All posts tagged "business"

Report: Blacks and Latinos Still Face Housing Discrimination in California

By Charlene Crowell (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Although many American families have modest financial means, there is nothing small about their hopes. Owning a home has...

Financial Justice a Key Focus at 2016 NAACP Convention

By Charlene Crowell (NNPA News Wire Columnist) With 2,200 branches across the country and added presence on 60 military installations, five located overseas, the NAACP’s grassroots...

Poll Shows Voters Want More Financial Regulation

By Charlene Crowell (NNPA News Wire Columnist) On July 21, the first federal agency dedicated to serving the financial needs of consumers will be five years...

Goldman Sachs’ “10,000 Small Businesses” Program Spurs Economic Growth

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributor) In 2010, Goldman Sachs launched the “10,000 Small Businesses” program to help business owners unlock their potential for...

Does the Company that Just Bought EBONY Magazine Really Have a Plan?

Chicago Crusader Staff Report (Chicago Crusader, NNPA Member) The new owners of “EBONY” magazine and JETMag.com emerged on June 21, unveiling their plans for the iconic...

Venturize Empowers Black Business Owners with New Loan Comparison Tool

By Freddie Allen (NNPA National News Editor) In an effort to level the playing field for Black-owned small businesses, the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), recently launched...

Black Founders Praise Chase’s $100 Million Investment in Detroit Businesses

[BLACKENTERPRISE.COM] Detroit leaders and organizations are working with JPMorgan Chase to deploy the bank’s $100 million commitment in various ways that are advancing the city’s priorities...

Xerox’s Ursula Burns is the only black woman running an S&P 500 company—and she’s stepping down

[QZ.COM] When Ursula Burns was named CEO of Xerox in 2009, she was heralded as the first black woman to lead an S&P 500 company. No...

Russell Simmons’ RushCard Makes Strong Comeback

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributing Writer) Russell Simmons is just starting to regain a little normalcy in his life. He’s back at yoga...

Google Bans Payday and Other Predatory Loan Ads

By Charlene Crowell (NNPA News Wire Columnist) For more than a decade, broad-based coalitions at both the state and federal levels have united consumer advocates, labor,...

Black Men Returned to the Job Market in April

By Freddie Allen (NNPA News Wire National News Editor) The Black unemployment rate ticked down from 8.9 percent in March to 8.8 percent in April and...

New York Times boss sued over alleged ageist, racist and sexist hiring practices

[THE GUARDIAN] Mark Thompson, the chief executive of the New York Times and former director-general of the BBC, is facing a multimillion-dollar class action lawsuit alleging...

PRESS RELEASE: NNPA and NAHP Join Forces on Capitol Hill to Advocate for Greater Inclusivity in All Federal Government Advertising Spending

Why is CBC Member Rep. Alcee Hastings Pushing a Bill that Helps Predatory Lenders?

By Charlene Crowell NNPA News Wire Columnist Sometimes you just have to wonder what Members of Congress are thinking about. Consider the example of a bill...

CFPB Orders Citibank to Refund $4.9 million to 2,100 consumers

By Charlene Crowell NNPA News Wire Columnist Last year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched a national initiative, dubbed Operation Collection Protection, to further protect consumers...

Payday Lending Supporters Attack CFPB; Top Industry Lenders Face RICO Charges

By Charlene Crowell NNPA News Wire Columnist For years deceptive and predatory lenders have bilked millions of trusting consumers from their hard-earned monies, while consumer advocates...

Reports of ESPN’s Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

[YAHOO.COM] Disney (DIS) reported first-quarter earnings this week, and the numbers were fantastic across the board—well, almost. Profit was up 32% to $2.9 billion, an all-time...

Walmart, Coca-Cola and Industry Partners Donate 6.5 Million Bottles of Water to Schools in Flint

[COCA-COLA COMPANY] Walmart, Coca-Cola, Nestlé and PepsiCo will collectively donate water to meet the daily needs of more than 10,000 school children in Flint, Mich. for...

Toyota Wins Big at 1st Annual Diversity Volume Leadership Awards

By Freddie Allen NNPA News Wire Senior Correspondent Toyota demonstrated their commitment to reach minority consumers, winning 10 out of 20 top honors during the Diversity...

Foreclosure Crisis Lingers in the Black Community

By Avis Thomas Lester Urban News Service Affluence is no antidote to foreclosure. In Prince George’s County, Maryland — one of the United States’ wealthiest majority-Black...

From Employment to Empowerment, Why What You Drive Matters

By Glenda Gill NNPA News Wire Guest Columnist Ever since Henry Ford declared he’d pay $5 a day to workers in his factories, African Americans have...

Suspected Racial Profiling Results in GroupMe App to be Shut Down

By Linda Poulson Special to the NNPA News Wire from the AFRO The mobile group messaging app GroupMe, owned by Microsoft, is claimed to have been...

Moving ‘Ferguson Forward’: Emerson to Receive 2015 Corporate Diversity Award

By Rebecca Rivas Special to the NNPA News Wire Service from The St. Louis American A year ago following the unrest, Emerson embarked on a program...

Nissan, Toyota Latest to Respond to Diversity Scorecard

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Contributing Writer Nissan, Toyota and Hyundai are the latest automakers to respond to the recently released Rainbow PUSH Automotive Project, which...