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The black business community lost one of its leaders Tuesday morning. Ronald D. Brown, 55, president and CEO of Atlanta Life Financial Group, died from complications after surgery. The executive was the driving force behind the transformation of Atlanta Life from an insurance company to a full-fledged financial services firm.
After 17 years with MTV Networks, the parent company of MTV, BET, VH1, and Nickelodeon, Christina Norman will leave her post as president at the end of the month to pursue other interests.
The HTC Touch Diamond, which hit U.S. stores this fall, is expected to be "sleeper candidate" to watch in the smart phone market.
Businesses typically use a line of credit to maintain or expand a business—not start a new one. A line of credit provides business owners much-needed short-term working capital to meet payroll, pay vendors, or purchase raw materials. Failure to obtain credit is associated with having low credit scores, a large number of mortgages outstanding, fewer unencumbered assets, and being located in states experiencing economic downturn.
"When you look at the social and economic realities of the day, particularly the fact that we are living so much longer, you could do everything ‘right’ and still not be able to save enough for retirement,†says Coppola.
