Business
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Midwest Drought, Rising Food Prices Worry Black Businesses
[TheGrio] As the worst drought in decades grips 26 U.S. states, business owners in affected areas and beyond are growing…
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Black-Owned Media Suffering Slow Death, Warn Advocates
Black-Owned Media Suffering Slow Death, Warn Advocates by Starla Muhammad Special to the NNPA from the Final Call Jeannette…
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Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Calls for Small Businesses to Raise the Minimum Wage to $10
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL) (Courtesy of Black Enterprise) [Black Enterprise] It’s been three years now since there was a…
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Why And How Black Businesses Should Improve Their Customer Service
[TheGrio] Here’s a list of the causes of bad customer service and what you can do to change that culture…
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African American Woman Shows Girls They Are Positively Perfect with Doll Line
African American Woman Shows Girls They Are Positively Perfect with Doll Line By Chida R. Warren-Darby Special to the NNPA…
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NBCUniversal to Sell A&E Networks Stake for $3.03 Billion
[Hollywood Reporter] Comcast’s NBCUniversal will sell its 15.8 percent stake in A&E Networks for $3.025 billion to lead shareholders Disney…
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U.S. Banks Greatly Benefiting Off Columbian Cocaine Trade
[Huffington Post] Even as their governments fighting it, Western businesses are benefiting from the Latin American drug trade. More than…
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Magic Johnson’s Multi-Million Dollar Aspire Network Projected to See Great Success
[Madame Noire] Flip through the channels tonight and see if you can catch Magic Johnson’s Aspire, a new television network…
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American Families Are Poorer Than in 1989
[Businessweek.com] The deterioration in American families’ wealth is even worse than you would know from this morning’s headlines about…
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Entrepreneur of the Week: Charlice Noble-Jones of Snap Fitness
[BlackEnterprise.com] Traumatic events have a way of showing us who we really are. Many allow it to defeat them and…
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