565,000 new businesses, a rate that remained consistent with 2009 and represents the highest level of entrepreneurship over the past decade and a half.