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The Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) was created to help struggling homeowners keep their homes out of foreclosure. Desktop software developed by Stephfan Nurse, CEO of ConsumerEducationOnline.com, removes the errors from the process and helps home loan modification applicants get approved.
Android tablets for the business crowd doesn’t seem like the norm, especially with the advent of Windows 8 and the hybrid laptop/tablets coming in October, but consumers and the BYOD (bring your own device) business crowd can appreciate Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1.
All told, the agencies allocated nearly $700 million in providing new contracts to minority and women firms in 2011 out of a total of about $3.8 billion spent with all contractors. The FDIC by far invested the most at $416.5 million, representing 29.8% of the $1.4 billion total contracts awarded. The U.S. Department of the Treasury spent $50 million with minority-owned businesses, 20% of total contracts with more than half awarded to black-owned firms and $26 million with women-owned firms, in fiscal year 2011. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency dispensed more than a combined $66 million to both groups, or 38.4% of OCC’s total spend.
The Harlem-based business cooks from scratch; packages; and delivers breakfast, lunch, and snacks to public, private, and charter schools. But the company avoids processed foods, opting to buy 80% of its produce from local farmers and the rest from local suppliers. In doing so, schools get their choice of health-conscious meals, including pizza on wheat bread, multigrain pancakes, and hard-boiled farm-fresh eggs, among other menu staples.
African Americans still represent only about 2% of executives at the top echelons of the nation’s leading 500 companies. The lack of representation is more apparent when you look at which executives are included in a company’s proxy statement. You’ll be hard-pressed to find more than a handful of African Americans on any corporation’s executive leadership team.
