By T. Rowe Price At a time when many Americans are concerned about managing financial priorities, T. Rowe Price sees Financial Literacy Month as an opportunity to share key tips that encourage planning with confidence. Baltimore-based global investment management firm T. Rowe Price has provided expert advice on planning for a successful financial future. “Building […]
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Are you a Facebook user? You could get some settlement cash
By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Anyone in the U.S. who has had a Facebook account at any time since May 24, 2007, can now apply for their share of a $725 million privacy settlement that parent company Meta has agreed to pay. Meta is paying to settle a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social media […]
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Maryland leaders discuss next steps in ‘Highway to Nowhere’
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Rep. Kweisi Mfume met with Baltimore City Mayor Brandon M. Scott and U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) to discuss plans to redevelop West Baltimore’s “Highway to Nowhere” using a $2 million federal investment. “The partial construction of this highway resulted in the demolition […]
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Reparations: experts compute hundreds of billions owed to Black Californians
By Antonio Ray Harvey, Oakland Post Economists advising The California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans have developed economic formulas that project the reparations owed to Black Californians who are descendants of people enslaved in the United States are likely to exceed $800 billion. Three of five harms were used […]
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Greater Washington Urban League celebrates financial literacy month with a series of virtual events
By Aria Brent, AFRO Staff The Greater Washington Urban League (GWUL) is celebrating financial literacy month with a series of free events that are focused on helping people develop financial habits that’ll benefit them now and later! The first part of a two part series about negotiating in the workplace and what it can do […]
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The Harbor Bank of Maryland remains committed to serving Greater Baltimore’s Black communities
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com The Harbor Bank of Maryland (Harbor Bank), headquartered in Baltimore, opened its doors back in 1982 with $2.1 million in assets. After more than 40 years, the institution stands today as a pillar in the Greater Baltimore Black community with nearly $321 million in assets. The institution was […]
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Let’s Talk about Money: Starting a Business
By JPMorgan Chase & Co. Thinking about starting a business? Here are 5 things to consider More people are choosing to become entrepreneurs and chart a path of their own in the pandemic. In fact, one million more new business applications were filed in 2021 than in 2020 – the highest total on record- according […]
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How to Build Skills That Help Your Small Business Grow
By Ashley Powdar, AARP Studies show that entrepreneurs age 50-plus are among the most successful, profitable small business leaders. While experience matters, it’s not a magic wand that solves every problem that can threaten a company’s survival. Starting and growing a business is no easy feat. Many new ventures are expensive to start and require years […]
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Fox News and 2020 election lies face a reckoning
By David Bauder, AP Media Writer Starting April 17 in a courtroom in Delaware, Fox News executives and stars will have to answer for their role in spreading doubt about the 2020 presidential election and creating the gaping wound that remains in America’s democracy. Jurors hearing the $1.6 billion lawsuit filed against Fox by Dominion […]
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TBE# 16 – State of Black America 2023: Confronting the threat within
By Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League “Our sense of belonging and prosperity relies on freedom from violence. That freedom requires confronting the threat that armed violence poses to our democracy and the hate-fueled rhetoric that feeds it. Moreover, keeping voters and elections safe from political violence is necessary to advance free, […]
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AFRO finance tips and tidbits
By AFRO Staff In honor of National Financial Capability month, the AFRO reached out to staff members for tips and tricks on how to maintain personal funds. Read the excerpts below for suggestions on achieving success when it comes to managing your money. Finance advice for different age groups Bonnie Deanes, AFRO Finance Manager Children: […]
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New podcast highlights legacy of 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike and sacrifice of Martin Luther King Jr.
By Reginald Williams, Special to the AFRO The I AM campaign over sanitation workers’ conditions in Memphis, Tenn. –the spark that led to Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination in 1968–is dramatically spelled out in a podcast released this month by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees commemorating King’s final social justice campaign. […]