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March 4, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - African-American unemployment dipped to 15.3, while black teen unemployment declined sharply to 38.4 percent...
February 17, 2011
O.B. Nizam, an Altanta based hair care business owner, is in a trademark battle over the name of his product…
February 14, 2011
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Jackson, 82, was at the groundbreaking as one of the investors in the $2 billion, five-star…
February 11, 2011
CLUTCH - The 37-year-old model turned entrepreneur is enrolled in the Harvard Business School and is taking an executive education…
February 9, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Magic Johnson is set to play point again, this time as chairman of Vibe Holdings, the…
February 8, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - This Former Marine now commands his own company, Fidelis, which has rapidly built a sturdy reputation in…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - More than 1.5 million Texans depend on Jason Few to keep their homes cool during boiling Southwest…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - In 1993, Lisa Price started Carol's Daughter, a multimillion-dollar beauty business, with $100 and a homemade lotion…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - With a Harvard MBA and management experience at Disney and the NBA, Rice founded Management Leadership for…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - As a volunteer attorney, Kenneth Frazier won the 1997 release of James "Bo" Cochran, who spent 19…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Echoing Green CEO Cheryl Dorsey grants seed money to creative problem-solvers ready to implement life-changing ideas...
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - After spending nine successful years in finance at Shearson Lehman Hutton, Beal founded one of the nation's…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - When Amiya Alexander's friends couldn't afford dance lessons, the then-9-year-old dancer decided to start her own studio...
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Raised by his single, teenage mother, Peebles vowed he would gain financial security for himself -- a…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - If Wal-Mart South were its own company, president Rosalind Brewer would be running the 21st largest corporation…
January 30, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - He said it was premature to make those discussions public, but said in the statement that…
January 26, 2011
theGRIO Q&A - The "New Jack Swing" creator and super producer speaks with theGrio on lessons learned...
December 26, 2010
SLIDESHOW - In light of the bad economy and attacks on Obama from all directions, the public has lost sight…
December 13, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - Reginald L. Lewis died of brain cancer at age 50 in 1993. But his philosophy continues to…
December 7, 2010
VIDEO - This sign is one which generations of people may have never seen, and many wished they would never…