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If there’s one thing magazine editors love—more than writing and creating content—it’s talking. Whether it’s here in the hallways of Black Enterprise debating the latest news events or huddled around a conference table to hash over the jobless rate’s impact on our readers, we enjoy lively conversation. (You can only imagine how our penchant for chit-chat affects the length of our meetings.)
President Obama Recently hit the reset button on his presidency with a renewed emphasis on job creation and small business development. He said in his 69-minute State of the Union address: “We can’t afford another so-called economic ‘expansion’ like the one from the last decade—what some call the ‘lost decade’—where jobs grew more slowly than during any prior expansion.â€
Lisa P. Jackson, in her job as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, may seem far removed from the everyday concerns of American people. But nothing could be more false, asserts the EPA administrator. “You just have to realize that the environment is the air you breathe and the water that comes out of your tap.â€
National Black Farmers Association President John Boyd, Jr. fears that Capitol Hill lawmakers won’t meet the March 31 deadline to appropriate funds for the settlement agreement reached last month with the Agriculture and Justice departments.
Financial experts weigh in on why the S&P 500 market has bounced back so powerfully, whether the rally can continue, and how investors should proceed in the coming year.
