Dear Small Diverse Supplier: We want you to survive. Sincerely, Your Big Corporate Customer.
From Shelley Stewart Jr., chairman of the Institute for Supply Management, the country’s largest profess
Features
With the recession sapping money from corporate social-responsibility programs at many companies, it would seem that efforts to ensure environment-friendly business operations and a diverse workplace
BY Ted Knutson
Max L. Siegel is a man of many talents. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School, Siegel initially planned for a conventional career in corporate law. His parents, William Siegel and Delo
BY Janelle Gordon
With interest rates at historic lows, this may be the best time to buy a house or condo — that is, if you can qualify for a mortgage.
“Particularly in today’s market, it’s important to secure
BY Vickyu Katz Whitaker
With new home construction at a standstill, many building contractors are sitting on their hands wondering how they will survive the coming rough times. Some realize they will have to “reinvent” t
BY Cliff Ennico
For 11 years in a row, on a given Thursday in March, The Network Journal has recognized the outstanding performance of 25 African-American women in the public, private, entrepreneurial and nonprofit s
BY TNJ EDITOR
When South Africa rolls out the red carpet to host the 2010 FIFA (Federation of International Football Association) World Cup, executives in the travel, tourism and sports industries are hoping it wil
BY Ines Bebea
With poor food and lifestyle choices and stress-filled lives far too common occurrences among them, Blacks, it seems, have relegated maintaining good health to the bottom of their priority list.
In 20
BY BEVOLYN WILLIAMS-HAROLD
With a patient list that includes Olympic and professional athletes, F. Kennedy Gordon, M.D., has very little room for mistakes in his diagnoses and treatments.
Helping his patients not only to heal q
BY INES BEBEA
Thirty-six years after Title IX of the Education Amendment became a law requiring equal participation for men and women in collegiate sports, colleges and universities are challenged with assuring the
BY Inés Bebea






