LOCAL NEWS
Economists hopeful, but wary on Mass. economyA stabilizing real estate market, improving business and consumer confidence, lower unemployment and higher state tax collections suggest the state's economy is heading into the new year behind a growing head of steam. More » |
2010 could be dramatic political year in Mass.When the state's normally mild-mannered governor predicts the coming campaign year will be replete with "fear mongering," it's clear 2010 is shaping up to be a big political one in Massachusetts. More » |
Harvard professor files suit against Cambridge policeCAMBRIDGE - A prominent black Harvard professor has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against a Cambridge police officer, his police supervisor, and the Cambridge city manager, charging them with false arrest and imprisonment. More » |
Angel Food Ministries offers bargain pricesLines are a little longer these days at discount grocers and crowds a little thinner at restaurants. More » |
NBCA hosts reunion, young civic leadersVerve Lounge, the hip bar attached to Rudi's Resto Cafe, played host last month to the National Black College Alliance Christmas reunion event. More » |
OneUnited moves toward the future with an eye on the pastAs chairman and chief executive of OneUnited, the nation's largest black-owned bank, Kevin Cohee is well aware of the current economic downturn. But he also knows the value of having a historical perspective. More » |
"The Economy, MBEs and Economic Recovery"It comes as no breaking news that the U.S. and global economies have been depressed for the past 20 months. But the good news is that Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was up 3.5 percent in the third Quarter of 2009, the first increase in GDP since the middle of 2007. More » |
Banner Biz Q&AJames Sturgis Jr. is the Director of Supplier Diversity for the Royal Ahold family of U.S.-based retail grocers. Ahold is an international group of supermarkets and foodservice operators based in the United States and Europe. Sturgis joined Ahold in October 2004 and now represents Stop & Shop in New England. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
Will latest jobs bill really produce jobs?WASHINGTON - When the Senate takes up a jobs bill later this month or early in February, the debate will center on whether it really will create jobs and be worth plunging the government tens of billions of dollars further into debt. More » |
From Obama to Skip Gates, 2009 changed racial viewsThe year began with a harmonious glow at the inauguration of the first black president, as America marked a stunning victory over its racial demons. More » |
Nigerian Americans fear unfair backlashWhen Herbert Igbanugo heard that a Nigerian man had been arrested for allegedly attempting to blow up a plane on Christmas Day, he didn't think the suspect was born in the West African nation. More » |
WORLD NEWS
Caribbean murder rates soaringSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Caribbean islands battling drug-fueled crime had one of their bloodiest years on record in 2009, with Jamaica, the Bahamas and Puerto Rico hitting or coming close to all-time highs for homicides. More » |
Poet, anti-apartheid activist Dennis Brutus diesSouth African poet and former political prisoner Dennis Brutus, who fought apartheid in words and deeds and remained an activist well after the fall of his country's racist system, has died. He was 85. More » |
