Category: The Business
The coronavirus disease 2019 has the potential to be dooming for small businesses. Many on the Kalamazoo Mall posted signs either showing they’re closed or limiting services, as in this file photo from summer 2020. ...
A Cleveland accounting firm said it’s starting a new program aimed to help Black-owned businesses in Northeastern Ohio. Apple Growth Partners (AGP) said the program is called “Increase Minority Professionals’ Awareness and Create Traction,” or ...
(iStock/Bastiaan Slabbers) Earlier this month, Disney hosted a series of virtual career sessions exclusively for HBCU students led by Kristi Breen, vice president of Disney International and Campus Programs and Disney Cruise Line Recruitment, along ...
Decades after the civil-rights movement led to laws banning workplace discrimination, progress for Black executives has hit a ceiling . “Opportunity is not equally distributed,” says Ron Williams, the Black former CEO of Aetna who ...
Three former McDonald’s employees filed a federal racial discrimination claim against the fast-food giant and one of its franchisees. The employees, who used to work at a location in Rock Island, Illinois, submitted the claim ...
A Black man has filed a racial discrimination claim against a Portland, Oregon, gas station after an employee refused to sell him gas, implying he would use it to start fires at the Black Lives ...
(Photo by Paolese on stock.adobe.com) An unexpected expense can be a major hurdle for many Americans. According to the Federal Reserve Bank , 40% of adults would not be able to cover an unexpected $400 ...
On Monday, British travel company Thomas Cook announced it was ceasing operations abruptly, while some of its flights were even still in the air. The sudden news left thousands of customers stranded both in airports ...
The Carolina Small Business Development Fund and Shaw University are hosting their third annual Black Entrepreneurship Week in downtown Raleigh September 16-20, 2919. Editor’s note: Three significant conferences focusing on black entrepreneurs are taking place ...
Jermaine Dupri is a giant of the music industry now, but it wasn’t always that way. Before founding So So Def Recordings, JD was 19 years old and on the hunt for new acts. In ...
