Minority Business

Comcast To Start New Minority-Owned Cable Channels

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 04.22.2012

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NEW YORK — Comcast will launch four minority-owned networks on its cable-TV systems in the next two years, including channels spearheaded by mus...

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Green Energy, Jobs and Minority Businesses: Wall Street Is Paying Attention

David Kirby | Posted 12.28.2011

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David Kirby

Last week in New York, for the first time ever in the same room, Fortune 500 Corporations, some 200 minority owned small businesses and more than 40 p...

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Rush Address at Minority Telecom Council's 2011 Broadband and Social Justice Summit

Rep. Bobby Rush | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Bobby Rush

In terms of the media, communications and technology industries, minority businesses and entrepreneurs risk falling even farther behind their white counterparts. If we don't take aggressive measures we'll continue to fall behind.

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Jamail Larkins: Born To Fly

Timothy Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

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Timothy Cooper

At only 25-years-old, the sky is truly the limit for this airman's ambition. Creating Ascension Aircraft, Jamail Larkins connects with consumers who are interested in buying and selling aircrafts.

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Less Stimulus For Minority Businesses

AP | JESSE WASHINGTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Hispanic and black businesses are receiving a disproportionately small number of federal stimulus contracts, creating a rising chor...

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Federal Contracting: End SBA's Procurement Role

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerry Chautin

Should the U.S. Small Business Administration be in the business of helping small-business owners procure federal contracts?

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Obama Again Reminds He's Not Black President Obama

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The Congressional Black Caucus got another painful reminder that President Obama is not black President Obama. In a press interview Obama bluntly s...

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