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![U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-La.] is the chairwoman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee./](/media/k2/items/cache/84f6c4179f0a57592cb780cda762cf63_M.jpg)
A U.S. senator who's known as a consensus builder and adept in dealing with various racial groups, convened a forum designed to assist beleaguered African-American businesses nationwide. U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-La.] sponsored a roundtable, "Closing the Wealth Gap through…
A consumer group which continues to experience population growth, has unique generational behavioral trends and characteristics, and a projected buying power of $1.1 trillion by 2015, African-Americans are still a viable market segment full of business opportunities, according to the…
Coming out of the respective party conventions, most African Americans will cast their votes for President Barack Obama again despite what that presidency continues to cost us. As President Obama seeks a second term there is no expectation of any…
The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, Korean-born founder of the Unification Church and builder of a worldwide business empire has died. In life, Moon proved to be a savvy church leader and a shrewd businessman. Born in a village in what…
Ever since Washington was carved from two slaveholding states in 1791, it has been a special place for Blacks. Nowadays, most Black Americans know the nation's capital by the moniker: "Chocolate City." By the 1960s "Chocolate City", was the center…
As many as 1.6 million responsible student loan borrowers could benefit from a new order that ties loan repayment to income and family size. Beginning September 30, an expanded option called Income Based Repayment (IBR) can reduce monthly loan payments.…
Condoleezza Rice has a book entitled: No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington. The question is "how high an honor" does the former secretary of state consider her invitation for membership in the Augusta National Golf Club?…
The official convention and tourism corporation for Washington, DC, Destination DC serves as the lead organization to successfully manage and market Washington, DC as a premier global convention, tourism and special events destination, with a special emphasis on the arts,…
More than 13,400 Homeowners Invited to Free Event Sept. 13 LANDOVER, MD -- Wells Fargo & Company is hosting a free Home Preservation Workshop for Prince George's County Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Wells Fargo Financial, and Wells…
Just Who are "We the People"? Lincoln's words, included in the Gettysburg Address, "...and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth," take on an esoteric meaning as we…
As American women earn more education than men and contribute to the workforce, while frequently being familial breadwinners, they also tend to receive less pay for equal work. The universal implications on American families, their bottom lines, and opportunities…
The Business of America is Business – President Calvin Coolidge, 1925 Do you know the definitions of "commerce," "entrepreneurship" and/or "free-enterprise"? August, which is National Black Business Month [NBBM], is a good time for Black Americans to start productive…
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