From DEI To Tariffs To Funding: Black Firms Face Quagmire As Trump Economic Plan Reduces Growth Prospects
Several proposed new economic policies, including everything from DEI cutbacks to tariffs, are limiting growth plans for Black businesses.
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‘Nothing More Powerful Than A Woman’: Loretta Devine, Vera Moore and More Honored With Black Enterprise’s Legacy Award
Following a cocktail-flowing reception at the Las Vegas' Bellagio Hotel & Casino, hosted by ADP, guests showed out in gowns, suits, and all of their glory to celebrate trailblazing women.
BE Modern Man: Meet ‘Mr. Intelligence’ Rodney Jacobs
Meet Rodney Jacobs, part of the BE Modern Man 2018 cohort. Jacobs is an exceptional individual who leads in the areas of law, health, and intelligence in Miami as the assistant director for the City of Miami Civilian Investigative Panel.
Today’s Business Crisis: Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce
It is due to the critical assignment of repairing our schools that BLACK ENTERPRISE and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation formed a partnership to address this problem.
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.