[LOS ANGELES SENTINEL] I was first introduced to the court proceeding called “probate” as a result of a frantic call I received soon after I began...
[THE WASHINGTON POST POLITICS BLOG] Credit-card fraud can strike anyone, anywhere. Ask Chief Justice John Roberts. Roberts usually uses a credit card to buy his morning coffee...
[THE SACRAMENTO OBSERVER] SACRAMENTO – She was a contestant in the Miss Amigos pageant in Sacramento in 1954, but those who knew her said her true...
[FORBES] Corporate America has dramatically increased its cash piles over the past few years, stashing more and more Benjamins every year since 2007. In 2012, U.S....
[USA TODAY] All Southwest and AirTran flights can now be booked together as part of a connecting itinerary. That development marks a significant milestone in the...
[SMART PLANET] Lower-income jobs may be in the highest supply since the 2007-09 recession, but Americans remain unconvinced that things are improving. As reported by the...
[CNNMONEY] A handful of colleges think they’ve found the secret to closing the gap between the types of graduates they’re turning out and the types of...
[THE NEW YORK CARIB NEWS] The Center for Community and Ethnic Media, which is housed at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, is releasing a report...
[ROLLING OUT] Imagine finally meeting your birth mother and asking the question that every adopted child asks — after “Why did you give me up?” —...
[BLOOMBERG] Americans are finding it easier to borrow from banks, supporting consumer spending and business investment and helping fuel employment just as U.S. government budget cuts...
[REUTERS] Denmark wants Microsoft to pay $1 billion in back taxes in one of the biggest tax cases in the country’s history, local media reported on...
[THE ATLANTA VOICE] ATLANTA – Longtime activist and civic leader Ingrid Saunders Jones is retiring from Coca-Cola after 30 years of notable service with the company,...
[USA TODAY] One thing is guaranteed to make this supercar stand out: it will be the rarest of the rare. Lamborghini found a way to create...
One day last October, more than 100 congressional staffers crammed into a room on the second floor of the Rayburn House Office Building to listen to...
The labor market is healing faster for immigrants than for U.S.-born workers as the growing economy favors those at the low and high ends of the...
Berkshire and 3G’s $28 billion bid for the ketchup maker could be Warren Buffett’s richest deal yet. FORTUNE — Part of the mystique, and down-home charm,...
WASHINGTON — The bipartisan heads of the federal commission that pushed a sweeping deficit reduction plan in 2011 urged President Obama and Congress to stop playing...
“The Chubby Checker” app allowed women to estimate the length of their man’s penis based on his shoe size but there’s a twist – and it...
By Maya Rhodan NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When Stephen Compton graduated from Grambling State University in 2006, his goal was to begin his career...
[Businessweek.com] The deterioration in American families’ wealth is even worse than you would know from this morning’s headlines about the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances (PDF)....
[BlackEnterprise.com] Traumatic events have a way of showing us who we really are. Many allow it to defeat them and others use it as motivation to...
[BlackEnterprise.com] Too often, people go into a crowded market and try to carve out a nice, comfortable niche where the competition isn’t too high. There’s...
This week on The Urban Business Roundtable, UBR ContributorRenita D. Young speaks with Jessy Blanchard, the founder of Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Jessy Cupcake Company, a web-based cupcakery business specializing in healthy...
[Black Enterprise] While a college degree, an impressive resume and a strong handshake may land you a spot at your first dream job, these things won’t...
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