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Minority Owned Businesses

Woman-Owned, Minority-Owned Construction Company Marks 108 Years and Counting

Kate Kelly | Posted 04.25.2013 | Business
Read More: Women Owned Businesses, Women in Business, Construction Companies, Minority Owned Businesses, Women Owned Construction Companies, Business News
Kate Kelly

In her position as company head, Cheryl Daniel represents the fifth generation of the oldest family-run minority and woman-owned design and construction firm in the country.

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NAACP Opposes NYC Soda Ban

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 03.25.2013 | New York
Read More: Soda Ban, Video, New York Soda Ban Lawsuit, New York Soda Ban, Minority Owned Businesses, Michael Bloomberg, Nyc Soda Ban, Thomas Farley, New York City Soda Ban, American Beverage Association, Bloomberg Soda Ban, The National Association of Local Boards of Health, New York City Board of Health, Hispanic Federation, Naacp, New York News

NEW YORK — The city defended its groundbreaking size limit on sugary drinks Wednesday as an imperfect but meaningful rein on obesity, while crit...

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A Delicious Recipe for Successful Latina-Owned Small Businesses

Jose Antonio Tijerino | Posted 12.28.2012 | Latino Voices
Read More: Latinos, Small Business, Organic Food, Minority Owned Businesses, Chocolate, Women-Owned-Business, Hispanic, Food, Food Deserts, Women in Business, Latino Voices News
Jose Antonio Tijerino

Amelia Gonzalez and Arcelia Gallardo figured out how to combine the legacies of their Mesoamerican ancestors with a passion for Latino culture, arts and business.

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Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson

Retail Still A Hard Sell For Black Entrepreneurs

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson | Posted 11.24.2012 | Black Voices
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Every Saturday is Small Business Saturday for Oyin Handmade owner Jamyla Bennu. Her 3-year-old shop in the budding Charles Village neighborhood of Bal...

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Comcast To Start New Minority-Owned Cable Channels

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 04.22.2012 | Latino Voices
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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 | Business
Read More: New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council, Sustainability, Fortune 500, Green Energy, Minority Owned Businesses, Sustainability Summit, Minority Business, Clean Economy, Business News
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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Obama Sneaks Job-Killing, Anti-Minority Small-Business Policy Past Mainstream Media

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 11.19.2011 | Small Business
Read More: American Jobs Act, Asbl, American Small Business League, Minority-Owned Businesses, Minority-Owned Small Businesses, Small Business America, Small Business News
Lloyd Chapman

One day after President Obama announced the American Jobs Act, his administration quietly announced plans to dismantle one of the nation's most successful programs to create jobs in minority communities from coast to coast.

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The Onus Is on Large Companies to Help Minority-Owned Small Businesses Get Bigger: It's in Everyone's Interest

James H. Lowry | Posted 11.12.2011 | Black Voices
Read More: Job Growth, Black-Owned-Businesses, African-American-Business, Business, Minority Owned Businesses, Minority Owned Firms, Billion Dollar Roundtable, Minority-Supplier, Bv-Money, Black Voices News
James H. Lowry

Black-owned small businesses have the fastest new jobs growth rate, according to the Department of Commerce. Still, fewer than5 percent of black-owned businesses employ more than five people.

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High-Speed Rail Projects: A Fast Track To Nowhere For Minority-Owned Businesses?

Diana LaCome | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: High Speed Rail, Economic Stimulus Package, Minority Owned Businesses, Minority Owned Firms, Stimulus, Small Business America, Business News
Diana LaCome

As federal infrastructure projects get underway, this massive infusion of federal money appears to be bypassing the very businesses that help bolster our local economies -- small and minority-owned businesses.

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Meeks: Hispanics, Asians, Women Not Minorities, Shouldn't Get City Help

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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State Senator James Meeks, a reverend at a South Side church and a candidate for mayor of Chicago, was trying to talk about his education policy yeste...

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Media Diversity Not an All-Or-Nothing Game

Will Griffin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Black Owned Media, Hip Hop on Demand, Black Media, Media, Minority Owned Businesses, Media News
Will Griffin

It's a big mistake to limit the notion of diversity to media that are 100 percent minority. That's myopic. It attempts to measure African-American media ownership with a protractor, when what is truly needed is a compass.

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Women and Minorities Bit Players, But Gaining in Selling to America's Biggest Customer -- the Federal Government

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Small Business, Valarie King-Bailey, Federal Contracts, Federal Contracting, Women in Government, Equal Opportunity, American Express, Diversity Initiatives in Business, Recovery Programs, Women Minority Owned Businesses, OnShore Technologies, Minority Owned Businesses, Give Me 5 Program, Chicago Foundation for Women, Stimulus Programs, Women Owned Businesses, Government Procurement, Black Owned Businesses, Women?S Economic Advancement, American Express OPEN, Request for Proposal, Eddie Washington, Waukegan, City of Chicago Contracts, State Contracts, Bidding, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

When it comes to stimulus-related government contracts for small business, women's business, and minority-owned businesses, there are but few happy campers.

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