theGrio and CNBC Market Update
VIDEO - Besides monitoring austerity measures in Europe, investors received several economic reports last week...
Obama now can call himself job creator
(AP) - It probably won't help Obama much in his race for re-election. The economy is still a long way from firing on all cylinders...
Wal-Mart to hire 50,000 for holiday season
NEW YORK (AP) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says it expects to hire more than 50,000 temporary employees this holiday season and will be offering more hours to its existing workers....
theGrio and CNBC Market Update
VIDEO - Investors witnessed multi-year highs for the stock market last week, but all eyes were on the August jobs report, and the data was mixed...
Obama gets grim job news; Romney pounces on it
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - His convention over, President Barack Obama ran smack into the harsh reality of a bleak new report on the nation's unemployment outlook Friday...
Black unemployment stays put as US rate falls
WASHINGTON (AP) - The black unemployment stayed stuck at exactly 14.1 percent, while African-American teen unemployment ticked up slightly from 36.6 percent to 37.9...
Obama: 'My fellow citizens, you were the change'
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Obama used his nationally televised speech closing out the Democratic National Convention to try to revive the excitement that powered his first run for the presidency...
Are black Americans worse off economically than four years ago?
Millions of African-Americans are worse off economically than four years ago, Bloomberg News writes, although many of the challenges they have faced long preceded President Obama...
Ohio governor to black Americans: 'Come off the streets'
theGRIO REPORT - John Kasich reportedly responded to question on jobs by suggesting that African-Americans needed to be persuaded to 'come off the streets' in order to become small business owners...
theGrio and CNBC Market Update
VIDEO - Investors had to parse fed, housing and jobs data last week...
