By The Admin on December 23, 2009
This time, no fat cats. President Barack Obama took his plea for more small business lending to community bankers Tuesday, but his prodding was far gentler than it was with high finance CEOs last week.
The president offered to help ease regulation that bankers say has restricted lending. He praised the small bankers as pillars of [...]
Posted in White House
By The Admin on December 23, 2009
Mallory Simon, CNN
- Can Hewlett-Packard’s motion-tracking webcams see black people? It’s a question posed on a now-viral YouTube video and the company says it’s looking into it.
In the video, two co-workers take turns in front of the camera — the webcam appears to follow Wanda Zamen as she sways in front of the screen and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
By The Admin on December 23, 2009
In the battle against black unemployment, places like the Opportunities Industrialization Center are ground zero.
Savory aromas wafted from a king-size kitchen one recent day as the instructor demonstrated a fish recipe to a dozen aspiring cooks. Nearby, a mock hotel room was waiting to be cleaned. Downstairs, electrical fixtures hung from an exposed wall, ready [...]
Posted in Money & Finance, Policy & Issues
By The Admin on December 23, 2009
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
- President Obama’s repeat lecture to black critics that blacks shouldn’t expect anything special from him is disingenuous at best, and an insult at worst. Here are two quick political reality checks. He would not have won the White House if he had not won Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida and North Carolina. Three out [...]
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By The Admin on December 23, 2009
Police concerns that media-hungry terrorists would attack Michael Jackson’s trial as a “soft target” led to a request for federal help, according to FBI files kept on the late pop star. The documents also show that the FBI helped facilitate interviews in the Philippines by California authorities investigating Jackson over allegations that he had sexually [...]
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