(Slate) – Having a college degree is supposed to insulate you a bit from the worst effects of a recession. But as a new report highlighted in the New York...
Patricia Cohen, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — Even with tuition shooting up, the payoff from a college degree remains strong, lifting lifelong...
Brian Barrett, WIRED (Wired.com) — AT&T has adjusted its data plans yet again. This time, the available options seem structured to push customers towards a big-bucket...
(The Washington Post) – McDonald’s missteps are well-known. At a time when specialization is increasingly important in the food business, the brand has opted for breadth,...
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In a scene from the recent summer beach read “Love and Miss Communication”, a young millennial workaholic lawyer on the verge of...
(Bloomberg) – Apple Inc. customers waiting for the company to revolutionize live television as it did for music and phone service will have to keep waiting, at least...
(Reuters) – U.S. retail sales rebounded in July as households boosted purchases of automobiles and a range of other goods, suggesting the economy was growing solidly early in...
BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — NBCUniversal is investing $200 million in digital media company Vox Media, whose brands include news site Vox,...
(Forbes) – While Donald Trump dominated last week’s GOP debate, two of the GOP candidates tried to talk seriously about Social Security’s future. New Jersey Governor...
(Slate) – In 2012, New York City passed the Responsible Banking Act. The law called for a local board to review banking services every two years, with...
(Christian Science Monitor) – Google is no longer “Google.” Or at least the Google that was “Google” has rebranded itself so that “Google” is now a...
(The Washington Post) – Marcus Bradley, a delivery driver for Lowe’s Home Improvement in Danville, Va., was making a routine delivery last week when, he said,...
(Fox Business) – U.S. small business confidence rebounded in July from a 15-month low as owners anticipated solid sales and inventory growth, providing another boost to...
(Salisbury Post) – Following the emergence of new variations of widespread tax scams, the Internal Revenue Service issued another warning to taxpayers Tuesday to remain on...
(American Progress) – Women make up a majority of the U.S. population. Women are 50.8 percent of the U.S. population. They earn almost 60 percent of undergraduate...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black unemployment rate tumbled to 9.1 percent in July, the lowest rate for Black...
DANVILLE, Va. (WSET/CNN) — A black delivery driver for Lowe’s says he was told he could not make a delivery because of his race. The home...
Hayley Tsukayama, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — Verizon on Friday announced that it’s going to make buying a cellphone plan a lot more...
John Eligon, THE NEW YORK TIMES ST. LOUIS (The New York Times) — When she tore open the manila envelope on a sweltering morning in...
(The Washington Post) – The job market’s winning streak continued in July as the economy added 215,000 positions, according to government data released Friday, providing more...
JOAN LOWY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The government should crack down on airline fees for things like seat reservations, checked baggage and ticket changes or...
NEW YORK (AP) — The hotel industry is objecting to the acquisition of Orbitz by one-time rival Expedia, saying that it would lead to higher prices...
RYAN NAKASHIMA, AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Signs that pay TV’s pricy bundles of channels are starting to unravel are starting to take a...
(Bloomberg) – Laura Strong, a 29-year-old in suburban Chicago, owes $245,000 on student loans for the psychology Ph.D. she finished in 2013. This year, she says...
by Rebecca Rivas Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American Thirty college students from across the country came to St. Louis from July 23-25...
