The Save Darfur Coalition on Monday will launch the second phase of its
campaign targeting companies such as Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, JP
Morgan and Vanguard for their investments in companies that activists
say contribute to genocide in the Sudan. Click to continue at SaveDarfur.org
Indiana Black Expo will begin a national search for a new leader who can keep the luster on events such as the Summer Celebration even through the construction of a new stadium and expanded Convention Center. Click to continue at IndyStar.com
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) and
GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) today announced the results of a comprehensive
Supplier Business Initiative study aimed at helping Corporate America
assist small disadvantaged businesses (SDBs).
The numbers also indicated that lenders turned down potential borrowers who
were from ethnic minorities more often than for whites. Banking regulators will now trawl through the raw data and try to ascertain
whether lenders discriminated against black and Hispanic borrowers... Read more at TimesOnline.co.uk
On Saturday, all eyes at the Financial Planning Association’s annual
conference in Seattle were on keynote speaker the
financial adviser whose rags-to-riches story was celebrated in the 2006
hit movie “The Pursuit of Happyness,” starring Will Smith. But even a cursory scan of the FPA audience would have revealed that
there were very, very few planners who shared Mr. Gardner’s complexion. Read more at InvestmentNews.com
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