An Alternative to Credit: Layaway
With its roots in the Great Depression, layaway allows shoppers who don’t have enough money to pay for merchandise at once to put the item...
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Can Blacks Build Wealth and Remain Charitable?
The Northern Trust Corp. questioned affluent blacks about their giving habits and published their findings in a study called “Wealth in Black America,†which was...
Financial Meltdown
With the Bear Stearns collapse underscoring the vulnerability of the nation’s financial institutions, leaders of African American-owned companies are facing their own challenges. The tumultuous...
Market Mayhem
The federally backed buyout of Bear Stearns Cos. Inc. by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. over the weekend was perhaps the most glaring example yet...
The Weekly Market Preview — 1/14/08
The moment of truth has arrived. Most of us in the investment community are looking for a bottom in the financial stocks and an end...
The Weekly Market Preview — 1/8/2008
This week, I don’t think we’ll see any news or economic data that will help investors get their arms around the market and provide a...
Last Week in Brief — 1/4/2008
Key departures and financial woes rock institutions...