Federal
Contracting - SBA’s proposed rule angers
WBE advocates
A proposed rule to drastically reduce and limit
the number of federal agencies where women-owned
small businesses (WOSBs) can bid on government
contracts has riled thousands of women entrepreneurs
across....
Black
Writers - The transforming power of their literature
“I write not for myself, but to transform
my life and the lives of others.” Those
words spoken by author Marita Golden struck
a chord with me as I interviewed her on her
book Don’t Play in the Sun. With
those words, Golden....
Wooing
Women - Banks roll out products with gender
appeal
Joanne Thomas Yaccato, founder and president
of Thomas Yaccato Group, a Canadian consultancy
that helps companies attract the attention and
loyalty of women consumers, recounts the story
of Muni Shonibare....
Markets
Are Driven by Fear
It will be difficult for the economy to grow or for
the market to reverse its course while fear is stalking
the financial world.
Fear is why Bear Stearns Cos. was hit with what amounted
to a run on the bank and now is being sold for $2
a share, a 97 percent discount to where its shares
were trading a week ago....
Obama
Castigates Racial Division, Calls For Unity
Barack Obama confronted the nation's racial divide
head-on, tackling both black grievance and white resentment
in a bold effort to quiet a campaign uproar over race
and his former pastor's incendiary statements....
Gov't
Eases Fannie, Freddie Restraints
The government on Wednesday relaxed capital requirements
at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as part of a plan to
quickly inject an additional $200 billion of financing
for home loans....
"We
the people, in order to form a more perfect union."
Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that
still stands across the street, a group of men gathered
and, with these simple words, launched America’s
improbable experiment in democracy. Farmers and scholars....
New
York's New Governor Admits Several Affairs
The state's new governor revealed Tuesday that he
had affairs with several women, including a state
employee. The confession came a day after he took
over from former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who was driven
from office amid a prostitution scandal....
Charges
Near For Detroit Mayor, Council Wants Him To Resign
The Detroit City Council on Tuesday called for the
resignation of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who is being
investigated over an alleged affair he swore under
oath he did not have. He quickly rejected the request....
