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Obama Administration to Develop Action Plan for Minority Business

Minority entrepreneurs continue to be stymied by lack of financing as well as public and private sector contracts. To remedy this situation, Obama administration officials met with a number of business owners develop initiatives to bolster their firms’ financial standing and provide access to opportunities offered through the president’s $787 billion recovery plan.

2010 Entrepreneurs Conference: What I Learned From the Elevator Pitch

If you had only 60 seconds to deliver your best business pitch, what would you say to convince someone to fund your business? Now consider three investors listening to your pitch (who have probably heard hundreds of pitches before) who have the ability to fund your business idea for $10,000. Could you handle the pressure?

What Dow 10,000 Means—This Time

As the Dow Jones Industrial Average powers through the 10,000-point threshold today, millions of investors are no doubt searching for meaning. But, is there any deep significance here?

The Sisters Who Save

Patricia Washington and her sister Regenia have fond childhood memories of trips to the bank with their mother. In their hometown of Marshall, Texas, those weekly trips taught the sisters...

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