Who run the world? According to Beyoncè – girls. And the girls who are doing the most these days when it comes to entrepreneurial endeavors are Black women. A 2015 report “State of Women-Owned Businesses Report” commissioned by American Express Open, provided some details on female-owned companies. African-American female entrepreneurs created businesses at a rate […]

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Damage control in office relationships The average full-time employee spends more waking hours at work than at home, so it’s no surprise when lunch partners quickly become bed buddies. It’s all about #ManCrushMonday and #LifeOfAWife until “bae” calls it quits. Here’s how you successfully sever ties without ruining your work reputation. Never let him see […]

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Ursula Burns, the pioneering and longtime CEO of Xerox, will be stepping down from her position at the end of the year. Burns has worked at the company since 1980. Her resignation leaves the Fortune 500 without a single Black women as CEO. Burns, who was raised in a tough housing project in New York […]

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix has already crossed off the biggest item on its New Year’s list of resolutions. The Internet video service debuted in 130 countries Wednesday in a surprise move likely to reel in millions of new subscribers. CEO Reed Hastings revealed the scope of Netflix’s expansion at the end of a presentation […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Chipotle said it has been subpoenaed as part of a federal criminal investigation and that sales plummeted 30 percent in December after a series of food scares at its restaurants. The company said in a regulatory filing it was asked to produce a broad range of documents tied to a norovirus […]

An office holiday party can be a nice break in the norm, but don’t get too excited! Make sure you still carry yourself well enough to come in to work the next morning with no regrets. Jasmine Sanders explains in this list of do’s and don’ts for your office holiday party from “The D.L. Hughley Show!” Sign Up […]

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CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James has a contract with Nike that will last long after he hangs up his sneakers. The NBA megastar has signed a lifetime endorsement deal with the athletic apparel giant, a deal which extends a partnership James began with Nike before he graduated from high school. “I’m very humble, man,” James […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Chipotle said Friday that an outbreak of E. coli linked to its restaurants sent sales plummeting by as much as 22 percent in recent weeks and that it could no longer reasonably estimate sales for next year. The Denver-based chain said in a regulatory filing that sales trends have been “extremely […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Walgreens is buying rival Rite Aid for about $9.41 billion in cash, creating a drugstore giant with nearly 18,000 stores around the world. The deal combines the largest and third-largest U.S. drugstore chains, based on store counts. And it makes one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical buyers even bigger at a […]

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For its 18th annual “Most Powerful Women” list, Fortune Magazine showcased a few women of color among the 51 selected. Two Georgians, however, stood out among the list and continue to emerge as powerful executives for their respective companies. Rosalind Brewer (pictured, left) ranked 15th, is the CEO and President of Sam’s Club, a division of […]

We’ve already heard enough about driving while Black, racial profiling and stop and frisk. But does discrimination even extend to shopping while Black? Indeed it does, alleges a report by the Center For Popular Democracy, a labor advocacy group. The group says that their recent report indicates that Zara discriminates against Black shoppers by targeting […]