A slight mid-March drizzle began outside Cooper Union near the East Village section of Manhattan where inside Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was delivering his speech on “Renewing the American Econ

Last June, the National Minority Supplier Development Council led a delegation of corporate executives and minority business owners to China, partly to help minority business enterprises become more

The April 7, 2008, issue of BusinessWeek carried a five-page article on how thousands of manufacturers in China are being pushed to the edge of bankruptcy, the cumulative effect of plummeting U.S. dem

Not all jobs will be affected by the weakening economy. Education, energy, health care and security are some industries that are expected to survive, or even prosper, according to Challenger, Gray &am

Ordinarily, the price of food is not part of the conversation when finance ministers meet. But on April 12 and 13, at the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washingto

Tracey Syphax knows that sometimes it takes the will from within or a push from behind to open the doors in front of you. This knowledge, plus the hard knocks he received as a kid in the streets and a

Hunched over folding tables in their Baltimore basement, Pierre and Jamyla Bennu put the “hand” in Oyin Handmade, meticulously squeezing droplets of oil into amber-colored bottles of “Juices and

Question: Madame Secretary… We’re pulling up on the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King. And regardless of what race we were or what class we belonged to, it was a devasta

After losing his job as a manager at JPMorgan two years ago, Wayne Ewart spent the next several months looking for another job. He didn’t get one, and, with the financial sector in crisis, he’s al

The country’s economic growth and competitiveness in the global market will increasingly depend on the growth and expansion of minority-owned businesses, according to a new report by the U.S. Depart

Hold onto your wallet, brace yourself for confusion and sour faces while boarding and get used to tighter seating in smaller planes on longer trips. Airline mergers are in the air. In fact, by the tim

Ana Ventura, an agent with Atlas Travel in Brooklyn, N.Y., used to book about 20 vacationers to the Caribbean every day as recently as a year ago. These days, she’s lucky to get 10 bookings. “I ho

As African-Americans mull options for their summer vacations, many will be clutching their wallets and credit cards a little tighter and putting plans for a European vacation on hold. With gas prices

Joyce S. Johnson Joyce S. Johnson was appointed president and chief executive officer of Black Equity Alliance. She will work to bring increased attention to the inequities highlighted in the organ

Mobile broadband company NextWave Wireless Inc. says it has developed a mobile TV system for next-generation mobile phones that run on WiMax wireless technology. MXtv offers the ability to broadcast p

The late Thurgood Marshall was a fearless civil-rights champion and a dynamic trial lawyer; he wrote more than 150 decisions as a judge for the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and as a lawyer he

Researchers have found that smoking increases the risk of developing psoriasis, heavier smoking increases the risk further and the risk decreases only slowly after quitting. The study involved researc

I dreamed of Africa, never dreaming that I would discover its thrilling wildlife among lush greenery and watery byways instead of an arid plain. And I dreaded the thought of roughing it in a Boy Scout

Just in time for Mother’s Day, Shon Gables Productions L.L.C. and The Mocha Manual Co. Inc. released The Mocha Manual to a Fabulous Pregnancy DVD, sold exclusively at Wal-Mart stores and on www.walm

What Would Martin Say?By Clarence B. Jones and Joel EngelHarper/HarperCollins, April 2008256 pp., $23.95Having just celebrated the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,

Trillion-Dollar Losses Goldman Sachs forecasts global credit losses stemming from the current market turmoil will reach $1.2 trillion, with Wall Street accounting for nearly 40 percent of the losses.