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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.
How Nike design engineer Logan Hickox started designing shoes for LeBron James and Simone Biles
Get to know Logan Hickox, a mechanical engineer who currently works as a Nike design engineer. A University of Florida graduate, Hickox has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. In an interview with Fast Company, he noted that he grew up loving sports and not engineering. He only got interested in engineering after seeing flyers…
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Ghana becomes 5th African country to remove visa restrictions for Africans, here are the other four
Ghana is now enabling visa-free travel to citizens of all African countries after President...
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How James Harden struck it lucky thanks to an investment decision influenced by the late Kobe Bryant
Get to know James Harden; he is an NBA player who plays for the LA Clippers. In 2023, he was...
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Meet the 90-year-old behind NYC’s longest-running Latin music store: ‘I’ll leave here when God takes me’
Since 1969, 90-year-old Miguel Amadeo has owned and managed the Casa Amadeo record store. The...
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Tyrre Burks: Former athlete’s sports company has now raised $100M to enhance athlete safety
Tyrre Burks is a former athlete and founder of Players Health, a company he established to address the challenges he experienced as an athlete playing on a Division II football team while attending Winona...
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How Steph Curry left Nike after the company met him with a Kevin Durant powerpoint: report
In 2013, Stephen Curry, who plays for the Golden State Warriors, signed a lifetime contract with Under Armour, ditching Nike. He earned $4 million per year, which ultimately increased to $20 million per...
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Lewis Hamilton is F1’s 2nd-highest paid driver but could move to the top in 2025 and make history, here’s how
Formula 1 driver compensation figures are rarely made publicly available but performance clauses, win bonuses and much more are taken into consideration when looking at what constitutes a driver’s...
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Washington DC sues Amazon, alleges it excluded Black neighborhoods from fast delivery service
In a lawsuit filed by the District of Columbia, Amazon is being accused of secretly terminating its fastest delivery service to residents of two communities that are primarily Black, all the while collecting...
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Basketball Hall of Famers Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady make history joining Bills’ ownership group
Get to know Tracy McGrady and Vince Carter; they are former NBA teammates and Hall of Famers who reinvented themselves as entrepreneurs after retiring from the NBA. McGrady retired from the league in 2013...
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This is how Elon Musk became the first person with a staggering net worth of $400 billion
Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, has reached a new milestone with a net worth of $400 billion, becoming the first person to do so, according to Bloomberg. This increase was driven by a significant...
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Jay-Z’s cannabis brand Monogram seems to be in trouble as it can’t be found on shelves: report
Jay-Z is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the entertainment industry. Born Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, Jay-Z made a name for himself as a musician and then reinvented himself as an entrepreneur,...
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How this Georgia MBA graduate turned her health struggles into an Oprah-approved company
Get to know Kristen Dunning; she is behind the Black-owned soap brand called Gently, which recently received a stamp of approval from Oprah Winfrey. Her journey to becoming an entrepreneur began with a...
