Drudge is flashing a link to the following article this morning. “Gene Sperling, who advises Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, said Thursday the administration does not want to impose caps on executive pay. But he also laid out for the House Financial Services Committee a list of guidelines calling on publicly-held companies to link compensation to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Check out the list here. **A mixture of SUVs and vehicles built for speed** Cars we want.
“An Orlando bank called Urban Trust Bank and owned these past three years by Black Entertainment Television (BET) founder and billionaire Robert Johnson is coming to the Tampa Bay area. The bank, which already operates branches in Walmart stores, is buying seven of the giant chain’s in-store bank branches from Atlanta-based SunTrust Banks. They include […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
U.S. war funding bill brims with unrelated extras For Some Stimulus Contractors, a Blemished Past Excerpt “One company paid nearly $1 million for destroying seagrass in the Florida Keys marine sanctuary. Another settled a discrimination case after federal investigators found it refused to hire black employees. A third firm was rebuked by the Army for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As news began to trickle down to us common folks that the stimulus money was doing basically nothing to slow down the decent of the American economy, it was mostly conservatives who began to call President Obama out on it. In the meantime, the Obama fan base kept trying to paint the picture that critics […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“We have one person running the show here. He (the President) keeps saying we want small, fuel-efficient cars. But this week when the car numbers came out: Number 1. Ford F-150. Number 2. the Silverado. I didn’t even see the Prius on the list. But he knows what WE want.” Charles Payne on his recent […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest unemployment figure has us at 9.4%, but somehow folks have been able to make light of it. Party, party, party! Even this article was able to find a sliver of a silver lining in the high Black unemployment figures. “The good news (or not so bad news) is that the black unemployment rate […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NNPA Editor-in-Chief, Hazel Trice Edney writes~ “The doors of the historic Black Church, a fortress of healing from social pain, have opened even wider during the economic crisis. But, as church membership increases across the nation, offerings are decreasing, causing even houses of faith to make difficult decisions, pastors say. “I think the story that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
‘Memba that promise about health care? Not taxing health care? Obama said to be open to taxing health benefits After meeting with president, key senator says option is ‘on the table’ (msnbc) WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is leaving the door open to taxing health care benefits, something he campaigned hard against while running for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From: nydailynews.com Sonia Sotomayor’s mother – who singlehandedly raised her two housing project kids to become a doctor and a judge – basked in an afterglow of pride a day after her daughter’s historic nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. “I am so proud of her,” Celina Sotomayor, 82, told the Daily News on Wednesday […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Randi Payton is the President & CEO of On Wheels Media. His company produces the magazine “African-Americans On Wheels”. Here is what he said recently in a NY Times article. “In many cases, the Big Three have provided more support to minority businesses, nonprofits’ causes and media than the federal government. Many of its minority […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Before commenting on how President Obama has become the first Black president of GM, I decided to take some time to scan some of the biggest critics of the Bush administration and how billions of dollars were wasted under him. Since fiscal responsibility was something that was important to them under Bush, I figured that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“It’s safe to say we have stepped back from the brink, that there is some calm that didn’t exist before,” he told a crowd sprinkled with celebrities, including actors Jamie Foxx, Marisa Tomei and Kiefer Sutherland. (President Obama at a fundraiser held at the Beverly Hills Hotel on 5/27/09) Let’s take a quick scan on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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