(USA Today) – Macy’s will close 35 to 40 underperforming stores, around 5% of its total locations, the department store chain announced Tuesday. The stores, slated...
(Bloomberg) – PCCW Ltd., controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li, is planning a video-on-demand service for South Africa that would compete with Netflix Inc. and Naspers Ltd.’s ShowMax,...
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — BMW has agreed to pay $1.6 million and provide job opportunities for dozens of former black employees who said they were victims...
(New York Times) – Media General said on Tuesday that it had agreed to acquire the television, magazine publishing and marketing company Meredith Corporation in a...
(Reuters) – U.S. small business confidence rose modestly in August, suggesting the economy continued to grow at a steady clip halfway through the third quarter. The...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Black youth experienced bigger employment gains over the summer than White and Hispanic youth, according to...
By Chelsea Lenora White Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times As the U.S. Open kicked off August 31st, Nike surprised all with the...
Gosia Wozniacka, ASSOCIATED PRESS NORTH PLAINS, Ore. (AP) — Bertony Faustin didn’t set out to be Oregon’s first black winemaker. He just wanted to...
(Reuters) – U.S. job growth slowed in August, but the unemployment rate dropped to a near 7-1/2-year low and wages accelerated, keeping alive prospects of a...
WASHINGTON (Fox Business) – The slogans are familiar: “The Incredible Edible Egg,” ”Pork: The Other White Meat,” and “Got Milk?” They’ve all been part of promotional...
(Entrepreneur) – Periscope is a live-streaming video mobile app that Twitter purchased in February 2015. Twitter then rolled it out to the public on March 26, 2015,...
(Time) – A Chicago-based entrepreneur who sought $20,000 through crowdfunding website Kickstarter to create a multipurpose travel jacket got more than he anticipated: $9.17 million more, to be...
(Bloomberg) – A decade ago, Richard Myers was the director of the Department of Genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine, where he enjoyed the...
(CBS News) – Foreclosures aren’t as big a part of the housing market as they were just after the recession, but they’re still a sizable portion of...
by Rashida Maples, Esq. Special to the NNPA from The Chicago Defender Complacency in the workforce should be avoided at all costs. Though some employees tend...
BET Founder Pushes Black Hiring, Launches New Network by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Robert L. Johnson keeps tabs on BET because,...
DEE-ANN DURBIN, AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — As China’s auto market recoils, the U.S. remains a bright spot as it rolls on toward its best...
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SUDHIN THANAWALA, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge granted class-action status to a lawsuit in California against Uber over the payment of its...
(CBS News) – Many workers, including those nearing retirement age, say they’re not saving enough to retire comfortably. Those concerns were illuminated in the recently released...
(Road Warrior Voices) – It doesn’t take a lot of work to be loyal to Marriott, Hilton or IHG. If you stumble into a town –...
(TechCrunch) – PayPal today is launching a new take on peer-to-peer payments with the debut of a platform it’s calling PayPal.Me. For the first time, PayPal customers will...
JOYCE M. ROSENBERG, AP Business Writer A National Labor Relations Board ruling that modified the definition of an employer could hurt small businesses including franchises and...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — According to IHS, an international industry data company, Black Americans spent an estimated $8.4 billion on cars in...
Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Anirban Nag, REUTERS NEW YORK (Reuters) — Most bouts of global market volatility in recent years have featured one constant: the U.S. dollar...
