GOP derails 'Buffett Rule' taxes on wealthy
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans derailed a Democratic 'Buffett Rule' bill Monday forcing the nation's top earners to pay at least 30 percent of their income in taxes...
4/16/2012 - theGrio and CNBC Market Update
VIDEO - Besides the European debt crisis weighing on the markets last week, there were also several reports for investors to analyze...
Black people more likely to be jobless in Britain than US
A paper presented on Friday at the British Sociological Association's annual conference in Leeds shows that in the last three recessions, unemployment among black British men was up to 19 percentage points higher than among those in America...
Oprah loses millions in ad sales for 'O' magazine
theGRIO REPORT - According to a new report, 'O, The Oprah Magazine' is down millions of dollars in advertising sales in comparison to last year...
Lionel Richie owes $1.1 million in unpaid taxes
TODAY - The 62-year-old music legend has a $1.1 million debt to the Feds, according to IRS documents obtained by E! News...
Saints owner Tom Benson buys Hornets from NBA
NEW YORK (AP) - The Saints say the NFL team's owner Tom Benson has bought the New Orleans Hornets from the NBA...
7 jobs that don't pay as well as we think
People who work as doctors, flight attendants and news reporters are not earning the kind of enviable salaries that many think they do...
4/9/2012 - theGrio and CNBC Market Update
VIDEO - There were several economic reports for investors to sift through last week. The manufacturing sector posted strong growth. New claims for jobless benefits fell and small business optimism improved to a 94.3 reading --its highest reading in a year...
Banks neglect seized homes in minority areas
MSNBC - Banks are doing a much better job maintaining homes seized in foreclosures in predominantly white neighborhoods than in mostly black and Latino neighborhoods...
BET joins the prepaid card bandwagon -- beware!
OPINION - The prepaid card is one that doesn't help anyone establish credit, costs far too much for those who have limited budgets...
