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Focus of business summit: Buy Black, give back

By Bekitembe Eric Taylor Contributing Writer LITHONIA (Special to the NNPA from The Atlanta Voice) — “Spending Black and Putting Back” is the theme of

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Financial abuse: Could you spot it?

By Eileen Beal Contributing Writer CLEVELAND, Ohio (Special from Today’s Caregiver/New America Media) — Despite the hit their savings and investments took during the Great

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Unemployment may very well get worse for Black workers
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent (NNPA) — The economy beat expectations in February by adding 236,000 jobs nearly, doubling 119,000 jobs created in January, according to the Labor Depart­ment. Overall, the ...
Sen. Landrieu lauded for efforts to boost small businesses
The Small Business Investor Alliance (SBIA) on Wednesday honored U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), the Chairwoman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, for her hard work and dedication ...
BP employees and outside experts testify in spill trial
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Editor’s note: This article is part of a series on the trial. In the second week of a milestone spill trial at U.S. District Court ...
Car-title loans: $3.6B in interest paid on $1.6B in loans
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist In today’s struggling economy, many consumers find themselves short on cash. When consumers seek a credit remedy, one particular lender is likely to bring more problems than ...
Gas drillers turn to Ga.
By Dan Chapman Contributing Writer (Special to AP from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution) – Trillions of cubic feet of natural gas believed to lie below the hills of northwest Georgia have remained virtually ...
Rampart streetcar extension to open in 2015, RTA says
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Work will begin next year on a $71 million North Rampart streetcar extension, linked to the new Loyola Ave. line and funded by a sales-tax bond, New ...
Slashed budget leaves hundreds of indigent defendants lawyerless
By Tom Gogola http://thelensnola.org Draconian cuts in the budget for lawyers who represent indigent defendants have come back to haunt the Orleans Parish criminal justice system. Upwards of 500 indigent ...
The hard truth – A matter of life or death
By Min. J. Kojo Livingston Contributing Writer I am a passionate supporter of Black businesses. I have launched two campaigns to promote Black support of Black businesses. The Black-on-Black ...

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