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When it comes to credit and financing, racial disparities remain despite a 42-year-old federal law guaranteeing fair treatment in lending....

Entrepreneur Daymond John of ABC’s “Shark Tank” held a fireside chat Thursday, Feb. 4 during the kick-off presentation of the American Entrepreneurship Award (AEA). The new annual award program, which provides start-up funding of up to $25,000 for entrepreneurs, is sponsored by the Libra Group and the Idea Center at Miami Dade College.  An entrep...

For Chicago-based investor and philanthropist John Rogers, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition’s annual Wall Street Project in New York City is a must-attend event....

Paying attention to cash flow, competition and leadership quality are just a few things that can save your company in trying times....

Last week, the U.S. Treasury Department hosted a ceremony to not only mark the 150th anniversary of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company (Freedman’s Bank), but also to name the Treasury Annex building the Freedman’s Bank Building.read more...

Detroiters and urban developers around the country have been marveling at sensational Detroit comeback stories for well over a year now. With the…...

Global Business Lending, a Fort Lauderdale-based company that provides short term business loans for small to medium-sized businesses in the United States teamed up with U.S. Business Lending in Melbourne, Fla. to launch a special minority loan program available to all U.S. minority-owned businesses on January 1. Under this first-year loan...

Deadlines are coming quickly for two very successful small business programs managed by Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC); chances for new contracts, new locations, or…...

With the Diversity Goal Support Program, Mass Growth Capital is addressing the reality that it takes money to make money. While this may be an old business cliché, it holds true when small businesses are vying for lucrative state and federal contracts....

That deposit into your account isn't the end of the transaction. Now you have to figure out the best ways to spend it....