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		<title>Black Enterprise/Walmart Economic Forum 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/2010/02/26/black-enterprise-walmart-economic-forum-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonnie C. Major</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[See the entrepreneurs, economists and Obama Administration officials who convened for “20/20 Vision: A Look Ahead at Black America in the Next Economic Boom,” a forum presented by Black Enterprise and hosted by Walmart.]]></description>
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		<title>A Path to Recovery for Black America</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2010/02/02/a-path-to-recovery-for-black-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek T. Dingle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under the banner, “20/20 Vision: A Look Ahead at Black America in the Next Economic Boom,” the event brought together business leaders, policy makers, economists and entrepreneurs to discuss issues vital to the future of African Americans and the nation as a whole: jobs and workforce readiness; small business and innovation; and financial reform and wealth building.. The dialogue resulted in a series of policy recommendations directed to the Obama Administration as well as strategies for black-owned businesses, trade associations and other organizations shaping future plans.]]></description>
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		<title>In Pictures: A Vision for the Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2010/02/01/in-pictures-a-vision-for-the-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As President Barack Obama embarked on the first of a series of trips he will make on his listening tour of America to promote job creation and growth, Black Enterprise hosted a Walmart-sponsored forum- “20/20 Vision: A Look Ahead at Black America in the Next Economic Boom”—to explore strategies and solutions that will ensure that African Americans will be key players in the nation’s economic revival.]]></description>
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		<title>BE Forum Explores Solutions for Economic Revival</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2010/01/28/be-forum-explores-solutions-for-economic-revival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black Enterprise hosted a forum to explore strategies and solutions that will ensure that African Americans will be key players in the nation’s economic revival.]]></description>
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		<title>Can This Woman Get You A Job?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/politics/politics-news/2010/01/27/can-this-woman-get-you-a-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's about an hour before President Barack Obama delivers his first State of the Union Address. I'm sitting in my room at the Liaison Hotel in Washington, D.C., having just left a VIP reception for 20/20 Vision, a landmark economic forum presented by Black Enterprise and hosted by WalMart. The highlight of the reception was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BE, Walmart to Host Economic Forum</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/2010/01/25/be-wal-mart-to-host-economic-forum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As President Barack Obama unveils initiatives to bolster the middle class, create jobs and assist small business, Black Enterprise is bringing together BE100s CEOs, government officials, and economists to offer solutions to the administration.]]></description>
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		<title>A New Agenda for Small Business?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/11/01/a-new-agenda-for-small-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/11/01/a-new-agenda-for-small-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek T. Dingle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No segment of American industry has been pummeled by the Great Recession more than minority business. As the economy shows signs of recovery, these companies––most of which can be found in the small business sector––have been struggling to gain solid footing. Access to capital and government contracts, most assert, would stabilize their companies and eventually spur growth. Others need such lifelines to keep from joining the ranks of the more than 30,000 businesses forced to file for bankruptcy protection in the first half of 2009. Although the Obama administration has initiated small business financing programs––including freeing up more than $15 billion by increasing guarantees and lowering fees as part of the Small Business Administration’s 7(a) loan program––financial institutions, large and small, have still been reluctant to provide funding to entrepreneurs. For example, the SBA reported a 43% decline in 7(a) loan approvals from a year earlier. And critics maintain that the America’s Recovery Capital Loan Program that was part of the $787 billion stimulus program is operating at a clunker’s pace: Reports reveal that as of Sept. 1, only roughly $65 million––1,850 loans at a maximum funding level of $35,000––of the $255 million had been disbursed to small business owners. “Small firms are in such bad shape today that those who need loans are not likely to be able to qualify with respect to their credit worthiness,” says Thomas Boston, director of research and innovation of the Atlanta-based economic consulting firm EuQuant and a member of the black enterprise Board of Economists. “ What small firms need is revenue and procurement opportunities.”
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		<title>Why America Needs Uncle Sam&#8217;s Financial Lessons</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/07/07/why-america-needs-uncle-sams-financial-lessons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Simons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the arguments conservatives are leveling against President Barack Obama’s proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) is that Americans need to be more self-reliant in guarding themselves against fraud. They also contend that consumers need to sharpen their own judgment on matters of savings and debt. This kind of by-the-bootstraps response to consumers who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economic History Lesson</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/04/10/economic-history-lesson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek T. Dingle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have always been fascinated by political and economic history. No matter how painful the era, it can prove to be both instructive and constructive in shaping our nation, our world, and our lives. We’re living through such a period.
Lawrence H. Summers, President Obama’s chief economic guru, offered his view of the current economic crisis [...]]]></description>
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