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  • Student-Loan Debt: Time to Get Serious

    Writing at the Huffington Post, Rep. Karen Bass makes the case for a comprehensive fix to the student-loan debt crisis. For one thing, student-loan interest rates will double on July 1 from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. If I’ve heard it once I’ve heard it a thousand times from my Republican colleagues: we have to…

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  • The Curious Case of the Black Viral Star

    (The Root) — We knew it was coming. The formula is practically scientific: Disaster strikes; poor black person foils it (preferably in a roller set) or escapes, then gives a live interview jam-packed with ridiculous quotes that even Beyoncé can’t resist; the Internet memes flood Facebook; and the fame countdown starts at minute 15. So…

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  • Tech Guru Omar Wasow Explains How to Put More Tech Into Education

    To cultivate a conversation about the critical challenges facing American education, Black Enterprise partnered with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to host Today’s Business Crisis: Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce, a symposium to be held May 15, 2013. Its goal is to draw upon the resources of top leaders in business, philanthropy, and education to help find…

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  • As Baby Boomers Retire, Young Workers Can Take The Lead

    According to reports, 10,000 Baby Boomers are retiring each day. With so much knowledge walking out the door, organizations are constantly seeking to fill positions that Baby Boomers are leaving behind. A great number of these positions are far from being entry-level. In fact, many Baby Boomers devoted their entire careers to attain some of…

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  • Report: Charles Ramsey Repeat Domestic Abuser

    Charles Ramsey, the Cleveland man-turned-Internet sensation who’s been called a hero for his role in helping to free three women held captive for years, has now been assigned a new description: “Repeat domestic abuser.” The Smoking Gun is reporting that he served prison time for battering his wife on more than one occasion: Ramsey’s first…

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  • Founder of Nigeria's Netflix and Partners Invest $1 Million for Nigerian Tech Startups

    Today, Web entrepreneurs of iROKOtv and Nollywood fame, Jason Njoku and Bastian Gotter, have initiated $1 million in investment for Nigerian tech startups with the official launch of SPARK. Based in Lagos, Nigeria, the company will support and develop aspiring tech and Internet entrepreneurs and is set to fill the vacuum that currently exists in Africa’s angel investment…

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  • Founder of Nigeria's Netflix and Partners Invest

    Today, Web entrepreneurs of iROKOtv and Nollywood fame, Jason Njoku and Bastian Gotter, have initiated $1 million in investment for Nigerian tech startups with the official launch of SPARK. Based in Lagos, Nigeria, the company will support and develop aspiring tech and Internet entrepreneurs and is set to fill the vacuum that currently exists in Africa’s angel investment…

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  • Beauty Industry Power Couple Launch Nene's Secret Hair Care Brand

    Brian K. Marks, a veteran in the ethnic beauty industry has partnered with his wife, Nene Marks, to introduce Nene’s Secret hair care collection. The hair maintenance line features a signature fragrance as well as an exclusive My Secret Recipe formula, a blend of unique natural ingredients from the rich continent of Africa designed to…

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  • Spike Lee's Wife, Tonya Lewis Lee, Wants a Healthy You Now

    In Part 2 of our video interview with Tonya Lewis Lee, the health advocate and Founder of HealthyYouNow focuses on exercise: its importance, her frustration with myths and that pesky issue of hair. Take a look at Part 1 of this video. Photo Credit: BlackEnterprise.com Read More: http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/tonya-lewis-lee-healthy-you-now/ BlackEnterprise.com is the premier business news and investment…

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  • 4 Steps To Put Your Savings on Autopilot

    Over the years, I’ve observed a few things about people who are good savers. It’s not because they are the most frugal, have a budget that accounts for every single penny or make high salaries. Their strategy is simple: Make it automatic. Putting your savings on autopilot simply means that you have set up a…

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