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		<title>To Save and Protect</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[estate planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women & Money]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tax planning and estate planning are important—especially for women. Since 80% of married women will outlive their husbands, combined with the possibility of a spouse’s layoff, divorce, or remaining single, chances are high that all women will at some point in their lives become the head of household and sole breadwinner. So it’s important that women develop tax strategies and estate plans that are beneficial to them and their families.]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons From Her Father</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Evers Roberson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Women of Power Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[personal finance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s no surprise that 30-year-old Kimberly Allman has her finances in order. Her parents’ guidance dovetailed with her own financial self-discipline. It was those early influences that led to the Brooklyn, New York, resident’s credit score of 762, credit cards with zero balances, and her money-saving mindset. ]]></description>
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		<title>Let’s Talk About Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Black Enterprise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About This Issue]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Economic agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post-recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If there’s one thing magazine editors love—more than writing and creating content—it’s talking. Whether it’s here in the hallways of black enterprise debating the latest news events or huddled around a conference table to hash over the jobless rate’s impact on our readers, we enjoy lively conversation. (You can only imagine how our penchant for chit-chat affects the length of our meetings.)]]></description>
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		<title>Drafting a Financial Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/03/15/drafting-a-financial-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl Nance-Nash</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dion and Sherrunda Adkins both grew up in families that struggled financially. “In our family you work until you die,” says Dion. “People have little savings and at 65 they are still trying to make ends meet. We want to change those traditions.” Today, the parents of Deanna, 4, and Dion Jr., 2, are working hard to do just that.]]></description>
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		<title>Catch the International Flight</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[international commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international investments]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stock market]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First, the good news. The stock market crash of 2008 lasted through March 9, 2009, but things improved rapidly after that. From March through July of last year, Standard &#038; Poor’s 500 stock index gained 35.62%, enjoying its best five-month run since 1938. For the entire year, the average U.S. stock fund returned about 33%, and virtually every category of mutual fund tracked by Morningstar wound up with positive results.]]></description>
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		<title>A New Economic Agenda for  Black America</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[economic forecast]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama Recently hit the reset button on his presidency with a renewed emphasis on job creation and small business development. He said in his 69-minute State of the Union address:  “We can’t afford another so-called economic ‘expansion’ like the one from the last decade—what some call the ‘lost decade’—where jobs grew more slowly than during any prior expansion.”]]></description>
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		<title>The Protector</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annya Lott</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lisa Jackson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lisa P. Jackson, in her job as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, may seem far removed from the everyday concerns of American people. But nothing could be more false, asserts the EPA administrator. “You just have to realize that the environment is the air you breathe and the water that comes out of your tap.” ]]></description>
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		<title>Building Paradise</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/03/01/building-paradise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kingsley Kanu Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[day spa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fleeing famine and communism in Ethiopia, Tadiwos Belete came to America in the 1980s for a chance at survival and success. With a fresh start in Boston, Belete enrolled in cosmetology school. Working his way up from assistant stylist to salon manager, Belete pooled resources with seven friends to open a hair salon.]]></description>
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		<title>Lost in Emotions?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/03/01/lost-in-emotions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The concept of emotional intelligence has been popular in corporate circles since the late 1990s, after the release of the best-selling book Working with Emotional Intelligence (Bantam; $28) by psychologist Daniel Goleman. The author makes the following case: Above IQ or expertise, a person’s ability to identify and manage his or her feelings, as well as recognize and adjust to the feelings of others, can lead to success on a job, thus positively impacting his or her company.  ]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Places to Stash Your Cash</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/03/01/the-best-places-to-stash-your-cash/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donald Jay Korn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CD laddering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Market yield]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Financial advisers constantly recommend this basic principle of fiscal management: Maintain an emergency cash fund of between three and six (or more) months of living expenses. But what’s the safest way to store the money, keep it at your disposal, and still earn some interest on it?]]></description>
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		<title>A Selective Solution</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/03/01/a-selective-solution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maya Payne Smart</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[hair care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jane Carter has spent more than 20 years styling hair as a salon owner and instructor. But over the course of her tenure, the beauty industry veteran says she faced career uncertainty following a severe allergic reaction. “I developed asthma and dermatitis, and I had to literally go back and clear out everything we were using in the salon,” she recalls. “So, I went from product line to product line and discovered harmful ingredients and perfumes.”]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ebony Fashion Fair]]></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>Recipe for Success</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/03/01/recipe-for-success-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Business loan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It did not take long for Angela Cauley and Ian Blount to concoct an alluring formula for success for Coalescence L.L.C. ( www.coalescencellc.com; 614-861-3639), their Columbus, Ohio-based food blending and repackaging company. Coalescence custom blends spices and ingredients that end up in salad dressings served at Wendy’s fast food chain restaurants and in Morningstar Farms’ vegetarian food products.]]></description>
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		<title>Delta Air Lines launches new online tool for diverse suppliers</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/03/01/delta-air-lines-launches-new-online-tool-for-diverse-suppliers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brittany Hutson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delta Air Lines is seeking to increase its partnership with suppliers through the launch of a new Web-based technology. ]]></description>
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		<title>Ask Your Advocate: How To Get Your Unclaimed Tax Refund</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/03/01/ask-your-advocate-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheiresa Ngo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve moved a lot over the last five years and I sometimes don’t fill out a change of address form. One of my friends mentioned that I should check to see if I might have money that I’ve overlooked from past jobs or tax refunds. What’s the best way to find out if I have unclaimed money?]]></description>
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		<title>Pioneering Businessman and Politician Percy E. Sutton</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apollo Theater]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Percy E. Sutton never met a challenge too great for his boundless energy and intrepid spirit. The founder of Inner City Broadcasting Corp. died Dec. 26, 2009. He was 89.]]></description>
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		<title>Family Ties</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/03/01/family-ties-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget McCrea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avery Allen isn’t your typical 12-year-old. Unlike most of his peers, he doesn’t see his parents as a limitless source of financing, nor does he assume that his own financial acumen will develop on its own.]]></description>
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		<title>No Business Without Technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Earl G. Graves, Sr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received an e-mail recently from a pair of intrepid college graduates seeking my advice as they start a magazine. They laid out their idea with great enthusiasm, slathering on lots of personal compliments for good measure (works every time).]]></description>
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		<title>Savvy Solutions: Jumping Into the Toy Industry</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/03/01/savvy-solutions-jumping-into-the-toy-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tennille M. Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have created a board game. I’ve gone to a variety of toy and board game companies to market it. Who can I turn to, to see if my idea is something in which a company would be interested?]]></description>
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		<title>A Better Way to Work</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/03/01/a-better-way-to-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonya A. Donaldson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot has been said about the benefits of social media, and it’s all true. But to keep your business from floating off into the increasingly popular “cloud,” you can’t forget the basics. Here are some products to help you stay grounded.]]></description>
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		<title>Changing for the Better?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/03/01/changing-for-the-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in several years, the Small Business Administration has conducted a comprehensive review of its 8(a) program and will announce regulation changes this summer. Created to help small, economically disadvantaged firms grow their businesses and access government contracting opportunities, the program has frequently come under fire for being inadequate and out of touch with current economic realities.]]></description>
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		<title>Overcoming Gender Differences</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/03/01/overcoming-gender-differences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brittany Hutson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As women of color continue to make strides in the workforce, the rate at which they are advancing into senior leadership (C-suite) positions remains a challenge.  ]]></description>
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		<title>A Tech Makeover Story</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2010/03/01/a-tech-makeover-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonya A. Donaldson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year was no cakewalk for many Americans: The fallout from the near collapse of the financial industry, the upending of the real estate market, and record-high unemployment rates were nothing to sing about. Despite the overall gloom, some entrepreneurs knew brief moments of hope, particularly those who invested in technology.]]></description>
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		<title>Investing Rules for Women</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/03/01/investing-rules-for-women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheiresa Ngo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sure, investing can be intimidating. And if you’re averse to what can appear to be an endless stream of formulas, ratios, and financial jargon, now is the time to get over it. ]]></description>
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		<title>Green Credit Cards</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/03/01/green-credit-cards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie E. Royal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone close to Chanté Evans, 30, knows
being “green” is a priority for her. Each year on Earth Day, she teaches her fourth-grade students at McNair Discovery Learning Academy in Decatur, Georgia, about protecting the environment. Recycling in the home is second nature to her 10-year-old son, Ryan, whose birthday coincides with Earth Day.  She even conspicuously places large, pink-wrapped boxes marked separately for plastics, glass, and aluminum around the room at her monthly Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. meetings. At just about every opportunity, Evans seeks services, products, companies, and methods that focus on the environment.]]></description>
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		<title>First Independence’s Sweet Song of Growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hughes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For more than three decades, Donald Davis played the six string, performing on an array of hits for the old Motown and Stax record labels. In fact, his guitar can be heard on Motown’s first hit single, “Money (That’s What I Want).” Some 50 years later, the 71-year-old Davis—now chairman and CEO of Detroit-based First Independence Bank (No. 15  on the be banks list with $161.1 million in assets)—has discovered a bold new beat. The three-time Grammy winner is banking on declining real estate values to be the bridge to greater profitability for his financial institution.
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		<title>Color Me Bold</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/03/01/color-me-bold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alisa Gumbs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sabrina Thompson has a long history of putting contrasting things together and somehow making them work. The 32-year-old first began freestyle painting on nails and T-shirt designs when she was 11, inspired by her track idol, Florence Griffith Joyner. “A lot of my pieces are sort of contradicting when it comes to color. I’ll put blue with purple and green and yellow—something that people won’t really expect, but they end up liking it.”]]></description>
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		<title>Building Wealth</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/03/01/building-wealth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl Nance-Nash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ebony Smith says losing her job was a blessing in disguise. In 2008, the former investment banker was about one month into her dream job when Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for bankruptcy. Smith worked with the firm’s successor for five months. But, in January 2009, she was laid off with a severance of three months’ salary. By the summer of that year, Smith was back at work as a financial analyst with a major global consulting firm.]]></description>
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		<title>A Classic Closet</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2010/03/01/a-classic-closet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonia Alleyne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michelle Rose remembers a time when purchasing vintage clothing was loathed in fashion circles. “Today, vintage is all the rage,” she says. ]]></description>
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		<title>Long-Term Investing to Create the Future You Deserve</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/03/01/long-term-investing-to-create-the-future-you-deserve/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Earl "Butch" Graves Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today’s unpredictable environment, far too many of us operate in survival mode, suffering from myopia when it comes to planning for our financial future. Sadly, I’ve found an overwhelming number of African Americans have made fear-fueled, short-term investment decisions that will clearly wreck their long-term wealth-building prospects.]]></description>
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		<title>Investing Lessons From a Billionaire</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hughes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s one of the most basic ideas in investing: Diversify and spread risk along various asset classes or, in the case of equities, among different industries. But self-made billionaire investor and entrepreneur Michael Lee-Chin begs to differ.
Taking a distinctly contrarian approach to investing, the founder and chairman of Portland Holdings Inc., a privately held investment company in Burlington, Ontario, argues that when looking at stocks, focusing on specific companies and industries trumps diversification any day. Lee-Chin also doesn’t try to read the tea leaves of economic indicators. “I didn’t create wealth by being a prognosticator,” he says. “I created wealth by finding businesses that are fundamentally sound and that have great business models that I understand and can buy inexpensively.”]]></description>
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		<title>Cents and Sensibility</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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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>The 100 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/25/the-100-most-powerful-executives-in-corporate-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonia Alleyne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our nation has officially been in a recession for roughly a year—one already characterized as the most brutal in decades. At press time, 10 million Americans were out of work—6.1% of whites, 11.2% of blacks. Moreover, the financial services and automotive sectors, to name two industries, require billions in taxpayer dollars to stay afloat. Yet in this midst of this strained economy, Black Enterprise has decided to spotlight the extraordinary achievements of a cadre of top professionals—our 100 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America.]]></description>
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		<title>Staying on Track</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/25/staying-on-track/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl Nance-Nash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like mother, like daughter. And that’s just fine by Dasha Lundy. Her mother taught her the importance of saving at least 10% of whatever she had.]]></description>
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		<title>One For All</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/24/one-for-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayana Dixon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In November 2008 Jenkins invited a group of designers that are regularly carried in The Brownstone to her store for a meeting. When they gathered, Jenkins presented them with a proposition: to form a partnership and collectively host a series of promotional events around the city.]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Offense: Defensive Investing</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/24/the-best-offense-defensive-investing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donald Jay Korn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do wealthy investors and institutions pay millions of dollars in admission fees to get into hedge funds? Because hedging—or using investment strategies that reduce financial risk—works. ]]></description>
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		<title>Team Player</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/23/team-player/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Drakes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Collaboration between key departments, or key stakeholders, allows for creative, out-of-the-box solutions to business objectives. ]]></description>
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		<title>Green Investing</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/23/green-investing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/23/green-investing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hughes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the dot-com-crazed ’90s, a good number of investment firms chased big returns by employing high-risk strategies. As equity markets produced double-digit gains, portfolio managers seemed to view any tech venture as a boundless opportunity to reap huge profits. That is, until the dot-com boom went bust. ]]></description>
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		<title>Avoid Multitasking Madness</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/22/avoid-multitasking-madness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/22/avoid-multitasking-madness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kingsley Kanu Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peggy Duncan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The unwillingness to slow down may be one of the biggest reasons why we struggle with time management.]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Solutions</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2010/02/22/natural-solutions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2010/02/22/natural-solutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara E. Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a high school history teacher, Karen Tappin spent the summer of 2003 mastering the art of making natural soaps, lotions, and haircare products.]]></description>
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		<title>Backtalk with Robert L. Satcher Jr.</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/19/backtalk-with-robert-l-satcher-jr/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/19/backtalk-with-robert-l-satcher-jr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaToya M. Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even with prominent African Americans in high-ranking positions, such as President Obama and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, do you feel that some youth are still limited in thinking about what they can become?]]></description>
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		<title>Learn the Rules of Effective Networking</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/19/learn-the-rules-of-effective-networking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/19/learn-the-rules-of-effective-networking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Earl "Butch" Graves Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout the years, I have found business is personal. Trust, chemistry, and authentic connections represent the foundation of ongoing interactions and completed transactions. Sound business relationships—like all of your associations—require time, patience, understanding, and dialogue.]]></description>
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		<title>They’ve Got Apps for That</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/19/they%e2%80%99ve-got-apps-for-that/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/19/they%e2%80%99ve-got-apps-for-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technology is more than a fancy high-definition television, feature-rich cell phone, or cutting-edge video game system. While those devices play important roles within the lives of average Americans, significant advances in business technology enable small companies to appear larger, operate more efficiently, and save money in these cash-strapped times.]]></description>
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		<title>BackTalk with Gwen Ifill</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/15/backtalk-with-gwen-ifill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/15/backtalk-with-gwen-ifill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tennille M. Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black Enterprise turned the tables on Gwen Ifill, getting her thoughts on objectivity in the media, the election of Barack Obama, and changing the discussion of race.]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Illiteracy Will Make Us a Permanent Underclass</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/executive-memo/2010/02/01/financial-illiteracy-will-make-us-a-permanent-underclass/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/executive-memo/2010/02/01/financial-illiteracy-will-make-us-a-permanent-underclass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Earl "Butch" Graves Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These days, I’ve become increasingly alarmed by the growing pattern of recklessness and neglect that seems to govern the management of our personal finances. Recent actions—or I should say inaction—by large numbers of African Americans have prompted me to suggest taking a bold step and declare a state of financial emergency. I make this assertion not for dramatic effect but to bring attention to the need for us to take corrective measures. If not, this self-destructive behavior will continue to threaten the future of our families for generations to come.]]></description>
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		<title>Cyberwise: How Do I Protect My Photos on the Web?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/cyberwise-how-do-i-protect-my-photos-on-the-web/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/cyberwise-how-do-i-protect-my-photos-on-the-web/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonya A. Donaldson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a simple question: I am an amateur photographer and would like to display my photos online on Websites such as Flickr. How do I keep them from being used without my permission?]]></description>
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		<title>Money Matters: Preparing for Retirement</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/money-matters-preparing-for-retirement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/money-matters-preparing-for-retirement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Simons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m 61 years old and  would like to retire in seven years. I have a pretty diverse portfolio, but I’d like to know how I should structure my investment holdings.]]></description>
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		<title>Savvy Solutions: How to Get Paid as a Consultant</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2010/02/01/savvy-solutions-how-to-get-paid-as-a-consultant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2010/02/01/savvy-solutions-how-to-get-paid-as-a-consultant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tennille M. Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I presented a marketing proposal to a company where I formerly interned. We are into our third meeting and I’ve helped them develop a number of initiatives and ideas to pursue, so far, free of charge. How do I bill consultant fees? And how much should I be compensated if they use any of my ideas?]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping It Real</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/keeping-it-real/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/keeping-it-real/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonya A. Donaldson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s been a lot of talk lately about virtual reality and augmented reality. For most, the only name that comes to mind is Second Life (www.secondlife.com), a Website that lets users build virtual spaces and create avatars as a way to socialize and create virtual businesses. Although Second Life has provided opportunities for entrepreneurs and small businesses to test the waters and develop company strategies, it hasn’t been without its limitations, says Antonio Collier, 40, founder and CEO of Vzillion Inc. (www.vzillion.com), a virtual Internet platform (or, as Collier calls it, VirtuReal) designed to more effectively connect businesses with customers online and off.]]></description>
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		<title>Since You Asked: Finding a Job in Medical Billing</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/since-you-asked-finding-a-job-in-medical-billing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/since-you-asked-finding-a-job-in-medical-billing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annya Lott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve worked in medical laboratories for more than 30 years. I left my last job two years ago to care for a terminally ill parent. My problem is, although I have experience and received a diploma online for health information medical coding and billing, I have no degree. How do I get started job hunting without one]]></description>
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		<title>Redefining Global Business</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/redefining-global-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia A. Reed-Woodard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his new role as director of the applICAtion platform service line in the Worldwide Services division of Redmond, Washington-based software giant Microsoft Corp., Courtenay Yates wanted to retool for the formidable task of overseeing the division’s international business strategy and operations.]]></description>
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		<title>Talking Points: The Case for Entrepreneurial Parity</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2010/02/01/talking-points-the-case-for-entrepreneurial-parity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2010/02/01/talking-points-the-case-for-entrepreneurial-parity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BLACK ENTERPRISE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Minority Business Development Agency, a branch of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is on a mission. Under the leadership of National Director David A. Hinson, the agency’s top goal is to achieve “economic parity,” by matching the percentage of private businesses owned by minorities with their representation in the U.S. population. If that target is reached, MBDA believes minority-owned companies would generate more than $2.5 trillion in annual revenues, create 16 million new jobs, and contribute more than $100 billion in annual taxes. The nation’s 4 million minority-owned businesses currently generate $660 billion in revenues and employ nearly 5 million workers.]]></description>
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		<title>Ask Your Advocate: Can Unemployment Lead to Bankruptcy?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/ask-your-advocate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/ask-your-advocate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheiresa Ngo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been unemployed for the last six months, and I’ve spent most of my emergency savings. I’m having trouble paying my credit card and student loan. Should I file for bankruptcy?]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare Jobs Galore</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2010/02/01/healthcare-jobs-galore/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2010/02/01/healthcare-jobs-galore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benice Atufunwa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whitney Goldsberry wasn’t surprised to land a healthcare job within two weeks of receiving her master’s degree in communication sciences and disorders in May 2009 from Emerson College in Boston. “It took most of the people in my program less than a month to find a job,” says the speech-language pathologist for special needs children. “There’s just such high demand.” She attributes the need to changes in laws that have made speech therapy more available to children at an earlier age, the number of veterans with impaired speech as a result of head injuries, and our aging population. With an 11% employment growth projected between 2006 and 2016 and an average salary of $75,000, speech pathology is just one of many growing jobs available in healthcare.]]></description>
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		<title>Webinar Wonder</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/webinar-wonder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brittany Hutson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Webinars offer small business owners a platform to market themselves as an authority, strengthen their brand, and attract more clients—when executed properly.
Kimberly Seals Allers, founder and editor-in-chief of MochaManual.com, an online parenting destination for African American mothers, began using Webinars in the spring of 2009 after she realized her competitors were using them. “I was attending Webinars myself as a consumer, and it made me think I should be using them as a business owner,” she recalls. Allers, also author of the Mocha Manual book series, now produces monthly Webinars that tackle parenting topics such as pregnancy and flu vaccinations.]]></description>
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		<title>75 Most Powerful Women In Business</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/75-most-powerful-women-in-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonia Alleyne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does it take to be named one of Black Enterprise’s 75 Most Powerful Women in Business? To identify our senior corporate executives and leading entrepreneurs—women responsible for developing product lines, positioning brands, operating core business areas, generating revenues, and with profit &#038; loss oversight at the highest levels—our editorial and research teams pored over hundreds of biographies and résumés, as well as conducted interviews with potential candidates and leading trade associations for several months.]]></description>
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		<title>Unduplicated Success</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/unduplicated-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonia Alleyne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In July 2009, Ursula M. Burns was named CEO of Xerox Corp., becoming not only the first African American woman to run one of the largest publicly traded companies, but also being placed among the world’s most influential chief executives, male or female. This event may have signaled the beginning of a new era for black female representation in Corporate America.]]></description>
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		<title>A Woman’s Guide to Managing Money</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/a-woman%e2%80%99s-guide-to-managing-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/a-woman%e2%80%99s-guide-to-managing-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Different life stages, different financial needs. Whatever your situation here’s what you need to know now.]]></description>
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		<title>When Should You Refinance?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/when-should-you-refinance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara E. Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[equity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When 32-year-old James W. Johnson of Raleigh, North Carolina, bought his first home five years ago, the best deal he could find was an adjustable rate mortgage with a 5.625% interest rate. Last April, aware that his ARM was about to reset, Johnson refinanced to a fixed-rate mortgage with a 5.275% interest rate. “I was blessed enough that interest rates have gotten lower in the last five years,” he says.]]></description>
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		<title>Saying It With Style</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/saying-it-with-style/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonia Alleyne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many opt for the ease and simplicity of e-cards, there’s no denying that sending a written note communicates thought and a personal touch. Greeting cards by Aaron Potts NYC take that distinction into high fashion with bold, beautifully and stylishly designed cards for birthdays, new moms, brides, and Valentines. A fashion enthusiast, Potts’ illustrations are playfully accented with sayings such as “Have a Red Carpet Moment … Happy Birthday!” The blank note card collection includes a set inspired by Michelle Obama, entitled “First Lady.” Sets include eight 5 by 7 cards, each in a clear, protective sleeve with a metallic seal, and cost $21.95. To order, visit: www.aaronpottsnyc.com. 
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		<title>Satchel Sassy</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2010/02/01/satchel-sassy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonia Alleyne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not only is singer and handbag designer Siedah Garrett consistently in creative mode, she’s always prepared. ]]></description>
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		<title>Defensive Driving</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/defensive-driving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hughes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“What am I going to do?” That was the first thought that ran through Bill Perkins’ mind upon learning he would lose the Pontiac franchise that comprised some 60% of revenues for the flagship dealership of his automotive empire. While he still maintained the GMC line and another pair of outlets that sold Chevrolets, the disappearance of Pontiac models could wreck Bill Perkins Automotive Group (No. 13 on the be auto dealers list with $111.2 million in revenues), the business he spent 20 years building.]]></description>
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		<title>How’s Your HEART?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2010/02/01/how%e2%80%99s-your-heart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annya Lott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pamela Thomas had always received a ­perfect bill of health, but at age 38, Thomas’ life changed. She became one of roughly 5.5 million Americans diagnosed with congestive heart failure.]]></description>
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		<title>Savvy Solutions: When It&#8217;s A Good Idea to Self-Publish</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2010/02/01/savvy-solutions-when-its-a-good-idea-to-self-publish/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2010/02/01/savvy-solutions-when-its-a-good-idea-to-self-publish/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tennille M. Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been trying to print a children’s book. I don’t want to do the traditional method of going through a publishing company. I’m looking for companies that can print books in small quantities.]]></description>
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		<title>Adding Up the Numbers</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/adding-up-the-numbers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brittany Hutson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Glenn R. Carrington, national tax director for client services at Ernst &#038; Young L.L.P., is on a mission. After 30 years in the tax profession, he is anticipating retiring in four to five years—but not before he imparts some advice on how his firm can attract and retain more African Americans. One of his ideas has already come to fruition. In 2007, Ernst &#038; Young launched the Diversity Tax Leadership Conference, a program that exposes more than 100 invited students to the career possibilities within the tax profession over a three-day period in New York City. “We normally go on to hire 90% of the people we bring in,” notes Carrington.]]></description>
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		<title>Pep Talk: How to Acquire Nonprofit Status</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/pep-talk-how-to-acquire-nonprofit-status/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/pep-talk-how-to-acquire-nonprofit-status/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tennille M. Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I throw benefit concerts every month for different organizations in need. I’m currently working on acquiring 501(c)(3) status. How do I get media coverage?]]></description>
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		<title>Accelerated Assistance</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2010/02/01/accelerated-assistance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margarette Burnette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a start up, the first few years of life are most critical. It’s a pivotal time that only a fraction of ventures have the capital, resources, and stamina to survive. Stepping in to help entrepreneurs are business incubators, which provide coaching, networking opportunities, and even affordable office space to newly minted entrepreneurs.]]></description>
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		<title>The Boomerang Effect</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/the-boomerang-effect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara E. Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early last year, the NAACP, in conjunction with Washington, D.C.-based law firm Mehri &#038; Skalet,  issued a sounding cry about the advertising industry: African Americans were grossly underrepresented. Sixteen percent of large advertising firms had no black managers or professionals, a rate 60% higher than in the overall labor market.]]></description>
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		<title>Money Matters: Finding Financing for a Fixer-Upper</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Simons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband and I are looking to buy a home, but all we can find in our price range are “fixer-uppers.” We only have about 10% for the down payment. How do we finance repairs when many banks aren’t giving home equity lines of credit anymore?]]></description>
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		<title>Super Savers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Coachman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newlyweds Derick Pearson and Felecia Hatcher are first-rate savers. Pearson was raised in a large family and taught the importance of saving by his aunt and uncle, Jean and Stan Kennedy. “They taught me how to budget every cent, along with saving for future expenses such as education, vacations, and emergencies,” says the 26-year-old. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Bare Essentials</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/the-bare-essentials/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Simons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At its heart, stock investing is about owning a piece of a business whose potential you believe in. While that sounds like a no-brainer, many investors have lost sight of that fundamental truth, says Douglas Coe, managing partner and chief investment strategist at Moody Reid Financial Advisors in Kansas City, Missouri. As Coe sees it, the process of picking stocks for your portfolio shouldn’t be any more complicated than buying into solid businesses. “I think about owning companies, not stocks,” says Coe.]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Advantage of Takeovers</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/taking-advantage-of-takeovers-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donald Jay Korn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When stocks rise, corporate takeovers usually aren’t far behind. Those takeovers can generate profits for investors—if you happen to own stock in the company being acquired.]]></description>
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		<title>How to Get Your Property Taxes Lowered</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/how-to-get-your-property-taxes-lowered/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/how-to-get-your-property-taxes-lowered/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara-Nicholle Nelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there was a way you could save $3,500 with 30 minutes’ worth of effort, would you do it? While it might sound too good to be true, that’s exactly what Oakland, California, homeowners Earl Davis and Tarita Whittingham did last year when they applied to have the Alameda County Tax Assessor reassess their home.]]></description>
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		<title>A Woman’s Guide to Money Management</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/a-woman%e2%80%99s-guide-to-money-management/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/a-woman%e2%80%99s-guide-to-money-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheiresa Ngo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creating a financial plan should be on everyone’s to-do list. Financial planning is not solely for the rich, nor should it be left up to your significant other. It is important for everyone—especially women—to develop a financial plan. ]]></description>
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		<title>Safe Haven</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/safe-haven/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/safe-haven/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheryl Nance-Nash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sylvia King's financial discipline kept her afloat during tough times]]></description>
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		<title>A Perfect Resting Place</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2010/02/01/a-perfect-resting-place/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2010/02/01/a-perfect-resting-place/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonia Alleyne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Janet League-Katzin creates a restorative oasis for the overworked professional.]]></description>
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		<title>From One Company to Another</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2010/02/01/from-one-company-to-another/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2010/02/01/from-one-company-to-another/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emerald Morrow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When sisters Eve Lane and Holly Lane-Mixon launched Zebra Lane on a shoestring budget in 2003, they knew they wanted to expand their fraternity and sorority stationery and gift business beyond the retail realm into the world of business-to-business.]]></description>
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		<title>Charting The Growth Industries</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2010/02/01/charting-the-growth-industries/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2010/02/01/charting-the-growth-industries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brittany Hutson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is our kickoff of a yearlong series on where the jobs are.]]></description>
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		<title>Organize Your Life</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2010/02/01/organize-your-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2010/02/01/organize-your-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Hudson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone using a smartphone already knows how great it is to have everything you want right in your pocket. Wouldn’t it be even better, though, if you could turn your device into a fully functional organizer, managing everything from employee lists to business inventory to customer information? Well, there are a couple of apps for that: Bento for iPhone and DDH Software’s HanDBase for smartphones.]]></description>
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		<title>Approach the Right Strategy With B-to-B</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2010/02/01/approach-the-right-strategy-with-b-to-b/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2010/02/01/approach-the-right-strategy-with-b-to-b/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emerald Morrow</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One opportunity entrepreneurs should consider when revising or creating a new business plan is making a foray into the business-to-business domain.]]></description>
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		<title>Letting Go</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2010/02/01/letting-go/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2010/02/01/letting-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maya Payne Smart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When corporate downsizing resulted in a job change from manufacturing supervisor to security guard, Mary Parker didn’t complain. Instead, she remained upbeat, embraced the new challenge, and quickly earned the moniker “Officer Friendly” in the building where she worked. N ow as president and CEO of ALL(n)1 Security Services (www.alln1security.com; 404-691-4915), a full-service security firm in Atlanta, Parker imparts that same commitment to compassionate security to the people she employs: eight full-time office staff and nearly 200 people in the field.]]></description>
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		<title>In the Black</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2010/02/01/in-the-black/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2010/02/01/in-the-black/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Egodigwe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Executive Suite]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In three years as vice president of distribution, J. Phillip Holloman, President &#038; COO of Cintas Corp. turned the Distribution Division from operating $8 million in the red to operating $3 million in the black.]]></description>
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		<title>Backtalk with Anika Noni Rose</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/backtalk/2010/01/01/backtalk-with-anika-noni-rose/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/backtalk/2010/01/01/backtalk-with-anika-noni-rose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Gordon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From a self-proclaimed dreamer to a world-renowned Dreamgirl, actress and singer Anika Noni Rose has seen many of her dreams come true.
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		<title>Taking the Reins of Opportunity</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/publishers-page/2010/01/01/taking-the-reins-of-opportunity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/publishers-page/2010/01/01/taking-the-reins-of-opportunity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Earl G. Graves, Sr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you view the fact that in 2010 we are still celebrating major firsts in African American history as good news or bad is a matter of perspective. But the ascension of Ursula Burns to CEO of Xerox Corp. was unequivocally, spectacularly good!]]></description>
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		<title>Money Matters: Should I Ditch My Home?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/01/01/qa-money-matters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/01/01/qa-money-matters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Simons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t have equity in the home I bought three years ago. When is it time to ditch a house, even if you are current on your mortgage payments?]]></description>
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		<title>The Paths to Power</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/about-this-issue/2010/01/01/the-paths-to-power/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/about-this-issue/2010/01/01/the-paths-to-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It all began in 1980, when an 19-year-old Ursula Burns walked through the doors of Xerox Corp. to work as a summer intern. Over the next three decades she would put an indelible mark on the global leviathan. In July 2009, her prowess and performance led to a headline-grabbing milestone: Burns was installed as Xerox’s chief executive officer, becoming the first African American woman to take the helm of one of the nation’s largest publicly traded companies.]]></description>
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		<title>Uncoventional Wisdom</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/01/01/uncoventional-wisdom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Simons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How good a stock picker is Quintano Downes? The 13-year Wall Street veteran equities trader did such a stellar job for clients in his three years running Haven Financial Services’ equity and fixed income trading desk, that he was able to purchase a majority stake in the firm’s parent company, APB Financial Group, in 2009.]]></description>
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		<title>Get a Jump on the Tax Man</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/01/01/get-a-jump-on-the-tax-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the clock strikes midnight on Jan. 1, it will also usher in the start of tax season. As everyone knows, you have until April 15th to file your state and federal income tax forms. But many tax experts recommend getting an early start to beat the mad deadline dash. ]]></description>
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		<title>Apocalypse Then</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/01/01/apocalypse-then/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/01/01/apocalypse-then/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mellody Hobson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life teaches its lessons not during easy times, but during difficult ones. As distance runners say: “Every race is won or lost on the uphill.” That’s why in October my entire firm, Ariel Investments, held a firm-wide retreat to reflect on the year that had just passed. In doing so, we came away with three big takeaways.]]></description>
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		<title>Spirit of France</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2010/01/01/spirit-of-france/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Drakes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cognac region—birthplace of the esteemed brandy—resembles a page from a French novel: narrow cobblestone streets wind between 18th-century houses and spectacular churches embellished with striking sculptures and frescoes. Most cognac producers delight in providing tours, demos, and historical recreations. I’ve always associated the auburn hue of cognac with hard, throat-scorching liquor; I never noticed its distinction. The indulgences on my six-day itinerary certainly elevated my perception—and my palate.]]></description>
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		<title>Boost Your Credit Score</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/01/01/boost-your-credit-score-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Lea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having the ability to obtain an affordable home loan is only one example of how it pays to have good credit. Your insurance premiums will also be lower if you have a high credit score. “An excellent credit score is 750 or higher; 680 to 740 is good. The lower 600s would be considered fair. Anything below that is poor or subprime,” says Ben Woolsey, director of marketing and consumer research for CreditCards.com.]]></description>
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		<title>A Natural Healer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chana Garcia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The shelves at Sacred Vibes Apothecary hold a bounty of medicinal roots and herbs. On one wall, the names of spices and botanicals sound like Harry Potter potion ingredients: wormwood, shepherd’s purse, myrrh gum, and mugwort. Another wall is stocked with specially crafted elixirs and tinctures designed to reduce stress, curb insomnia, and increase passion.]]></description>
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		<title>Pep Talk: Marketing an Independent Film</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tennille M. Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently directed and produced a short film. I have entered it into several independent film festival contests and also posted it on several social media sites to no avail. I have been soliciting agents for this piece along with other films and plays that I have, but no one is responding. How can I get the word out about my film and my other works without an agent?]]></description>
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		<title>A Healing Touch</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara E. Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up in the rural village of Lwala, Kenya, Milton and Frederick Ochieng’ were accustomed to traveling for two hours at a time and more than 20 miles on foot to get to the nearest hospital whenever they became ill. But when the teenage brothers witnessed a neighbor die in childbirth on her way to the hospital, the tragedy “planted the seed in our minds that we wanted to be doctors and grow up to do something for our village,” recalls Milton. A career decision spawned by a heartbreaking, avoidable incident would lead the two brothers out of Kenya to the United States and back, so their neighbor’s story need never be repeated again.]]></description>
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		<title>Talking Points: Obama’s  Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2010/01/01/talking-points-obama%e2%80%99s-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hughes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Barack Obama took the national stage as president on that bitterly cold day last January, he inherited an economic crisis of cataclysmic proportions. From day one, the chief executive sprang into action, pushing through a program to stabilize the financial sector and resurrect the American economy. Within six weeks of being in office, he effected a mammoth stimulus package that sought to help homeowners keep their homes, boost consumer confidence, thaw the credit markets, and put Americans back to work. As Obama begins his second year in office, he will continue his ambitious agenda. But will his initiatives be enough to silence the growing chorus of critics—some who argue that his $787 billion stimulus didn’t go far enough; others who say that proposals such as healthcare reform will contribute to huge deficits that will wreck the economy’s long-term prospects; and the cadre of unemployed and underemployed who are becoming increasingly impatient with this jobless recovery?]]></description>
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		<title>The Legal Face of Diversity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brittany Hutson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After practicing law for nearly eight years, by 2003, B. Seth Bryant had reached a crossroad. He was feeling stagnant after serving four years in the corporate department of Morrison &#038; Foerster L.L.P., a firm specializing in legal services in business and litigation. So he decided to branch out on his own. Bryant’s first attempt at entrepreneurship resulted in a seven-lawyer corporate boutique called Bryant Law Group P.C., but after Adorno &#038; Yoss, L.L.P., the largest certified minority-owned law firm in the U.S., acquired it, he returned to private law.]]></description>
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		<title>Since You Asked: How To Be A Stand-Out Job Candidate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annya Lott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m a 24-year-old public relations professional who has been laid off for seven months. I’ve been seeking employment and right now I’m freelancing as a writer and independent PR consultant. Things are really hard because I want to keep looking for a job but I keep getting looked over. What can I do to stand out to employers?]]></description>
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		<title>Psychological Strategies Can Push Performance</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/careers/2010/01/01/psychological-strategies-can-push-performance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia A. Reed-Woodard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“In a vastly diverse, global, and multicultural marketplace where all other factors are becoming increasingly equal, human performance serves as an enterprise’s predominant competitive differential,” says Rodney Stigall, senior recruiting manager for Florida-based Harris Corp.]]></description>
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		<title>Living the Frugal Life</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/01/01/living-the-frugal-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Townes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a social worker, Philadelphia native Chad Dion Lassiter is used to encouraging people to take risks. He often pushes people to explore new ways to overcome obstacles in both their personal and professional lives. Lassiter’s view of risk-taking, however, doesn’t extend to how he handles money. He and his wife, Wanda, are careful and thrifty in their spending habits.]]></description>
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		<title>Where To Invest In 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/01/01/where-to-invest-in-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James A. Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tea leaves, tarot cards, roots, potions, and Mattel’s Magic 8 Ball. If any of these things actually worked to predict the future, what questions might you pose—as an investor, that is? Here’s one: Can the financial markets continue their amazing—sometimes logic-defying—rebound in 2010? And another: Regardless of the broad market’s direction, which companies are in a position to grow profits and reward shareholders this year? Imagine what you could do if you had the answers. With apologies to the infamous Magic 8 Ball, black enterprise took a more scientific approach to get a read on the investment picture, surveying a handful of expert market watchers.]]></description>
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