Former Apprentice Candidate Launches Jewelry Line
Stacie J, star of the second season of NBC’s The Apprentice, has launched a jewelry and accessories line at Icing by Claire’s stores nationwide. The...
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Capital Improvements
In today’s market, high value growth companies with sustainable earnings are the best bets, according to Michael Manns, senior vice president and senior portfolio manager...
Pole Position
Until an indestructible car is invented, Cid Wilson, analyst and director of research at Kevin Dann & Partners, says the companies he covers will profit....
Through the Fire
Deborah C. Wright’s office doesn’t have a Park Avenue view. Instead, she looks down on the concrete jungle of 125th Street in the heart of...
Aetna Names New CEO
After helping engineer a recovery that more than quintupled Aetna Inc.’s stock price, Ronald A. Williams, 56, has been named its chief executive officer effective...
A Real Media Player
Although his firm may be best known for guiding clients to municipal bonds, Bernard Beal is widening his view. The chief executive of M. R....
Bath Club Puts Peebles Back On The Map
The recent completion of the $225 million Bath Club in Miami Beach, Florida, marks one more step in real estate developer R. Donahue Peebles’ plan...
The Independent Contractor’s Survival Guide
A trip to the fax machine changed Charmaine Davis’ life. At the time, she was working as an information technology consultant for a major Washington,...
A Financial Fall
When banking analyst Fred Cummings picked a portfolio of stocks exclusively for BLACK ENTERPRISE last year, he had mixed feelings about the banking sector. At...
Slow Growth Is A Winner
Last year, Alfred Jackson, a partner at Davis Hamilton Jackson & Associates in Houston, took a look ahead and decided it was best to be...