FDIC Seeks Insurance Increase
Move could help instill confidence in banking system
The Federal Deposit Corporation approached Congress this afternoon about increasing the federal deposit insurance limit…
By Marcia Wade Talbert
Surviving Tight Credit
Main Street businesses feel crunch of Wall Street collapse
With a $700 billion Wall Street bailout deal rejected in the House, one of the…
By Cliff Hocker
Ohio Commences Early Voting
Voters in the swing state of Ohio began casting absentee ballots Tuesday, a day after…
By Deborah Creighton Skinner
“Let’s Do The Obama Dance!” No. Let’s Not.
“Throw your ‘O’s in the air!”
This is a line from a YouTube music video I…
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
Unique Franchises: Household Names Begin Here
Options still abound if your options out of reach
Finding a profitable franchise can be as simple as looking at world trends and asking…
By Marcia Wade Talbert
Report: Economic Gains for Blacks Reversing
Boom of 1990s deflated in new millennium slump
Released by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a report, “Reversal of Fortune: Economic Gains of…
By Aisha I. Jefferson
Maxine Waters Gives an Update on the Bailout
Yesterday, while walking around the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference, I ran into…
By Marcia Wade Talbert
Miracle at St. Anna
On-location with the cast of the movie “Miracle at St. Anna,” actors Derek Luke, Michael…


