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UBR Morning Post: Going Green With Majora Carter

UBR Morning Post: Going Green With Majora Carter

This week on The Urban Business Roundtable, UBR Contributor Angelique Westerfield speaks with Majora Carter, founder of Sustainable South Bronx and the Majora Carter Group, organizations dedicated to creating green-economy jobs and establishing environmental health and sustainability in black communities.

5 Credit Repair Tips for the Recent Grad

You made it! The tassel has been moved to the other side of the cap and the diploma is in the mail. And unlike the rest of your friends who moved back home, you, mon frère, landed a job and you’ve got your eye on a sweet studio apartment. But there’s just one hitch—you can’t get the apartment because you just found out that your credit score is terrible—524 to be precise. In fact, those credit cards that came with that free t-shirt (oops! you never got around to paying any of the bills) have gone to collections. What can you—the recent graduate—do to boost your credit score? While paying bills on time is a surefire way to get your numbers up (since it counts for 35% of your credit score), here are a few tips to understanding and raising your score.

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