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by Denise Burrell-Stinson There’s nothing wrong with taking a financially shrewd approach towards personal primping. It’s the difference between feeling like you’ve been recklessly extravagant and loving to get the most for your fashion dollar. The quest for value – no matter what your sartorial sense – should be a constant balance between fab and […]

(Chicago Reporter) — Shaking hands with officials from the Illinois Lottery, Bob Dale felt like a winner. No, he didn’t win the jackpot or even one of those scratch-off cards. But his business, R.J. Dale Advertising, had just sealed a $100 million contract with the Illinois Department of Revenue, one of the largest contracts awarded […]

(The Network Journal) — Born to Black and Chinese biracial parents in Port Antonio, Jamaica, Michael Lee Chin, always knew the value of hard work. When he was 7-yrs old, his mother married local grocery store clerk Vincent Chin. A true Brady bunch clan, together the couple had nine children. His mother sold Avon products […]

(Black Enterprise) — In 1994 Curtiss Pope’s first job was as a grocery store clerk. Only 15, he couldn’t understand why there wasn’t a document to show customers which aisle had the bread and which aisle had the dairy. “I had to be well versed in the store layout,” remembers Pope. Fast-forward to 2008; Pope, […]

(Fort Worth Star Telegram) — It will be crowded in Earlene Moore’s bakery kitchen two nights before the Super Bowl on Feb. 6.  Starting the previous Friday night and hopefully ending hours later, Moore and her crew of three “ladies” will make 1,500 bite-size cupcakes, put a Texas star in lemon butter icing atop each, […]