[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...
[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?” —...
[HUFFINGTON POST] Atlanta megachurch pastor Bishop Eddie Long is facing a suit from former parishioners who say he encouraged them to invest in a company that...
[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...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist No business can guarantee success. In fact, the vast majority of business ventures fail by the second year. Yet,...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist Again this year, African Americans placed higher priorities on participation in politics than the pursuit of capitalistic and business development...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist “Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, what they did was hard. It takes time. It takes more than a single term. It takes more...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Most people think of corruption belonging exclusively to the Third World. Actually, corruption is everywhere. Sometimes it is rampant...
Beyond the Rhetoric By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Sometimes the best intentions can be shattered by unforeseen consequences. Such is the case with the Washington,...
By Stephanie Jones NNPA Columnist Much was made of what Mitt Romney said and didn’t say during his recent speech to the NAACP’s annual convention in...
[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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