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Explore international business news and insights into the ever-evolving landscape of Black business news, featuring success stories, economic developments, and innovations within the Black community. Whether you’re looking for emerging opportunities, key industry updates or features on business leaders, our business section keeps you connected and ahead of the curve.
She was laid off from Microsoft, now she’s behind the only Black-owned grocery store in Chicago
Elizabeth Abunaw has found her purpose in a career she never thought she would have. She recently opened her business, “Forty Acres Fresh Market,” in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. She told the Chicago Tribune, “I didn’t dream of becoming a grocer, I wanted to be an MTV DJ.” “But I think a good business should solve…
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Shaquille O’Neal’s daughter joins his foundation board, leads $24M Youth Complex project
Shaquille O’Neal is actively transforming his $500 million empire into a family legacy....
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Noah Lyles’ latest side hustle away from the track might surprise you
Noah Lyles is considered the world’s fastest sprinter on the track; however, in the anime...
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Meet Chantel Francis, whose beauty supply vending machine for Black college students is taking over campuses
Bronx native Chantel Francis built her beauty supply vending machine business from the ground...
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Jayson Tatum makes history with his new job at alma mater Duke
Jayson Tatum will serve as the Chief Basketball Officer for Duke, his alma mater, during the college basketball season, the school announced on Tuesday. Tatum, who played at Duke in 2016-17, will...
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Ashley Allison: Meet the former Obama advisor acquiring ‘The Root’ to return it to Black ownership
Ashley Allison, a Democratic political strategist and CNN commentator, said last week that she is acquiring The Root from G/O Media, a digital media holding company controlled by a private equity firm....
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Meet the Zimbabwean farmer in UK honored with royal visit after being ‘first to grow white maize’
When David Mwanaka moved to the UK from Zimbabwe more than 20 years ago, he couldn’t find white maize, a staple crop he had eaten growing up. So he started growing it in addition to other traditional...
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Elon Musk becomes first person ever to hit $500 billion net worth, here’s how he did it
Elon Musk has become the first person in the world to be worth $500 billion, according to Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires tracker. He reached this feat on Wednesday afternoon after Tesla’s...
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From teen mom to triumph: Claudienne Hibbert-Smith honored for $377M in real estate sales in one year
Claudienne Hibbert-Smith became a mother at the age of 14, but she didn’t let this deter her from pursuing her dreams. She graduated from Miami Carol City & University of Florida, and by age...
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How Russell Wilson, Ciara quietly built children’s brand that surpassed $100M in sales in 2024
In June 2021, Russell Wilson and his wife, Ciara, launched a children’s clothing line called 3BRAND. The two decided to start this brand while seated in their Los Angeles home, watching their son,...
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Angela Miller-May: How a sharecropper’s grandchild rose from bank teller to $55bn pension fund CIO
Angela Miller-May’s grandparents were civil rights activists who, in 1968, became part of the Great Migration, moving with their five children from a tiny town in Mississippi to Chicago. Angela Miller-May’s...
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Jay-Z’s bid to become first Black casino owner in Times Square rejected
A six-person community advisory committee on Wednesday rejected a proposal from rapper Jay-Z’s Roc Nation company and its partners to bring a casino to New York City’s Times Square. Per XXL,...
