SEC – Black Enterprise

Sports

History Made As Kerrick Jackson Becomes The First Black Baseball Coach For The Southeastern Conference

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJune 9, 2023June 9, 2023

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJune 9, 2023June 9, 2023618

The hiring of Jackson brings a total of four Black men being named head coaches at Predominantly White Institutions at the top level of college baseball....

Money News

Fake Broker Cons Black Church Members Out of $31,000 In Stock Trades

Iman MilnerApril 24, 2023April 24, 2023

by Iman MilnerApril 24, 2023April 24, 2023989

A former insurance agent targeted African American Christian investors, conning them out of $31,000, a complaint filed by the SEC says....

Celebrity News

Akon, Lil’Yachty, Ne-Yo and Soulja Boy Settle With SEC Over Crypto Violations

Sharelle BurtMarch 23, 2023March 23, 2023

by Sharelle BurtMarch 23, 2023March 23, 2023690

Celebs don't have to get involved with everything....

Pressure Increases for More Tech Firms to Tie C-Suite Exec Bonuses to Diversity Goals

Samara LynnOctober 27, 2017

by Samara LynnOctober 27, 2017655

Last year, Microsoft announced that its executives' bonuses would be determined on whether that executive’s team met its diversity goals....

'For Investors’ Benefit, Companies Must Be More Inclusive,' Says Rep. Meeks

BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsJune 6, 2017August 8, 2018

by BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsJune 6, 2017August 8, 2018579

Every few weeks, my constituents in New York invest large swaths of their paychecks into American companies. New York City employees alone have invested nearly...

Entrepreneurship

Auto Startup Unveils $16 Million Successful Equity Crowdfunding Campaign

Carolyn M. BrownJuly 13, 2015October 4, 2017

by Carolyn M. BrownJuly 13, 2015October 4, 2017666

Equity crowdfunding made possible after SEC approval of long-awaited alternatives for capital raising in the JOBS ACT....

Entrepreneurship

$85 Million Raised: How One Hotel Project Saw Crowdfunding Success

Carolyn M. BrownSeptember 3, 2014October 4, 2017

by Carolyn M. BrownSeptember 3, 2014October 4, 2017366

A real estate investment firm closed its purchase of a 15-story brick building that will be an extended-stay hotel---thanks to crowdfunding....

Entrepreneurship

Six Crowdfunding Sites Crucial For Aspiring Entrepreneurs

Richard SpiropoulosJune 12, 2014October 5, 2017

by Richard SpiropoulosJune 12, 2014October 5, 20171578

Now that crowdfunding has gone mainstream it could become the source of funding to define the decade. Crowdfunding could further blow the playing field wide...

Technology

Google Has Plans to Advertise In Your Home

Patrick AustinMay 25, 2014May 22, 2014

by Patrick AustinMay 25, 2014May 22, 2014239

Google has plans for mobile advertising, and it involves “everything” your home that has a screen. Discovered by the Wall Street Journal, a December 2013...

Money

Fake Credit Unions Steal Millions from Consumers

Sheiresa NgoApril 15, 2014April 15, 2014

by Sheiresa NgoApril 15, 2014April 15, 2014201

From 2007 to 2009...