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Ron Busby of the U.S. Black Chambers outlines how presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden's economic recovery plan would reverse decades of economic barriers for Black communities.
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Jamii Bora’s high-net worth investors push for more disclosure on the Sh1 billion deal.
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Banker Gloria Samuel: Construction Must Do More to Reach the Black Community
The significance of this cultural moment and its impact on construction isn’t lost on Gloria Samuel. As a Black woman who has made her career in construction, and now supervises a Cincinnati bank’s retail construction portfolio, she says her own story came with no ready-made script and that she
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The Carr Report: You have to ‘Get out of Dumb’ before you can ‘Get out of Debt’ (July 15) | New Pittsburgh Courier
  by Damon Carr For New Pittsburgh Courier Have you ever done something so stupid that you wanted to smack yourself and scream out loud WHAT WAS I THINKING? I know I have. I recall one freezing cold winter day. The snow was up to my knees. I had to go out and run an … Continued
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Opinion: This camera could let us see the climate crisis in a new way - L.A. Focus Newspaper
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Elena Delle Donne 'shocked' her WNBA season medical opt-out request was denied | The Atlanta Voice
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Wells Fargo Commitment Could Potentially Result in Billions for Small Businesses - Houston Forward Times
In April, Wells Fargo announced it would donate gross proceeds from the Paycheck Protection Plan… The post Wells Fargo Commitment Could Potentially Result in Billions for Small Businesses appeared first on Houston Forward Times.
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NCBA shuts 14 branches on Covid-19
NCBA Group has shut 14 of its branches in Kenya due to Covid-19, which has reduced business activities.
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BREAKING: TCF Bank unveils $1 BILLION Loan Commitment for Minority Communities | Breaking News | The Michigan Chronicle
Leading the call for companies to lean in to social justice, Detroit-based financial institution, TCF Bank is putting their money where their mouth is by unveiling a huge financial commitment … Continued
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Zimbabwe: Gono Confronts Magaisa Over RBZ Farm Mechanisation Loot, Claims Programme Was Clean
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Coronavirus Opens a Pandora’s Box of Scams
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Wells Fargo Commitment Could Potentially Result in Billions for Small Businesses — The Sacramento Observer
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Nigeria: Dangote - Millionaires' Club Made Simple
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Adrian Giddings, Secretary of the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA), says that the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting local lockdown of the sporting fraternity, has severely affected the entity’s financial
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Africa: How Africa Can Take This Moment to End a 500-Years-Old Economic Model
[African Arguments] Governments can take the opportunity of COVID-19 to change Africa's place in global economic structures, but it will take pan-African coordination.
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