[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...
[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...
[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...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist When George Orwell wrote the novel 1984, he envisioned a character, real or imagined “Big Brother” who was a know-all, see-all, omnipotent...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Last week, I explained why we have Black business programs. The evolution of them from the Civil Rights Movement and...
By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist When it comes to looking good, staying on top of your game, and making sure your pursuit of beauty is on...
[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...
[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...
[REUTERS] There’s an old adage, “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” That adage couldn’t be more appropriate in today’s competitive job market. And...
[THE WASHINGTON POST] Oh, to be Austrian. On a weekend when thoughts officially turn to summer, fruity cocktails and ways to skip work, it is an...
[NNPA News Wire Service] Special to the NNPA from the San Diego Voice & Viewpoint SAN DIEGO – CEO of World of EPI, Dr. Lisa Williams, recently...
[NNPA News Wire Service] Special to the NNPA from the New Pittsburgh Courier Johnson first appeared on the cover of Black Enterprise magazine in May 1992,...
By Ron Daniels NNPA Guest Columnist The Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) is gearing up for a Day of Direct Action June 17...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist A few days ago, HUD released data showing that more 620,000 troubled homeowners received more than $50 billion in principal...
[NNPA] by Floyd Alvin Galloway Special to the NNPA from the Arizona Informant Before there was Air, there was the Doctor. On May 9, Dr. J.,...
[NNPA] by William Garth Special to the NNPA from The Chicago Citizen A Federal Trade Commission study of the U.S. credit reporting industry found that five...
[REUTERS] The ranks of lobbyists are growing in Washington again as Congress flirts with a possible overhaul of the complex U.S. tax code. After declining for...
[THE NEW YORK TIMES] WASHINGTON — Since the recession ended four years ago, the federal budget deficit has topped $1 trillion every year. But now the government’s annual...
[NNPA NEWS WIRE SERVICE] By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Black workers are 19 percent more likely to join unions than non-Black...
