Chicago-based Highland Community Bank received a cease and desist order earlier this month from federal and state regulators that charges the company with engaging in unsafe and unsound banking practices. The order also suspends the bank’s authority to pay cash... (Continue reading)
For your convenience – and my own – I tested three personal finance apps, iBear Money Lite, Money Trackin’, and Tap Expense Lite, to see which is best for tracking your money. ... (Continue reading)
Imagine walking into your office, warehouse, or plant tomorrow morning and finding an empty space. Everything is gone. What would you do? How would you start rebuilding your business? What would you say to your employees? The scenario may seem... (Continue reading)
Aetna’s chief executive, Ronald A. Williams, recently gave Black Enterprise the insurance industry’s take on how to improve healthcare in America.... (Continue reading)
Thousands of laid-off workers have been pushed into self-employment and freelance work this year. A leap into entrepreneurship presents a new set of tax rules. Here are seven key tax issues to address in the first year of striking out... (Continue reading)
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As part of his ongoing efforts to encourage youth volunteerism and service, R&B singer Usher Raymond launched a new initiative entitled Powered By Service during the fifth annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York Thursday. ... (Continue reading)
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At the national town hall meeting Thursday hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation on the first full day of its Annual Legislative Conference, the panelists’ messages were centered on entrepreneurship and innovation. Despite the success of the Recovery Act that... (Continue reading)