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November 15, 2011
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - White House hopeful Mitt Romney on Tuesday criticized President Barack Obama for saying the U.S. had…
November 15, 2011
OPINION - Cities with strong diversity supplier policies and which allow easy access to business-to-business and government contracts were the…
November 15, 2011
SLIDESHOW - On November 9, the National Urban League Policy Institute released its State of Urban Business report on minority…
November 2, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - Steve Stoute is a former record executive who's had a hand in launching the careers of rapper…
October 28, 2011
Blogger-turned-investor Michael Arrington ignited a controversy with his comments about the visibility of minority-led companies...
October 25, 2011
OPINION - According to a bank official, Carver will receive a $55 million infusion of cash and will be saved.…
October 20, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C.- African-Americans' buying power is expected to reach $1.1 trillion by 2015...
October 13, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - In smaller NBA cities such as Orlando, Memphis, Oklahoma City, Salt Lake City, Portland, and Cleveland, the…
October 13, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Robert Johnson has proposed a version of the NFL's 'Rooney Rule' to be implemented by Fortune 1000…
October 12, 2011
As Congress weighs the Obama administration's jobs package, RLJ Companies CEO Robert Johnson is pushing a proposal that he says…
October 8, 2011
OPINION - What is 'n-word-oil'? Well it turns out that this medicinal remedy is for muscle pain and a host…
September 30, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - In February, newly elected Gov. Rick Snyder announced that apart of the sweeping budget cuts he was…
September 27, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The Brooklyn-native is said to personify the American rags-to-riches story and with his latest venture, he's right…
September 16, 2011
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - The African-American Farmers of California started the 15-acre demonstration farm to teach about growing and eating…
September 12, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - For the owners of black businesses in the North that were established and thrived on the patronage…
September 9, 2011
OPINION - Perhaps the president's African-American critics expect too much when they demand that he explicitly mention black unemployment...
September 8, 2011
At 6 years old, he looked around his block in search of something that could be converted into a salable…
September 6, 2011
VIDEO - Last week investors received quite a few reports on the economy. Home prices rose by more than 1…
August 19, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Despite a city of mainly 'poor people,' luxury condominiums and apartments, live-where-you-work housing, new enterprise zones and…
August 7, 2011
OPINION - This does not bode well for the prospects of much of the jobless; people like me who have…