By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the housing market recovers a new report by the Urban Institute shows that Black borrowers “have...
[USA Today] Borrowers of high-interest payday loans often shell out more in fees than they borrow, a government watchdog says. About 62% of all payday loans...
NOMAAN MERCHANT, Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Tens of thousands of hotels don’t allow guests to directly reach emergency services when they dial 911, according to...
KELVIN CHAN, AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — The transfixing mystery of the Malaysia Airlines jet that went missing with 239 people on board has...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected another product with “Redskin” in the name, the latest sign that it might rule against...
SEATTLE (AP) — Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz brought Oprah Winfrey on stage Wednesday at the shareholders meeting in Seattle to announce a drink named after the...
[USA Today] If General Motors needs any more indication of how its own safety issues could play out, it need look no farther than Toyota. The...
Today’s blue collar temp laborers face abuses similar to those of migrant farmworkers depicted in iconic 1960 CBS documentary By Michael Grabell Special to NNPA from...
[Forbes] Workers are more confident about retirement preparedness but they’re not any better prepared, according to the 2014 Retirement Confidence Survey released today by the Employee Benefits Research Institute. “This...
STEVEN DUBOIS, Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Nothing sparks consumer demand like the word “free,” and politicians in some states have proposed the idea of...
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The Federal Reserve has said again and again that it wants to keep interest rates low for a long time. But it keeps fiddling with...
[CNet] Answer the phone — WhatsApp is calling. Friday, screenshots purportedly depicting the widely popular messaging app’s coming-soon voice-calling features made their way to the Web...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Liberty Media is dropping its bid to buy the rest of the satellite radio provider Sirius. The move disclosed late Thursday comes...
BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he has called President Barack Obama to express his frustration over what...
[Fox Business] The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – one of the main U.S. bank regulators – sued many of the world’s largest banks on Friday, charging...
[Los Angeles Times] Quiznos, the Denver-based sandwich chain, said Friday it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware, the second quick-service restaurant chain in a...
KELVIN CHAN, AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Within an industry notorious for impoverishing shareholders and irking customers, Malaysia Airlines has stood out for its...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Warren Buffett’s company says it has agreed to acquire a Miami-based TV station from Graham Holdings Co. in exchange for most of its...
TOM KRISHER, AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — General Motors excluded the Saturn Ion from a Feb. 13 recall for faulty ignition switches after engineers inexplicably...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – During another slow month of economic recovery, the unemployment rate for Black women 20 years and older...
(Reuters) – The leaders of the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday announced an agreement on legislation to wind down government-owned mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, jump-starting a...
[CBS Sports] Shopping malls are slowly turning into ghost towns, and that’s taking a toll on the stores and restaurants inside of them. Nowhere is this...
TOM MURPHY, AP Business Writer Staples has become the second major chain to announce the mass closing of stores this week, providing the latest evidence of...
COLLEEN BARRY, AP Business Writer GENEVA (AP) — Carmakers are banking on the fast-growing demand for small SUVs to earn new customers in the U.S. and...
ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Target Corp.’s executive ranks have suffered their first casualty since hackers stole credit card numbers and other...
