Why One Atlantan Hates ‘Love & Hip Hop ATL’
An Open Letter from an Atlantan who once loved reality TV: Will the Real Black People of Atlanta Please Stand Up and Stop 'Love & Hip Hop'?
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‘Black in America’: Wayne Sutton, One Year Later
BlackEnterprise.com follows up with Wayne Sutton, one of the co-founders of the NewMe Accelerator, which was featured in the CNN documentary 'Black in America' 4: The New Promised Land - Silicon Valley.
Buying Retail
If you want to know how the American shopper feels from one month to the next you can peruse a stack of consumer sentiment surveys—or you can chat with Liz Dunn. Since graduating from Spelman College in 1996, Dunn has steeped herself in the retail industry’s most vital statistics. She has worked in corporate finance positions at Gap Inc. and Liz Claiborne, studied the sector’s ups and downs for investment clients at Prudential Equity Group, and worked as an investment banker in the consumer sector at Bear Stearns. As a managing director and retail equity analyst at Thomas Weisel Partners in New York, one of the frequent questions Dunn hears from investors these days is: “Can the economy—two-thirds of which is driven by consumer spending—rebound while Americans are still nursing post-recession shell-shock?†Dunn spoke to black enterprise recently about the economy and a handful of retailers prepared to capitalize on value-driven shoppers.
Plugging In
Every job I’ve ever been hired for I’ve gotten because an associate told me about an opening or someone referred me. I’ve always gotten my jobs through somebody I know,”...
Financial Fitness Contest Winner No. 80
Quency Hawkins takes to heart the commandment “honor thy mother and father.” The only child of retired parents, he’s helping fill the financial gaps not only for them but also...