NEW ORLEANS DATA NEWS WEEKLY — When personal checking accounts are involved, transactions without available funds in checking accounts can trigger a series of fees that...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rising sales helped boost hiring at U.S. businesses in the last three months of 2014, and companies are optimistic that continued improvement...
Mae Anderson, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers rolled out discounts and free shipping deals on Cyber Monday, with millions of Americans expected to...
Bruce Horowitz, USA TODAY (USA Today)—The minority consumer may be the unlikely hero of holiday 2014. With the economy mostly back on its feet thank...
[E-WEEK] SAN FRANCISCO—Google, which already runs the world’s busiest search engine, is mapping/photographing the world and building driverless cars, is now moving into the homemade television-content...
By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist I have a black belt in retail therapy, so I was thrilled when I first saw Nielsen’s new in-depth report, Brick by...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist A new report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finds that overdraft fees continue to pose high risks to...
By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist Are you a Zero-TV household? No, I don’t mean restricting the kids’ TV viewing to the weekends or until after...
By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist Did you know that tens of thousands of new products are introduced to consumer markets around the world every...
By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist Our brand new year is in full swing – full of promise and new beginnings. Even as we move forward...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist A century ago, the prevalence of public transportation enabled many Americans to take a bus or trolley car to work,...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Companies that fail to advertise with Black media are missing an opportunity to effectively reach nearly 43...
