NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Borrowers who lost homes to foreclosure during the housing bust are starting to buy again. Read the complete article
The U.S. economy added 236,000 jobs in February, according to a Labor Department report released Friday. That's much stronger growth than in January, when employers hired a revised 119,000 workers.
Meanwhile, the unemployment rate dipped to 7.7 percent from 7.9 percent in January, as 12 million workers were counted as unemployed. Read the complete article
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Marissa Mayer might be a trendsetter. Just one week after the Yahoo CEO banned telecommuting at her company, Best Buy is ending its own flexible work program. Read the complete article
The National Organization of Minority Contractors of Oregon last month named TriMet Agency of the Year by an “overwhelming” margin of its members. Read the complete article
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) has officially paid off the mortgage on its national headquarters in Washington, D.C. Read the complete article
Local and state governments annually spend over $1 trillion dollars on goods and services; Multnomah County spends $300-400 million dollars annually. Read the complete article
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Knight Capital Group will live to see another trading day, but its investors are not pleased. Read the complete article
On Saturday, July 21 at 9 a.m. EST (and 9 a.m. CST), One Solution (Radio One, TV One, Interactive One) will air a Wells Fargo sponsored hour-long roundtable discussion titled “Aspirations: Helping You Empower Your Financial Future”, featuring acclaimed financial experts Michelle Singletary (author, TV personality and Washington Post columnist), Gail Perry Mason (financial coach and author), and Michelle Thornhill, Senior Vice President and African American segment manager and Jeff Cosby, Senior Vice President and Wells Fargo Advisor. Read the complete article
Getting licensed by the all-white Oregon Board of Cosmetology takes a couple of years, thousands of dollars and involves learning about hairstyling chemicals, heat equipment and more -- practices that natural hair champions never plan to use Read the complete article
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Highly-respected media and entertainment executive William G. Tompkins, Jr. has been name president and chief executive officer of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, a federation of more than 200 Black-owned publications. Read the complete article
