8/21/09 – theGrio & CNBC Market Wrap Up
TheGrio.com and CNBC team up to deliver a weekly review of money matters and market updates.
Kid entrepreneurs grow food for hungry families
VIDEO -- In a neighborhood where 86 percent of the residents live at or below the poverty line, some of the older kids at the Boys and Girls Club in Palm Beach County wanted to earn money.
8-year-old chef creates sweet success with candy sushi
VIDEO -- Eight-year-old Miles Louison of Aurora, Colorado is pretty proud of the jacket he was wearing on Tuesday morning as he sat in his kitchen. "It's my chef jacket,"...
8/17/09 – theGrio & CNBC Market Preview
The Grio and CNBC team up to deliver a weekly preview of money matters and market updates for our community.
8/14/09 – theGrio & CNBC Market Wrap Up
TheGrio.com and CNBC team up to deliver a weekly review of money matters and market updates.
Is the recession over?
VIDEO - Retail sales disappointed in July and the number of newly laid-off Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly last week...
Unemployment rate declines for first time in over a year
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. employers throttled back on layoffs in July, cutting just 247,000 jobs, the fewest in a year, and the unemployment rate dipped to 9.4 percent, its first decline in 15 months.
Obama talks recovery plan in ailing Midwest
VIDEO - Promising new jobs and money, President Barack Obama on Wednesday told a hurting Midwestern region that its recovery will be like the rest of the U.S.: tough but certain...
Wells Fargo sued for racially biased lending
Illinois filed a lawsuit on Friday against Wells Fargo & Co. accusing it of discriminating against black and Latino homeowners by employing racially biased lending practices...
Stress by state: Unemployment mounting in Southeast, Midwest
Even as Americans suffer rising unemployment, foreclosure rates in three states hit hardest by the housing bust stabilized in June, offering hope that the worst of the real estate crisis is over, according to The Associated Press' monthly analysis of economic stress in more than 3,100 U.S. counties...
