Most of us have flipped open a cell phone to make an urgent call, or rushed to an ATM to get emergency funds. And most of us do not know, or even care, how this technology works; we simply know that i

High-profile appointments to the current Republican administration, like those of Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, have put African-Americans on stage ag

We’ve heard the term “ensuring a level playing field” before. It is the drumbeat of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Market Access and Compliance (MAC) division. It reverberates in export cir

Job hunting can be nerve-racking, but no matter how nervous you may be, it is imperative that you put your best foot forward during an interview. How should you handle an interviewer’s tough questio

The Bena people of Tanzania have a saying, “Walk on a fresh tree, the dry one will break.” It’s a saying about choices, advising us to be aware of our choices, to choose what is in our best inte

Marketing a business is like playing any game. If you know the rules, you are much more likely to win. All too often, small businesses spend their limited time and money on advertising, networking, ma

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education, the landmark school desegregation case which a team of some of the nation’s best attorneys, led by Thurgood Marshall, won in the

Risk taking has taken a dive during the current economic recovery, particularly among job seekers, according to the outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.’s latest job-market index.

Asked to choose between having more time or more money, the percentage of Americans who choose more money, according to a survey by Roper ASW: 56. Percentage who would choose to have more time: 35.

More than 3 million jobs have been lost in the last three years, which means that many families have been reduced from double-income to single-income households. Here are some strategies that financia

News that WLIB-AM, the flagship radio station of the Inner City Broadcasting Corp., was being sold left some Black New Yorkers numb and bewildered. Others quickly rallied to protest the action. If Per

Selma Jackson, proprietor of 4W Circle of Art and Enterprise in Brooklyn, N.Y., has survived the ever-changing face of the retail industry for 13 years by focusing on a niche market: the Afrocentric s

The Minority Supplier Development Council of New York & New Jersey Inc., formerly the New York/New Jersey Minority Purchasing Council, goes live this year with two programs designed to enhance bus

The retail industry’s diversity record came under fire in the NAACP’s Economic Reciprocity General Merchandising Industry 2003 Report Card. Retail is the second-largest industry in the United Stat

At the corporate headquarters of drugstore chain Duane Reade in New York City, recruitment director Lisa Johnson finds it especially rewarding to promote her own hirees. “I met a young man who came

Dear Editor:I am so pleased to see the progress of the magazine. Congratulations on the magazine’s recent award from the New York Association of Black Journalists, which I read of in the Photo Revie

Harold L. CochranHarold L. Cochran was named president and chief executive of the Weiss Group Inc., a diversified financial services company of Jupiter, Fla. Cochran joined Weiss in June 2003 as senio

Ever have the feeling that your business equipment became obsolete as soon you opened the box? You’re not alone. Technology doesn’t stand still. By the time you get done showing off your new gadge

With some 90 percent of the North American population projected to experience a back problem that will require them to seek professional help, The Network Journal turned to a leading spinal surgeon fo

With proven entrepreneurial flair and a knack for creating an eclectic urban aesthetic, FUBU, the hip urban clothing company, is now transforming bedrooms and bathrooms into fabulous showpieces with t

March 30 saw the remounting of the classic Broadway drama, A Raisin in the Sun, written by the late Lorraine Hansberry, an African-American playwright. The play was originally performed in 1959 with a

Years of political instability have had a profoundly negative effect on the already modest Haitian economy. Since 1998, the country has experienced negative growth, increased inflation and a devaluati

Reviewed by Soroya BrantleyAlready a renowned international best-selling author and popular motivational speaker, Spencer Johnson, M.D., has a reputation as someone who presents simple, workable solut

Black Fatalities in Iraq The percentage of Black fatalities in the Iraq war currently surpasses that of two of the nation’s bloodiest wars. In the Korean war, 3,075 of the dead, or 8.4 percent, were