Stepping up their fight against the president’s immigration ban, some of Silicon Valley’s biggest tech companies — Apple, Google, Facebook and others — have filed a legal brief claiming the executive order “inflicts significant harm on Ameri ...
“Every American needs a RushCard — or Green Dot.” That’s the mantra of RushCard founder and business mogul Russell Simmons, who together with Green Dot Corporation President Steven Streit, explained the intricacies of their new partnership ...
Recently, I read on social media, “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” I thought about how true this statement is as I begin to do my own unplugging from the digital world. Technology has gone ...
By: Charlene Crowell As a New Year approaches, fair lending will be the priority for the nation’s consumer financial cop on the beat. Mortgage and student loan servicing along with redlining and small business lending will be a triple-focus in 2017 for ...
The third time was the charm for Houston in the competition for the triennial meeting of the World Petroleum Congress. In voting held in Bahrain today, WPC delegates awarded the 2020 WPC to Houston. The Bayou City beat out Vancouver for the coveted event ...
By: Walter Hopkins, Financial Advisor, Wells Fargo Advisors Retirement represents a shift from depending upon income from work to accessing other income sources such as Social Security, pensions, annuities, savings, and investments. Making this transition ...
ABOVE: Chase Untermeyer, international business consultant, speaks to high school students and their parents from Fort Bend Independent School District and Stafford Municipal School District during the inaugural Rising Leaders Conference at the HCC Staffo ...
AT&T recently launched ultra-fast internet service in additional cities in the Houston area, including in parts of Bay City, Deer Park, Freeport, Jacinto City, Lake Jackson, Texas City and surrounding areas. They are offering a 1 gigabit connection to ...
By: Freddie Allen, NNPA Newswire Managing Editor Black workers lost ground last month, as the unemployment rate increased from 8.3 percent in September to 8.6 percent in October, according to the latest jobs report from the Labor Department. October was a ...
PICTURED ABOVE: Stepping Into Strength (SIS) Mentors This Woman’s Work hosted its inaugural fundraiser, Stilettos & Champagne reception Saturday, November 12th at the Houston Museum of African American Culture. Stilettos & Champagne raised ...
