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	<title>BLACK ENTERPRISE &#187; Marcia Wade Talbert</title>
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		<title>Happy Anniversary, Investors!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial experts weigh in on why the S&#038;P 500 market has bounced back so powerfully, whether the rally can continue, and how investors should proceed in the coming year.]]></description>
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		<title>Photos: Black Directors, Their Movies, and The Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Oscar weekend, Black Enterprise is taking a look at a select group of filmmakers and the movies that made them popular:

Lee Daniels:
Director Lee Daniels, could be the first African American to take home the Academy Award for best director this weekend. His award-winning film Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, about a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenging the Stigma of Mental Illness</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2010/03/02/challenging-the-stigma-of-mental-illness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental Illness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[therapy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new campaign by SAMHSA designed to raise awareness of mental health problems among young adults in the African American community hopes to get more people talking about the issue.]]></description>
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		<title>Eunice Johnson, Co-founder of Ebony Magazine</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/03/01/eunice-johnson-co-founder-of-ebony-magazine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/03/01/eunice-johnson-co-founder-of-ebony-magazine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebony Fashion Fair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebony magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eunice Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[memorial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sixty-five years after the inception of the world’s largest black-owned publishing empire, Eunice Johnson, co-founder of Johnson Publishing Co., died Jan. 3 at the age of 93.]]></description>
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		<title>Cents and Sensibility</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/03/01/cents-and-sensibility/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/03/01/cents-and-sensibility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Magazine Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Steve and Pamela Cromity possess all the trappings of upper-middle-class comfort. They own a home in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania; a time-share in Kissimmee, Florida; and employ a nanny to care for their son and daughter, Steve III, 12, and Christina, 10. For the Cromitys, the key to the good life isn’t the couple’s annual $150,000 income, although it certainly helps. The entire family avoids impulse purchases, they say. And when they do buy something, they bargain shop. What separates Steve, Pamela, and their children from most Americans of any economic level is a strict adherence to proper money management.]]></description>
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		<title>Poll: More Consumers Going the DIY Route for Taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2010/02/25/poll-more-consumers-going-the-diy-route-for-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2010/02/25/poll-more-consumers-going-the-diy-route-for-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deductions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's tax-filing season, and whether taxes are done in January or at midnight on April 15, the question isn’t “Will you file your taxes?” but rather “Who will do them for you?”]]></description>
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		<title>Will Ford Profit in 2010?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2010/02/24/will-ford-profit-in-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2010/02/24/will-ford-profit-in-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[auto]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While Ford stands alone as the only American automaker that didn’t solicit bailout money from the U.S. government and subsequently file for bankruptcy protection, it was far from unscathed. ]]></description>
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		<title>No &#8216;Magic&#8217; for Johnson Publishing Co.</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/2010/02/22/no-magic-for-johnson-publishing-co/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/2010/02/22/no-magic-for-johnson-publishing-co/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[B.E. 100s]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Earvin "Magic" Johnson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jet]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Linda Johnson Rice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earvin “Magic” Johnson said that talks to do business with Johnson Publishing, the publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines, are now dead. ]]></description>
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		<title>Magic Johnson in Talks to Buy Johnson Publishing</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2010/02/16/magic-johnson-in-talks-to-buy-johnson-publishing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2010/02/16/magic-johnson-in-talks-to-buy-johnson-publishing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Earvin "Magic" Johnson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earvin “Magic” Johnson, retired NBA star and businessman, is in talks to purchase Johnson Publishing Co., publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines.]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment Rate Falls to 9.7%</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2010/02/05/unemployment-rate-falls-to-9-7/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2010/02/05/unemployment-rate-falls-to-9-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Job Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[joblessness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Labor reported today that in January, the U.S. unemployment rate decreased from 10.0% to 9.7%, and a survey of households shows that employment fell by 20,000 jobs. ]]></description>
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		<title>Organizations Continue Fight for HIV Prevention</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2010/02/05/organizations-continue-fight-for-hiv-prevention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2010/02/05/organizations-continue-fight-for-hiv-prevention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AIDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When five organizations came together to start NBHAAD in 1999, the goal was to educate people about behavior that increases the risk for HIV infection. Today, the rate of infection among blacks has remained stable, but the fight for prevention continues. ]]></description>
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		<title>New Civil Rights Museum Honors Sit-In Legacy</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2010/02/03/new-civil-rights-museum-honors-sit-in-legacy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2010/02/03/new-civil-rights-museum-honors-sit-in-legacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black History Month]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Civil Rights Center and Museum]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Counteracting racism was never as literal as it was on Feb. 1, 1960, when four college students decided to protest segregation by holding a sit-in at a Woolworth’s Department Store in Greensboro, North Carolina. ]]></description>
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		<title>Demystifying the Mortgage Modification Process</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/homeownership/2010/01/22/demystifying-the-mortgage-modification-process/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/homeownership/2010/01/22/demystifying-the-mortgage-modification-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homeownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Loan modification counselor discusses when homeowners should modify their loan, why banks are not modifying loans, and resources homeowners can use to get help when your payments are delinquent.]]></description>
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		<title>Jesse Jackson Takes Aim at Banks</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2010/01/14/jesse-jackson-takes-aim-at-banks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2010/01/14/jesse-jackson-takes-aim-at-banks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rainbow/PUSH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recovery Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rev. Jesse Jackson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jesse Jackson Sr. called for a second stimulus act to help Main Street and outlined the goals of the 13th Annual Wall Street Project Economic Summit in New York City. ]]></description>
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		<title>Andersons Complete Year of &#8216;Buying Black&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2010/01/12/andersons-complete-year-of-buying-black/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2010/01/12/andersons-complete-year-of-buying-black/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buying black]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic empowerment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Empowerment Experiment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maggie Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal finance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Empowerment Experiment's Anderson family discuss the successes that kept them empowered, the struggles that challenged them, and why they won’t be continuing the experiment.]]></description>
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		<title>Ebony Co-Founder Eunice Johnson Dies</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2010/01/04/fashion-icon-ebony-co-founder-eunice-johnson-dies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2010/01/04/fashion-icon-ebony-co-founder-eunice-johnson-dies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women of Power Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebony Fashion Fair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebony magazine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eunice W. Johnson, widow of John H. Johnson and co-founder of Johnson Publishing Co., died Sunday. She was 93.]]></description>
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		<title>Poll: Majority Says Bonuses for Bailed Out CEOs Unfair to Taxpayers</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/12/23/poll-majority-says-bonuses-for-bailed-out-ceos-unfair-to-taxpayers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/12/23/poll-majority-says-bonuses-for-bailed-out-ceos-unfair-to-taxpayers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AIG]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poll results: If you were an executive at a Wall Street firm that received government bail-out money, would you accept a year-end bonus?]]></description>
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		<title>Lincoln University Repeals Controversial Health Requirement</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/12/22/lincoln-university-repeals-controversial-health-requirement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/12/22/lincoln-university-repeals-controversial-health-requirement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lincoln University]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Lincoln University received widespread media attention and negative criticism, faculty voted this month to repeal a policy that required students with a Body Mass Index of 30 or above to take a fitness class in order to graduate.]]></description>
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		<title>With Tight Budgets, Creativity Key in Tipping for Services</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/12/16/with-tight-budgets-creativity-key-in-tipping-for-services/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/12/16/with-tight-budgets-creativity-key-in-tipping-for-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[etiquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tipping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BlackEnterprise.com's tips for holiday tipping]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Tiana Sparkles, but ‘The Princess and the Frog’ Dims Disney Legacy</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/12/11/review-tiana-sparkles-but-%e2%80%98the-princess-and-the-frog%e2%80%99-dims-disney-legacy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/12/11/review-tiana-sparkles-but-%e2%80%98the-princess-and-the-frog%e2%80%99-dims-disney-legacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anika Noni Rose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Princess and the Frog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot to love about Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog,” but in plot and personality the movie falls short of Disney’s animated endeavors from the 1990s.]]></description>
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		<title>Location, Location, Location</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/12/10/location-location-location-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/12/10/location-location-location-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startup]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Finding the right location for your small business may seem as simple as finding a place you can afford. Whether it’s a kiosk, storefront, mall store, high-profile flagship, or suburban stand-alone, not every location is suitable for every business. But before you make a commitment, make sure you are aware of the advantages and disadvantages of leasing one type of location over another.]]></description>
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		<title>Carrying the Load Together</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/12/08/carrying-the-load-together/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/12/08/carrying-the-load-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cooperatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Cooperative Business Association]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During periods of economic uncertainty, people tend to find ways to band together and minimize their fixed costs. Cooperative purchasing is like carpooling for small businesses. When you combine purchasing power with other businesses that have similar economic interests you reduce costs and your money goes farther.]]></description>
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		<title>Poll: Was the Jobs Summit Political or Productive?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/12/08/poll-was-the-jobs-summit-political-or-productive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/12/08/poll-was-the-jobs-summit-political-or-productive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Majority of respondents to a BlackEnterprise.com poll said the White House Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth was a necessary step to curb unemployment and boost job creation.]]></description>
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		<title>Tech Tools for Entrepreneurs</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/12/04/tech-tools-for-entrepreneurs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/12/04/tech-tools-for-entrepreneurs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telecommunications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the Internet has become a fundamental resource for many small businesses, there are more tools available to give users on-demand access to virtualized resources that can help them operate on a smaller budget and appear more professional.]]></description>
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		<title>Black Unemployment Still High Despite Rate Decrease</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/12/04/black-unemployment-still-alarming-despite-rate-decrease/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/12/04/black-unemployment-still-alarming-despite-rate-decrease/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the unemployment rate seems to be taking a slight turn for the better, in the African American community joblessness is still a problem.]]></description>
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		<title>FDIC: Black Households Don’t Use Banks Regularly</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/12/03/fdic-black-households-don%e2%80%99t-use-banks-regularly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/12/03/fdic-black-households-don%e2%80%99t-use-banks-regularly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[payday loans]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minorities and low-income households are less likely to have a bank account or more likely to use alternative financial services compared to the population as a whole, according a new report by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.]]></description>
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		<title>Monetizing Memories and Personifying Brands</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/12/02/monetizing-memories-and-personifying-brands/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/12/02/monetizing-memories-and-personifying-brands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career advancement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If one man’s junk is another man’s treasure, then Kenyan Lewis has made a living from the latter. As a prop master, traveling to Warwick, New York, to find vintage typewriters, worn photographs, and antique tools for clients is all in a day’s work.]]></description>
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		<title>Making Your Words and Actions Count After Workplace Gaffes</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/12/01/making-your-words-and-actions-count-after-workplace-gaffes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/12/01/making-your-words-and-actions-count-after-workplace-gaffes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women of Power Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career advancement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of us have been there. From unwittingly mispronouncing someone’s name to accidentally sending a sensitive e-mail to the wrong person to calling a co-worker a derogatory name, office gaffes are common.]]></description>
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		<title>Poll Results: Who Will Take Oprah’s Daytime TV Crown?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/11/25/poll-results-who-will-take-oprahs-daytime-tv-crown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/11/25/poll-results-who-will-take-oprahs-daytime-tv-crown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women of Power Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daytime TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellen Degeneres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oprah Winfrey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[talk shows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tyra Banks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When BlackEnterprise.com readers were given the choice between Ellen DeGeneres, Tyra Banks, and Wendy Williams, to replace Oprah Winfrey as queen of daytime television, a majority of respondents to a recent poll chose none of the above.]]></description>
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		<title>Former Chicago Urban League President Runs for Senate Seat</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/11/25/former-chicago-urban-league-president-runs-for-senate-seat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/11/25/former-chicago-urban-league-president-runs-for-senate-seat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women of Power Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Initially, Cheryle R. Jackson was flattered that then President-elect Barack Obama had added her to a list of six individuals who he felt were qualified to replace him in the Senate. But she didn’t seriously consider it at first.]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Without Healthcare Reform, Plight of the Uninsured Bleak</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/11/24/report-without-healthcare-reform-plight-of-the-uninsured-bleak/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/11/24/report-without-healthcare-reform-plight-of-the-uninsured-bleak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Health and Human Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If health insurance costs are left unchecked, the number of uninsured Americans will increase by 10% in every state in the country and by 30% in more than half the states, according to a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services.]]></description>
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		<title>Nerjyzing Diversity in the Video Gaming Industry</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/20/nerjyzing-diversity-in-the-video-gaming-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/20/nerjyzing-diversity-in-the-video-gaming-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women of Power Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nerjyzed Entertainment Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startups]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people sit and watch on the sidelines, while others play the game. Jacqueline S. Beauchamp plays the game. Not satisfied with the dearth of diversity in the video gaming industry, Beauchamp started Nerjyzed Entertainment Inc.]]></description>
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		<title>High Healthcare Costs Linked to Preventable Diseases</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/11/17/costs-of-healthcare-tied-to-preventable-diseases/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/11/17/costs-of-healthcare-tied-to-preventable-diseases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heart disease]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smoking, poor eating habits, and lack of exercise are contributing to an epidemic of chronic, preventable diseases that are alarming for the future health of the nation and for African Americans in particular, according to a new report.]]></description>
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		<title>Pop-Up Stores Provide Lucrative Alternative For Small Businesses</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/12/pop-up-stores-provide-lucrative-alternative-for-small-businesses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/12/pop-up-stores-provide-lucrative-alternative-for-small-businesses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leasing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Savvy entrepreneurs and larger retailers are opening up temporary stores, or “pop-ups” in empty storefronts, simultaneously boosting their brand and bottom line. The stores can last anywhere from a few days to a few months. And with the U.S. retail vacancy rate at 7.6%, for the third quarter of 2009, compared with 6.4% for the third quarter of 2008, according CoStar Group, Inc.-- and the holidays just around the corner-- now might be the best time to take advantage of the weak commercial real estate market.]]></description>
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		<title>BE 100s Bank Acquires Home Federal Savings</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/2009/11/11/be-100s-bank-acquires-home-federal-savings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/2009/11/11/be-100s-bank-acquires-home-federal-savings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Bank and Trust of New Orleans acquired Detroit-based Home Federal Savings Bank after the bank was shut down by the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) Nov. 6.]]></description>
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		<title>Eight Tips to Ward off Employee Theft</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/11/eight-tips-to-ward-off-employee-theft/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/11/eight-tips-to-ward-off-employee-theft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the beginning of the recession not only has fraudulent activity increased, but the amount of money lost to fraud has increased as well. ]]></description>
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		<title>Getting the Most Out of Your College Tour</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/11/04/getting-the-most-out-of-your-college-tour/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/11/04/getting-the-most-out-of-your-college-tour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college financing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HBCU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[higher education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here are one guidance counselor's recommendations to assist students of color to choose schools that will increase their chances of graduation and success as a professional.]]></description>
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		<title>Author Talks Journey Into Global Influence of Black Culture</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/travel/2009/11/03/author-nelson-george-talks-journey-into-international-influence-of-black-culture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/travel/2009/11/03/author-nelson-george-talks-journey-into-international-influence-of-black-culture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Airlines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nelson George]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now as the face of BlackAtlas.com, an interactive social networking site for black travelers, author Nelson George couples his talent for storytelling with his love of travel, which has become an extension of his career covering music, film, and culture.]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t Be Bamboozled</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/11/01/dont-be-bamboozled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/11/01/dont-be-bamboozled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pretexters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scams]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tips for avoiding financial fraud]]></description>
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		<title>Teen Tips for Entrepreneurship</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/10/29/teen-tips-for-entrepreneurship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/10/29/teen-tips-for-entrepreneurship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teens]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this, the third article of a four- part series about youth entrepreneurship, three teens tell the stories of how they started businesses and learned how to find fun while financing their futures.]]></description>
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		<title>Lesson Plans for Young Entrepreneurs</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/10/28/lesson-plans-for-young-entrepreneurs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/10/28/lesson-plans-for-young-entrepreneurs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teens]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In part two of BlackEnterprise.com’s four-part series on youth entrepreneurship, we’ll be looking at resources for parents and teachers on the basics of entrepreneurship. There are a number of tools available, from Web-based and online activities to classroom simulations, for educators and parents to get students thinking like an entrepreneur.]]></description>
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		<title>Youth Use Entrepreneurship as a Pathway to Success</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/10/27/youth-use-entrepreneurship-as-a-pathway-to-succeed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/10/27/youth-use-entrepreneurship-as-a-pathway-to-succeed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenpreneur]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Running a successful business is not an easy feat no matter what your age. Yet there are teenagers, like Kalief Rollins, the winner of the 2009 National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge, who were able to benefit from business start-up education and learn not only the value of a dollar, but how to claim the value of his life.]]></description>
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		<title>A Voyage into the Black Diaspora</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/travel/2009/10/26/a-voyage-into-the-black-diaspora/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/travel/2009/10/26/a-voyage-into-the-black-diaspora/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Atlas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In many respects when African Americans travel, they are no different than travelers from every culture, says Nelson George, travel expert-at-large for BlackAtlas.com. At the same time, they are often curious to learn about the black people, neighborhoods, restaurants, and historical sites in a city that have particular historical significance to the black experience.]]></description>
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		<title>An Affinity for Philanthropy</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/diversity/2009/10/22/an-affinity-for-philanthropy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/diversity/2009/10/22/an-affinity-for-philanthropy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affinity groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Electric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philanthropy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More recently affinity groups are asking their employers to return that favor by investing in the communities that they represent.]]></description>
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		<title>Talent Agent Uses Perseverance, Savvy to Represent Hollywood&#8217;s Elite</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/10/22/talent-agent-uses-perseverance-savvy-to-represent-hollywoods-elite/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/10/22/talent-agent-uses-perseverance-savvy-to-represent-hollywoods-elite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women of Power Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career advancement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[talent agent]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tracy Christian not only represents a talented client list which includes celebrity entertainers like actors Michael Kenneth Williams, from HBO’s “The Wire,” former “Cosby” kid Lisa Bonet, and rapper/actor Busta Rhymes, but she considers them family.]]></description>
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		<title>Know the Facts: Precautions for Swine Flu</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2009/10/09/know-the-facts-precautions-for-swine-flu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2009/10/09/know-the-facts-precautions-for-swine-flu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H1N1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swine flu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Mark Johnson, chair of the department of family medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry at the New Jersey Medical School, answers questions about the swine flu and its vaccine.]]></description>
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		<title>Regulators Issue Cease and Desist Order to Chicago Bank</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/2009/09/30/regulators-issue-cease-and-desist-order-to-chicago-bank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/2009/09/30/regulators-issue-cease-and-desist-order-to-chicago-bank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[B.E. 100s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Highland Community Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 dividends or increase assets without regulator permission.]]></description>
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		<title>Recruiting the Recruiter</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/09/21/recruiting-the-recruiter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/09/21/recruiting-the-recruiter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executive search firm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Small business owners often find themselves wearing many different hats. But when it comes time to hire executive and managerial talent, human resources experts say owners should seek professional help.]]></description>
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		<title>Implementing a Strategic Partnership</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/09/18/implementing-a-strategic-partnership/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/09/18/implementing-a-strategic-partnership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[limited liability partnership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategic partnership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When business is slow and consumer spending decreases, solidarity between entrepreneurs can help drive sales and possibly cut down on marketing costs.]]></description>
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		<title>More Black Females Graduating From HBCUs Than Black Males</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/09/16/more-black-females-graduating-from-hbcus-than-black-males/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/09/16/more-black-females-graduating-from-hbcus-than-black-males/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women of Power Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[admissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enrollment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HBCU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[higher education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Publicly funded historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) admitted, enrolled, and matriculated larger numbers of African American female than male students between 1996 and 2006, according to recently released data.]]></description>
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		<title>Entrepreneur Gets Lesson in Strategy 101</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/09/10/entrepreneur-gets-lesson-in-strategy-101/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/09/10/entrepreneur-gets-lesson-in-strategy-101/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career transition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosmotology enterprise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skool Boye Agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BlackEnterprise.com talked with entrepreneur TenishaPercel about how she started her two businesses and what lessons she learned when one of them became too much to handle.]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make the Most of Your Doctor&#8217;s Visits</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2009/09/03/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-doctors-visits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2009/09/03/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-doctors-visits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgie Bright Ellington]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Virgie Bright Ellington, a board certified internist, believes that basic healthcare for every citizen is long overdue. ]]></description>
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		<title>Empowering the Black Community</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/09/01/empowering-the-black-community/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/09/01/empowering-the-black-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Empowerment Experiment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maggie Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John and Maggie Anderson are hoping to start a movement. Through their Website, the suburban Chicago couple has, so far, convinced some 7,000 consumers and businesses nationwide to join in the Empowerment Experiment.]]></description>
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		<title>Backtalk With Boris Kodjoe &amp; Nicole Ari Parker</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/backtalk/2009/09/01/backtalk-with-boris-kodjoe-nicole-ari-parker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/backtalk/2009/09/01/backtalk-with-boris-kodjoe-nicole-ari-parker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Backtalk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women of Power Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birth defect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boris Kodjoe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicole Ari Parker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sophie's Voice Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spina bifida]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker share how their daughter’s condition has changed their lives, taught them endurance, and inspired them to help other families.]]></description>
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		<title>The Small Business Check-up</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/08/26/the-small-business-check-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/08/26/the-small-business-check-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startup]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Once entrepreneurs successfully surmount the difficult process of building startup capital and writing out a business plan, many believe that their company has the straightaway to success. If a roadblock appears, they seem to think it came out of nowhere, when actually, if they had done a little more planning, the problem could have been avoided.]]></description>
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		<title>Going Green? Get Government Help for Your Business</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/being-green/2009/08/20/going-green-get-government-help-for-your-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/being-green/2009/08/20/going-green-get-government-help-for-your-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BEing Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Star]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recovery Act]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the abundance of databases to search, eligibility requirements to meet, and forms to fill out, applying for government programs can be complicated and time consuming. But when it comes to government programs for energy efficient products, getting into the green swing of things might be a little less complicated than it appears.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Fund Targets Investments in Underserved Communities</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/08/06/federal-fund-targets-investments-in-underserved-communities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/08/06/federal-fund-targets-investments-in-underserved-communities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1990, when Willie Murriel received a loan from Sunrise Bank to purchase the building he used for Murriel’s Paint and Body Shop in Jackson, Miss., he never fell behind, never filed for bankruptcy, and repaid the loan as scheduled in 2001.]]></description>
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		<title>Spend Less Money on Your Startup Budget</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/07/29/spend-less-money-on-your-start-up-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/07/29/spend-less-money-on-your-start-up-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Start-Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Echoing Green]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Skill-Life Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a plethora of organizations, universities, and companies that provide pro bono or professional services at a reduced fee, ranging from accounting to information technology and from human resource management to marketing. When such services are free, this practice is often referred to as skills-based volunteering.]]></description>
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		<title>Planning for the End</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/07/20/planning-for-the-end/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/07/20/planning-for-the-end/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[estate planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the sudden death of Michael Jackson, his fans are likely questioning their mortality, but legal experts say they should be questioning the state of their affairs in the event of their own unexpected demise.]]></description>
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		<title>A New Century, a New NAACP?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/07/13/a-new-century-a-new-naacp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/07/13/a-new-century-a-new-naacp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Jealous]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. David A. Paterson opened the first plenary ceremony of the NAACP’s Centennial Conference Monday with a reminder that liberation for African Americans is the liberation of America. That message was indeed the reigning theme of the morning.
Paterson joined several speakers who underscored the relevancy of the NAACP by focusing not only on the organizations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;One Size Does Not Fit All&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/07/11/one-size-does-not-fit-all-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/07/11/one-size-does-not-fit-all-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[naacp]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At two forums on healthcare reform at the NAACP’s Centennial Convention Saturday, panelists presented a slew of statistics that rank African Americans with the highest prevalence, incidence, and mortality rates for diabetes, AIDS, cancer, and other diseases.
“[People] like you and me are falling through the cracks,” said Roslyn M. Brock, vice chairman of the national [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vibe Magazine Folds</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/06/30/vibe-magazine-folds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/06/30/vibe-magazine-folds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quincy Jones]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ibe Media Group, which publishes Vibe magazine,  announced Tuesday that it was shuttering its doors immediately after 16 years of publishing content about the young, urban music industry.]]></description>
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		<title>Transition into Your Career of Choice</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/06/29/transition-into-your-career-of-choice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/06/29/transition-into-your-career-of-choice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apprenticeship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Darlene Proctor had never planned to be a nurse for the rest of her life. So when a friend reminded her about a dream she once had to start a bed and breakfast she decided to figure out how to make the leap from hospitals to hospitality.]]></description>
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		<title>Unpaid Furloughs Instead of Pink Slips</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/06/22/unpaid-furloughs-instead-of-pink-slips/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/06/22/unpaid-furloughs-instead-of-pink-slips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[furlough]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[layoff]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the quarterly faculty/staff assembly at Stillman College last August, several employees expressed concern about potential layoffs. “I said I would do whatever was necessary to ensure that everyone could keep their jobs,” said Ernest McNealy, president of the Tuscaloosa, Alabama-based HBCU, who thinks of his employees as family. After consulting with staff managers and human resources, McNealy concluded that furloughs were a better option than layoffs and decided that all of the non-teaching employees would have to participate, including himself.]]></description>
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		<title>The Pipeline Crisis for Black Boys and Early Education</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/06/18/the-pipeline-crisis-for-black-boys-and-early-education/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/06/18/the-pipeline-crisis-for-black-boys-and-early-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Early childhood development research shows that since early experiences create a foundation for lifelong learning and behavior then a strong foundation in the early years increases the probability of positive outcomes.
In New York City, African American children get off to a bad start and end up worse. Sixty-one percent of African‐American children are born into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Africa Command Leader Talks ROTC, Piracy</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/06/16/u-s-africa-command-leader-talks-rotc-piracy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/06/16/u-s-africa-command-leader-talks-rotc-piracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[military]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national security]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two years of mandatory participation in Reserved Officers Training Corp. at Morgan State University in the late 1960s turned into something far greater for Gen.William “Kip” Ward, the fifth black four-star general in U.S. Army history.]]></description>
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		<title>100 Black Men Press Education Secretary for More HBCU Funding</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/06/12/100-black-men-press-education-secretary-for-more-hbcu-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/06/12/100-black-men-press-education-secretary-for-more-hbcu-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Education was front and center at the 100 Black Men of America Inc.’s annual conference Thursday. At an education town hall meeting, U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan recalled his experiences with the 100 Black Men’s Chicago Chapter during his term as the city’s public school superintendent.
“Instead of asking me what I could do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chrysler Wins Plea to Shutter 789 Dealerships</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/06/10/chrysler-wins-plea-to-shutter-789-dealerships/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/06/10/chrysler-wins-plea-to-shutter-789-dealerships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fiat gained ownership of most of Chrysler L.L.C.'s assets Wednesday, a day after a bankruptcy judge approved Chrysler's plan to terminate 789 of its franchises and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to rule on objections to the sale by a group of Indiana state pension funds, who argued that the bankruptcy favored unsecured creditors over secured lenders.]]></description>
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		<title>Minority Dealers May Be Slammed by Closings</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/06/04/minority-owners-may-be-disadvantaged-by-dealership-closings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/06/04/minority-owners-may-be-disadvantaged-by-dealership-closings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gregory Jackson, owner of five General Motors dealerships believes that as GM whittles down the number of franchises in bankruptcy “those last men standing should do well.” But when the smoke clears, no one is sure how many minority dealerships will be left standing.]]></description>
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		<title>Marcus Alexis Dies at Age 77</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/06/01/marcus-alexis-dies-at-age-77/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/06/01/marcus-alexis-dies-at-age-77/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BE Board of Economists]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marcus Alexis, one of the nation’s most distinguished economists, died Wednesday from complications during surgery. He was 77. ]]></description>
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		<title>Community Banks Seek Congress Support at Summit</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2009/05/14/community-banks-seek-congress-support-at-summit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2009/05/14/community-banks-seek-congress-support-at-summit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 19:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independent Community Bankers of America]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week nearly 700 local bank administrators and owners are gathering on Capitol Hill this week to meet with their members of Congress and advocate for legislation that affects them. The event, which began March 12 and runs through March 14, is a part of the Independent Community Bankers of America Washington Policy Summit, an annual meeting that provides community bankers an avenue for addressing their top concerns and grievances. ]]></description>
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		<title>Tuning In to the Third Screen Frontier</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/entrepreneurs-technology/2009/05/11/tuning-in-to-the-third-screen-frontier/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/entrepreneurs-technology/2009/05/11/tuning-in-to-the-third-screen-frontier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 16:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are more than 270 million mobile phones active in the U.S., according to CTIA, the international association for wireless telecommunications. Between October 2007 and October 2008 YouTube’s mobile audience grew by 277%. In the third quarter of 2008, it was accessed by about 3 million U.S. mobile subscribers.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Proposes $1.25 Billion for Black Farmers in Settlement</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/05/08/obama-proposes-125-billion-for-black-farmers-in-settlement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/05/08/obama-proposes-125-billion-for-black-farmers-in-settlement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 20:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama has allotted $1.25 billion in the FY 2010 budget to settle discrimination lawsuits by thousands of black farmers against the U.S. Department of Agriculture.]]></description>
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		<title>Michelle Obama Sparks Reaction at Time 100 Gala</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/05/07/michelle-obama-sparks-reaction-at-time-100-gala/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/05/07/michelle-obama-sparks-reaction-at-time-100-gala/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 17:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women of Power Articles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the dignitaries, leaders, revolutionaries, titans, entertainers, scientists, heroes and pioneers that were honored at Time Magazine’s 2009 gala event honoring the 100 Most Influential People in the World, one woman, Michelle Obama, stood out.]]></description>
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		<title>Dave Bing Elected Detroit Mayor</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/2009/05/06/bing-unseats-interim-detroit-mayor-with-four-point-win/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/2009/05/06/bing-unseats-interim-detroit-mayor-with-four-point-win/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 16:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what Detroit newspapers called “a stunning victory” local businessman Dave Bing was elected mayor Tuesday and will finish serving the remaining term of convicted Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.]]></description>
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		<title>Fifteen Contenders Vying for Mississippi Mayoral Seat</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/2009/05/04/fifteen-contenders-vying-for-mississippi-mayoral-seat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/2009/05/04/fifteen-contenders-vying-for-mississippi-mayoral-seat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 20:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Melton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mayor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mississippi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the poorest state capital in the country, Jackson, Mississippi is rich in mayoral candidates for the upcoming primary tomorrow. Fourteen people (nine Democrats, four Independents, and one Republican) will challenge Jackson’s incumbent mayor, Democrat Frank Melton, as he pursues a bid for re-election. Among his top challengers are the former mayor, Harvey Johnson; Crisler Marshand, a current city councilman; and current Mississippi State Sen. John Hohrn.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s 100 Days on Front, Home Pages</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/04/29/obamas-100-days-on-front-home-pages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/04/29/obamas-100-days-on-front-home-pages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[100 Days]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After 100 days in office, President Barack Obama is receiving worldwide attention.  (Click here for "Obama's 100 Days: A Look at the Historic Beginning of the Presidency of Barack H. Obama.") But based on the front page headlines from Tulsa, Okla. to Dubuque, Iowa  many Americans say it is too soon to tell if he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jarrett Lauds Obama’s First 100 Days</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2009/04/28/jarrett-lauds-obama%e2%80%99s-first-100-days/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2009/04/28/jarrett-lauds-obama%e2%80%99s-first-100-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[100 Days]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Jarrett]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to President Barack Obama spoke to African American media today about the accomplishments of the president since the first 100 days of his presidency.]]></description>
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		<title>Hard Lessons in Education Funding</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/04/27/hard-lessons-in-education-funding-101/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/04/27/hard-lessons-in-education-funding-101/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[higher education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard University]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Toward the end of the 2007 fall semester, Erin Jackson went from tears of joy to tears of sorrow when she was forced to withdraw from Howard University, her dream school, after only one semester of studies. ]]></description>
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		<title>HBCU Students Seek More Avenues for Funding</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/04/23/hbcu-students-seek-more-avenues-for-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/04/23/hbcu-students-seek-more-avenues-for-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial aid]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Audia Cook, a sophomore at Hampton University (No. 4 on the Black Enterprise Top 50 Colleges for African Americans list), passed up an opportunity to apply for an internship this summer as a pharmaceuticals sales representative with Blue Care Network of Michigan. She says waitressing will allow her a better chance to enroll next fall.]]></description>
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		<title>An All-Inclusive Earth Day</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/04/21/an-all-inclusive-earth-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/04/21/an-all-inclusive-earth-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earth Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Van Jones]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Like the afterschool programs of yesteryear, green jobs guru Van Jones announced at a White House news conference today that Americans should anticipate “A very special Earth Day; an Earth Day for everybody.”]]></description>
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		<title>HBCU Financial Forecast: Part I</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/04/17/hbcu-financial-forecast-part-i/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/04/17/hbcu-financial-forecast-part-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[endowment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The country’s economic quagmire has reached far beyond Wall Street to the hallowed halls of academe. Take for example recent news that Harvard University is planning “across-the-board” budget cuts. If the Ivy League school, which has a $36.9 billion endowment, is in trouble, imagine the situation at minority-serving institutions, whose endowments are a small fraction of Harvard’s.]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit Mayoral Candidates Bump Heads in Debate</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2009/04/17/detroit-mayoral-candidates-bump-heads-in-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2009/04/17/detroit-mayoral-candidates-bump-heads-in-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Bing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detroit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Cockrel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Detroit Mayor Ken Cockrel and businessman Dave Bing agreed on very little at their second mayoral debate Wednesday evening, except that -- as General Motors, a top Detroit employer goes bankrupt -- the city is in desperate need of revenue and jobs.
Bing went into the debate in attack mode saying that Cockrel lacked leadership in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grabbing African Americans by the Green Collar</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/being-green/entrepreneurs-being-green/2009/04/16/grabbing-african-americans-by-the-green-collar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/being-green/entrepreneurs-being-green/2009/04/16/grabbing-african-americans-by-the-green-collar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs BEing Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green DMV]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When many black people think of jobs that create environmental efficiency, they often think of Buck Rogers and space-age technology. That misconception could potentially keep black workers out of the green-collar industry, which is predicted to be the largest employment wave the country has seen in decades.]]></description>
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		<title>Did Jackson Bid $5 Million to Replace Obama?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2009/04/14/did-jackson-bid-5-million-to-replace-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-blogs/2009/04/14/did-jackson-bid-5-million-to-replace-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesse Jackson Jr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rod Blagojevich]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Jessie Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) has emerged as the politician who stands to lose the most after the fallout from former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s indictment.
As Blagojevich pleaded not guilty today to charges of racketeering and fraud, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that Blagojevich’s camp was told last year “that Jackson would raise up to $5 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethics Committee Investigates Rep. Jackson in Blago Fallout</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-news/2009/04/09/ethics-committee-investigates-rep-jackson-in-blago-fallout/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-news/2009/04/09/ethics-committee-investigates-rep-jackson-in-blago-fallout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesse Jackson Jr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rod Blagojevich]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Jesse Jackson confirmed that he is the subject of an investigation by the Office of Congressional Ethics, which is looking into his relationship with indicted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.]]></description>
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		<title>Green Energy, Black Jobs</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/04/08/green-energy-black-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/white-house/white-house-news/2009/04/08/green-energy-black-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[White House News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Council on Environmental Quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Van Jones]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama is not only the first black president, but the first green president, said Van Jones, special adviser for green jobs, enterprise, and innovation with the White House Council on Environmental Quality.]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit Mayoral Race Heats Up Amid City Council Lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-news/2009/04/03/detroit-mayoral-race-heats-up-amid-city-council-lawsuit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-news/2009/04/03/detroit-mayoral-race-heats-up-amid-city-council-lawsuit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Bing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detroit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The collapse of the auto industry isn’t the only thing making headlines in Detroit. The race to succeed Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is heating up in anticipation of the May 5 election between interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr., the former city council president, and Michigan businessman Dave Bing. After the 15-candidate, non-partisan election last February Bing received 29% of the vote and Cockrel 27%. ]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Camp Teaches Teens Ingenuity, Enterprise, Integrity</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/04/01/summer-camp-teaches-teens-ingenuity-enterprise-integrity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/04/01/summer-camp-teaches-teens-ingenuity-enterprise-integrity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Jenkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entrenuity Summer Business Camp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speed Alley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many high school students plan their summer vacations around what malls, beaches, and amusement parks they plan to visit. But thanks to Brian Jenkins, some 450 teens across the nation will get the chance to maximize their business capital when they apply to compete at the 2009 Entrenuity Summer Business Camp at Wheaton College in Illinois this summer.]]></description>
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		<title>John Hope Franklin Dead at Age 94</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/diversity/2009/03/25/historian-john-hope-franklin-dead-at-age-94/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/diversity/2009/03/25/historian-john-hope-franklin-dead-at-age-94/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Hope Franklin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Hope Franklin, a chronicler of history who also shaped it, died this morning from congestive heart failure. He was 94 years old.
"John Hope Franklin lived for nearly a century and helped define that century," said Duke President Richard H. Brodhead. "A towering historian, he led the recognition that African-American history and American history are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report Alleges Wells Fargo Engaged in Discriminatory Lending</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/03/23/report-alleges-wells-fargo-engaged-in-discriminatory-lending/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/03/23/report-alleges-wells-fargo-engaged-in-discriminatory-lending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Accusations of predatory lending at Wells Fargo are making news once again. African Americans paid $137 million more to Wells Fargo &#038; Co. than white borrowers, according to a report released today by the National People's Action (NPA), a grassroots network of organizations hoping to achieve more equity in housing, work, health, education, finance.]]></description>
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		<title>NCNW, Ashley Stewart Campaign to Empower Black Women, Girls</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2009/03/20/ncnw-ashley-stewart-campaign-to-empower-black-women-girls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2009/03/20/ncnw-ashley-stewart-campaign-to-empower-black-women-girls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women of Power Articles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ashley Stewart began their celebration of women’s empowerment four months ahead of National Women’s History Month, when they announced the “We are Listening” campaign last October. Now, every Tuesday in all 217 Ashley Stewart Stores across the country, black women and girls join together with the support of the National Council of Negro Women to mentor, celebrate, and empower one another.]]></description>
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		<title>Empowerment Experiment Shines Light on Black Business Blight</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/03/20/empowerment-experiment-shines-light-on-black-business-blight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/03/20/empowerment-experiment-shines-light-on-black-business-blight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic empowerment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-determination]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like many other blacks in Illinois who live in areas where mainstream grocery stores are absent or distant, Maggie Anderson travels quite a distance to find a grocery store that sells fresh food. The difference is Anderson doesn’t live in a food desert. She travels 14 miles into Chicago’s inner city to Farmers Best Market because it is black-owned. ]]></description>
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		<title>NAACP Expands Litigation for Discriminatory Lending</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/03/17/naacp-expands-litigation-for-discriminatory-lending/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/03/17/naacp-expands-litigation-for-discriminatory-lending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benjamin Jealous]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lawsuit]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wells Fargo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The NAACP filed suit against Wells Fargo and HSBC Bank USA last week, claiming black borrowers at these institutions were more than 30% more likely to be issued a higher rate loan than white applicants with the same qualifications.]]></description>
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		<title>HUD Outlines Homeowners&#8217; Rescue Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/homeownership/2009/03/16/hud-outlines-homeowners-rescue-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/homeownership/2009/03/16/hud-outlines-homeowners-rescue-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homeownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HUD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subprime loans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
If you’re one of the seven to nine million homeowners whose monthly mortgage payments are taking their toll, the Obama administration’s Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan, could help you refinance that loan into more affordable payments. This plan will be crucial to many black families who were disproportionately targeted by subprime loans.
“We’ve got to make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Credit Crunch Scuttles Aqueduct Racetrack Deal for Peebles, McKissack</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/03/11/credit-crunch-scuttles-aqueduct-racetrack-deal-for-peebles-mckissack/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/03/11/credit-crunch-scuttles-aqueduct-racetrack-deal-for-peebles-mckissack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aqueduct Racetrack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delaware North Cos. Gaming and Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McKissack & McKissack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peebles Corp.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Unable to get financing for its $370 million development deal to produce video slot machines at the Aqueduct Racetrack, Delaware North Cos. Gaming and Entertainment said it has withdrawn from the project.]]></description>
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		<title>FDIC’s New Campaign Promotes Deposit Insurance Awareness</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/consumer-affairs/2009/03/11/fdic%e2%80%99s-new-campaign-promotes-deposit-insurance-awareness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/consumer-affairs/2009/03/11/fdic%e2%80%99s-new-campaign-promotes-deposit-insurance-awareness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deposit insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indy Mac]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who banks has seen the phrase “FDIC Insured,” but to make sure that they know what it means, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has kicked off a campaign to educate people about federal deposit insurance and the benefits of patronizing financial institutions that are FDIC insured. ]]></description>
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		<title>Kennedy, Graves Honored at UNCF&#8217;s 65th Anniversary Dinner</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/03/06/kennedy-graves-honored-at-uncfs-65th-anniversary-dinner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/03/06/kennedy-graves-honored-at-uncfs-65th-anniversary-dinner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caroline Kennedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earl G. Graves Sr.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[higher education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNCF]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the United Negro College Fund's (UNCF) 65th anniversary dinner in New York, publisher Earl G. Graves Sr. and Caroline Kennedy received awards of distinction for their commitment to the education of black students. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pullman Porters: Ambassadors of Railroad&#8217;s Golden Era</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/02/27/pullman-porters-ambassadors-of-railroads-golden-era-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/02/27/pullman-porters-ambassadors-of-railroads-golden-era-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A. Phillip Randolph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lyn Hughes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pullman Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pullman Porters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pullman porters, who wore dignified uniforms, traveled cross country, and met celebrities and dignitaries, seemed to live glamorous lives. They often transported black newspapers to areas where black media wasn’t available and were held in high esteem in the black community. But they were also dehumanized, ridiculed, and undermined.]]></description>
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		<title>Survey Finds Disconnect Between Beliefs and Financial Planning for Blacks</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/02/26/survey-finds-disconnect-between-beliefs-and-financial-planning-for-blacks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/wealth-for-life/2009/02/26/survey-finds-disconnect-between-beliefs-and-financial-planning-for-blacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nationwide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tavis Smiley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Released today, the Nationwide Insurance and Tavis Smiley Consumer Survey identified disturbing trends behind what blacks believe and how they react to financial planning and economic empowerment.]]></description>
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