[REUTERS] The head of Smithfield Foods on Wednesday faced tough questioning from U.S. lawmakers concerned the proposed sale of Virginia ham maker to China’s largest pork...
[LOS ANGELES TIMES] Tribune Co.‘s plan to spin off its newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, into a stand-alone publishing company follows in the...
By Cary Yates Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward-Times According to the College Board, the average cost of college tuition and fees in 2012...
By R. Preston Clark Special to the NNPA from the San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Victor J. Glover sat in one of his engineering classes at Cal...
[THE WASHINGTON POST] D.C. lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to a bill requiring some large retailers to pay their employees a 50 percent premium over the city’s...
[REUTERS] Private employers stepped up hiring in June and new applications for unemployment benefits fell for a second straight week last week, pointing to a steadily...
[REUTERS] Expectations the Federal Reserve will slow its economic stimulus program by the end of the year pushed mortgage rates higher last week, sapping demand from...
[KMUW] In 2011, the state of California created a problem for the soda industry. The caramel color that Coke and Pepsi used to give colas that...
[USA TODAY] The federal government narrowly missed its goal for small-business contracting work in 2012, making it the seventh consecutive year it has missed the goal....
By Kevin G. Hall © McClatchy Washington Bureau June 26, 2013 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s pick to lead the federal agency that oversees mortgage finance...
[LOS ANGELES TIMES] If you’re looking for a new iPhone 5 on the cheap, now is the time to buy. A number of retailers have begun slashing their...
By Donovan M. Smith Special to the NNPA from the Portland Observer It is still happening; people are going to work only to be met with...
Special to the NNPA from The Final Call Hispanics, Asians and African-Americans who are looking to purchase a home still face discrimination in subtle forms, according...
[Special to the NNPA from the Houston Defender] How many of you want to launch your own small business, but are stymied because you don’t have...
[CBS NEWS] Pregnant women, especially those in low-wage jobs, are denied basic accommodations and routinely fired, according to a new report released Tuesday. Employers continue to...
[UPI] A large majority of U.S. workers do not like their jobs with a significant portion of them disruptive in at least a passive-aggressive sense, a...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Members of the Black middle class are more optimistic about their finances than they were a year...
[UPI] U.S. media firm Gannett Co. said Thursday it would buy Belo Corp., a media company that operates 20 television stations. The deal would jump Gannett’s...
[REUTERS] The car is the next great proving ground for communications technology, General Motors Co Chief Executive Dan Akerson said on Thursday. The automobile will become...
[THE NEW YORK TIMES] Microsoft has unveiled plans for “store-within-a-store” sections in Best Buy stores, becoming the latest major consumer electronics maker to acknowledge advantages of...
[THE MIAMI HERALD] A federal bankruptcy judge sided Tuesday with American Airlines, overruling a U.S. trustee’s objection to the company’s plan to pay its chairman and...
[BLOOMBERG] The U.S. Treasury Department announced plans to sell additional shares of General Motors Co. (GM) common stock on the eve of the automaker returning to the Standard...
[LOS ANGELES TIMES] The next trend in airline passenger fees may be subscription rates to let fliers pay one fee to get roomier seats and free...
[USA TODAY] The pace of home price increases stayed strong in April with prices up 12.1% year-over-year, CoreLogic says. The annual increase is the biggest in...
[MARKET WATCH] The next time you check into a hotel, don’t be surprised if the front-desk clerk and bellhop are the same person. Or if there...
