Increase Your Bottom Line: Hire Women
As the recession elapses and companies expand their search for talent again, employers should consider displaced homemakers and single mothers, and start allowing some flexibility
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Cutting Edge: How NOT to Invest in a Mutual Fund
I never quite understood how subprime lending was able to ravage so many communities until recently. I attended an investing workshop in Brooklyn, New York.
It’s Time to Celebrate Financial Literacy Month!
April is Financial Literacy Month! And I want to take a break on our journey to recognize it. While some organizations have been highlighting the
Now Read This: Become Your Own Boss in 12 Months
Small-business consultant Melinda F. Emerson, founder and CEO of Quintessence Multimedia, a marketing video production company, does more than just steer you away from so-called
Young Entrepreneurs Receive Top Honors
Young entrepreneurs were honored by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) at its Dare to Dream awards gala, Wednesday night. The event recognizes NFTE student
Chicago Students Defy the Odds
Four years ago, Tim King, CEO and founder of Urban Prep Academy, led a group of like-minded education, business, and civic leaders to found Chicago’s
Washington Report: Updates from Capitol Hill
The recession may be ebbing but minority-owned businesses are still caught in the grip of an unrelenting credit crunch. They are twice as likely to
Mentorship Is as Important as Oxygen
While the job landscape has changed with the advent of social media, what a mentor does has not. A mentor is still someone who has
Backtalk with Antoine Fuqua
Film director Antoine Fuqua is one of a handful of black directors who makes action/suspense movies with box office success.
Let It Flow
Her understanding that style is as much about comfort and fluidity as it is about looking good has endeared designer Angela Dean to many celebrity