VIDEO: Fed Takes Small Steps As Recovery Worries Grow

Will that stimulate growth?

2010-08-10

Federal Reserve will buy government debt on a small scale. Will that could help nudge down interest rates and stimulate growth? Read the complete article

VIDEO: Billionaires will Give $600 billion to Charity

Billionaires make pledge

2010-08-05

Forty have joined Bill Gates and Warren Buffett in a pledge to give half their wealth to charity. Read the complete article

Your Money Really Matters: ‘A Financial Survival Plan’

2010-05-10

Michael G. Shinn NNPA Columnist

What did we learn about surviving a financial crisis and how can we better prepare ourselves for future crisis that are likely to occur? Read the complete article

In Wal-Mart Lawsuit, It’s Betty vs. Goliath

2010-05-04

PITTSBURG, Calif. (AP) -- As a “greeter,” the cheerful Betty Dukes is one of the first employees customers usually see as they walk through the front doors of the Wal-Mart store here. Read the complete article

Performance Reviews Don't Work

2010-04-24

By ERIN CONROY, AP Business Writer for The Skanner News

Pay and performance reviews are merely tools used to intimidate employees, said Samuel Culbert, a professor of management at UCLA and author of “Get Rid of the Performance Review!,” published this month. Lawrence Rout, a senior editor at the Wall Street Journal, also contributed to the book. Read the complete article

GM Repays $8.1 Billion in Government Loans

2010-04-22

DETROIT (AP) -- General Motors Co. has repaid the $8.1 billion in loans it got from the U.S. and Canadian governments, a move its CEO says is a sign automaker is on the road to recovery. Read the complete article

Black Multi-Millionaires Buy Dallas Hotel

2010-04-19

Imani Evans Special to The NNPA from The Dallas Examiner

An exclusive interview with Michael V. Roberts Read the complete article

NY Assemblyman Challenges Rangel's Long-Held Seat

2010-04-13

NEW YORK (AP) -- Adam Clayton Powell IV, a state assemblyman and son of a legendary New York political figure, announced Monday he would seek the seat his father once held and challenge veteran Rep. Charles Rangel, who stepped down last month as chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee amid ethics charges. Read the complete article

Apple Updates Software to Address Multitasking Complaints

2010-04-08

SEATTLE (AP) -- Topping the wish list for the iPhone and the iPad: broader ability to run more than one program at a time.
On Thursday, Apple Inc. will update the software that powers both devices. Read the complete article

Consumers Don't Take to $70 Nokia Nuron

2010-04-01

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Nokia Corp., the world's largest cell phone maker, hasn't gotten much love lately from consumers dazzled by iPhones, BlackBerrys and phones running Google’s Android software. Read the complete article