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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
[POLITICO] The White House announced Friday that it is relaxing additional restrictions on Cuba regarding travel, commerce and investment, stemming from President Barack Obama’s call...
Bernie Becker and Peter Schroeder, THE HILL WASHINGTON (TheHill.com)—Democrats are offering a mixed message to the business community as they try to peel away support from...
[THE WASHINGTON POST] Never in a million years did Cheryl Delaney expect to spend her retirement working with the elderly. Her entire career had been in...
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors plans to launch a program to compensate crash victims or families affected by an ignition switch problem that is linked to at least...
[TIME] The latest mega-merger in the telecommunications sector, that ofAT&T and DirecTV, would be the fourth largest in history, and it comes only months after the...
[THE WASHINGTON POST] I am having a hard time being loyal to all my loyalty programs. I have frequent flyer/buyer/rider/sleeper/eater cards with two airlines, three hotel...
[THE MOTLEY FOOL] Warren Buffett is perhaps the greatest investor of all time, and he has a simple solution that could help an individual turn $40...
By Matti Huuhtanen Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Nokia has received regulatory approval from Chinese authorities to sell its mobile phone unit to Microsoft Corp.,...
[Business Insider] If you’re using accounting software, it’s easy to run financial reports. But what then? There are so many numbers to look at; it can be...
PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 17 (UPI) — Given a choice, U.S. adults taking a new job say they would prefer a male boss — although 4-in-10 have no...
[Black Enterprise] So maybe you’re in a career rut where you no longer find fulfillment in your job. Day in and day out it’s the same...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist “We wish to plead our own cause. Too long have others spoken for us.” – Samuel Cornish and John B....
By William Reed NNPA Columnist Fifty years after the March on Washington, the sole surviving speaker from that day is Democratic Rep. John Lewis of...
[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...
[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...
