Wells Fargo Housing Foundation Announces $6 Million in Grants
Wells Fargo & Company announced $6 million toward neighborhood revitalization efforts with 47 grants to nonprofits through the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation’s 2017 Priority Markets Program.
Randall's Donates 1,500 Turkeys And $1.24+ Million to Houston Food Bank
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, Randalls Food Markets is giving 1,500 turkeys to the Houston Food Bank for distribution via 20 of their local hunger relief member agencies to families at risk for hunger in our community.
African-American Millionaire Gives Money to Houston Flood Victims
Dr. Willie Wilson made a special presentation to flood victims, at Forest Lawn Missionary Baptist Church in Houston, Texas.
Odyssey Media and the Coca-Cola Company Salute Multicultural Houston Small Business Owners
Odyssey Media, the leading brand in the empowerment of multicultural women, stopped in Houston, TX on Friday, Nov. 10, 2017 during the 3rd Annual IN THE BLACK tour. For the third consecutive year, the tour is a part of The …
New State-of-the-Art Adult Day Activity and Health Services Opens to Serve Local Area
In partnership with the City of Houston, Andrew and Demonica Johnson of Johnson & Johnson Day Activity and Health Services, invites Houston and Fort Bend communities to the opening of their new state-of-art adult daycare and senior activity center on …
Papa John's: We Didn't Mean to Be 'divisive' On NFL Protests
Papa John's is trying to repair the damage caused by its CEO's controversial comments about the NFL protests.
Wells Fargo Housing Foundation Announces $6 Million in Grants
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced $6 million toward neighborhood revitalization efforts with 47 grants to nonprofits through the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation’s 2017 Priority Markets Program.
Companies Learn the Hard Way: Think Before You Tweet
When will companies learn the golden rule: Think before you tweet. Keurig and other brands caught flack from all sides for how they responded to social media calls to distance themselves from Fox News host Sean Hannity. Companies walked back …
Lyft Announces Its First International Expansion
Lyft is making its first stop outside of the U.S. On Monday, the ride-hailing company announced it will begin operating in Toronto.
Adidas Is Running Circles Around Its Competition
Adidas has left Under Armour in the dust. It's coming for Nike, too.
Black Millennial Launches App to Discover & Review Black-Owned Businesses
The next generation digital platform, Official Black Wall Street, is making it even easier to find and support Black-owned businesses with the launch of their highly anticipated new app. Making its mark as the first of its kind to alert …
Former DJ-Turned-Entrepreneur Finds Success With Her Homemade Peanut Butter and Jams (Music Jams, That is!)
PB&Jams is a Black-owned company in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania whose founder, Megan Gibson, took an American favorite -- peanut butter -- and grew the idea into a successful business. Her business specializes producing many different kinds of nut butters that …
Changes at GE; Pound Under Pressure; Oil in Focus
Changes at GE: General Electric is cutting its stock dividend for only the second time since the Great Depression. The company announced that it will cut the dividend from 24 cents to 12 cents per share.
Americans See Jobs Aplenty. Good Wages? Not so much.
If you ask most Americans, finding work isn't that difficult these days. But getting paid enough to get by still remains a problem. The percentage of residents who think jobs in their area are plentiful spiked to 50% last month, …
Ayesha Curry Bringing New Restaurant to Houston in 2018
Come 2018, Houston will be home to a new restaurant owned by Ayesha Curry. The NBA wife, who has a growing resume, already has business deals with Cover Girl and Food Network.
