Posts Tagged ‘Economics’

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Nov10

Minding our Business

by Duane on November 10th, 2011 at 7:08 am
Posted In: Economy

So I guess this is going to be the BlackEnterprise.com post for today (I know I have some readers over there, so can y’all please disable that on-load video?)
Anyway, here are two great articles they recently emailed to me that I thought was well worth the read.

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Sep28

Man, we got to hit these kids while they are young

by Duane on September 28th, 2011 at 7:08 am
Posted In: Economy

The other day I talked about the importance of becoming fiscally responsible and knowledgable as it relates to political issues. Today, I’m thinking about the kids. Check out these two great resources.

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Sep26

How keeping the dialoge on race keeps a race in bondage

by Duane on September 26th, 2011 at 7:25 am
Posted In: Commentary

One of points I made during my recent interview was that out of the vast sea of Black owned websites, BlackEnterprise.com is the only financial-based site I know that gets a decent amount of traffic. Most of our contribution

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Jul08

The “unserved” got served

by Duane on July 8th, 2011 at 12:56 am
Posted In: Politics

“So how much did it cost per unserved household to get them broadband access? A whopping $349,234, or many multiples of household income, and significantly more than the cost of a home itself.”
More from “How Effective Was The 2009 Stimulus Program?”
This came from the same bill that folks frantically equated to racism if it [...]

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Aug18

Afternoon Bits (08/18/09)

by Duane on August 18th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Posted In: Headlines

DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated, Scientists Show
So there goes that gold standard.
Advertisers’ Boycott of Glenn Beck Continues To Leave Fox News Unharmed
“But the Beck fans don’t have to worry. If the advertisers really want to make an impact, they’d remove their advertising from Fox News in general. Of course, that won’t happen – the [...]

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Jun11

It’s called “hope”.

by Duane on June 11th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Posted In: Economy, Education

‘Memba that during the elections?
Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) – African Americans in Washington, DC, are twice as optimistic as the general U.S. population that their financial situation will improve over the next year. However, most say they don’t have a financial game plan and many don’t know where to start, according to a new survey commissioned [...]

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May12

Myth busted (a two-fer)

by Duane on May 12th, 2009 at 3:12 am
Posted In: Economy, Headlines

As the market began to free fall last year, predictions were being made that crime rates would skyrocket. Why? Because according to the armchair psychologists out there, poor people are prone to act the fool when money is tight. On the contrary, major cities all across America are reporting that crime rates are actually going…gulp…down. [...]

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Mar12

How government can help people? Stay out of the way.

by Duane on March 12th, 2009 at 2:36 am
Posted In: Economy, Politics

Nuttin to add.
NUH-TIN.

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