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(AP) The world’s highest-paid athlete is in jail. The guy in second place just lost a title fight, and the man who held the distinction for a decade is now third. Forbes has released its list of the 100 highest paid athletes, and boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., nicknamed “Money,” is No. 1. Mayweather, who made [...]
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NEW YORK (AP) — Comcast will launch four minority-owned networks on its cable-TV systems in the next two years, including channels spearheaded by music mogul Sean “P. Diddy” Combs and NBA great Magic Johnson. Two of the networks are majority black-owned while two are majority American-Hispanic-owned, with all of them programming in English, the Philadelphia-based Comcast said. It was [...]
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By Dialogue Magazine For our Business Spotlight this month we caught up with Adrienne Smith, founder of Harlem Hip Hop Tours. Dialogue Magazine: How did you come up with the idea for a Hip Hop tour in Harlem? Adrienne Smith: I was brainstorming with a friend of mine over the holidays, and we were both [...]
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Black Enterprise Talks To Angela & Vanessa Simmons About Making Pastry $50 Milli Business
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By Sentinel News Service Screen Actors Guild National Executive Director David White has been named “Entertainment, Sports & Art Law Section Attorney of the Year” by the National Bar Association, the oldest and largest association of African American lawyers and judges. The honor was presented to White today in New Orleans at the NBA’s 85th [...]
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By Dialogue Magazine With more than 30% of America’s workers getting sick from volatile organic compounds from carpeting and furniture, inadequate air circulation, poor lighting, mold buildup and disruptive temperature variances.* More individuals and companies are switching to green cleaning solutions, Green House Eco-Cleaning is one of the companies that specializes in green cleaning and [...]
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By: Leah Mullen In business timing is everything. Last year SLR Contracting & Service Company lead by President and CEO Sundra L. Ryce, planned to spend the next 12 to 18 months going back to the basics. Instead of focusing on growth SLR’s executive team planned to take some time out to make sure they [...]
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By Ed Lavandera and Wayne Drash ST. LOUIS, Missouri (CNN) — Michael and Steven Roberts didn’t have two quarters to rub together a couple of decades ago. Now, the two African-American business leaders estimate their holdings — from hotels to TV stations — are worth $1 billion. One St. Louis hotel they own once barred [...]
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Heritage Link Brands LLC’s mission is “to showcase the very best wines from Africa and the African Diaspora in terms of the finished product, the sustainability of the value chain, and how the environment and employees are treated throughout the harvesting process,” says Selena Cuffe, co-founder and CEO. And this isn’t a cursory nod to [...]
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By Marcia A. Wade For college juniors and seniors on the verge of graduation, steady employment is not a guarantee in the current credit crisis, especially with news from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that the number of unemployed people increased by 632,000 to 11.1 million and the unemployment rate rose to 7.2%. For Don [...]
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