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The CES 2013 Best in Show Awards

The International Consumer Electronics Show, held every January in Las Vegas, showcases technology from all over the world in every category imaginable, including kitchen appliances and automotive technology. With the deluge of reviews and recommendations that appears after the event, it is difficult for consumers to choose the hardware, software, and accessories that reliably meet their needs. Here, black enterprise showcases five of the 17 winners for their excellence in innovation.

  • Women

Investing Rules for Women: Invest for Your Retirement

There are countless resources available to help you learn the fundamentals of investing. This week, Black Enterprise shares the top five investing rules for women. Today's tip: Invest for Your Retirement.

  • Entrepreneurship

Taking It to the Next Level

In her latest book, Career GPS: Strategies for Women Navigating the New Corporate Landscape (Amistad; $25.99), Ella L.J. Edmondson Bell, Ph.D., founder and president of ASCENT-Leading Multicultural Women to the Top, offers techniques for all women aspiring to advance their careers in corporate America. “When the recession clears out, the opportunities are going to be vast and we need to prepare multicultural women to succeed,” says Bell, who is also an associate professor of business administration at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Bell explains that this time of economic uncertainty is the time for women to create a strategic career vision for themselves that includes flexibility, authenticity, and support.

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Taking the Reins of Opportunity

Whether you view the fact that in 2010 we are still celebrating major firsts in African American history as good news or bad is a matter of perspective. But the ascension of Ursula Burns to CEO of Xerox Corp. was unequivocally, spectacularly good!

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Get Off the Sidelines and Find Your Job

There isn’t a week that goes by that I don’t receive scores of phone calls and e-mails about the same issue: finding a job. Although recent reports may claim that the Great Recession has come to a close, the jobless rate is expected to reach double-digits in 2010. Moreover, the U.S. Labor Department reports that the jobless are looking for work for longer periods of time: 35.6% have been out of work for at least 27 weeks or more—the highest level since 1948. As for African Americans, the old adage still holds true that when America gets the sniffles, we contract pneumonia. The black unemployment rate stands at 15.4%, and continues to rise.

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