Color Of Money

Part of understanding what makes a consumer decide to make a purchase is understanding the opposite – what makes them turn away from one business and toward another? Although high prices top the reasons consumers won’t consider a business, YP’s “The Why Before the Buy” survey found there are a number of other factors that…

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Family Features Today’s consumers don’t often follow a simple path of “search for what I want, find it, buy it.” They search at home, at work and on-the-go to find the products and services they need. New research from YP, the leading local marketing solutions provider, and publisher of yp.com and The Real Yellow Pages®…

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Family Features Once their military service ends, veterans can face obstacles in assimilating back into civilian life. One common struggle is finding post-military employment, which is why some veterans choose to own their own business and pursue franchising. In fact, The UPS Store found in a recent survey that 63 percent of veterans and active…

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By Maria Ines Zamudio associated press CHICAGO — It was a striking image. A photo of an 89-year-old man hunched over, struggling to push his cart with frozen treats. Fidencio Sanchez works long hours every day selling the treats because he couldn’t afford to retire. The photo and his story went viral and thousands of…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  NABJ President Sarah Glover speaks to attendees at this year’s NABJ/NAHJ Convention.  (Photo courtesy: NABJ) Success due to fiscal management, member and partner support COLLEGE PARK, MD.–The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is set to end the year with a projected $1 million surplus – one of the highest in the organization’s…

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www.benjerry.com Black lives matter. They matter because they are children, brothers, sisters, mothers, and fathers. They matter because the injustices they face steal from all of us — white people and people of color alike. They steal our very humanity. Systemic and institutionalized racism are the defining civil rights and social justice issues of our…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Evalyn ‘Evie’ Johnson By Avis Thomas-Lester Urban News Service Evalyn “Evie” Johnson has traveled the world to share the hair care techniques she’s honed over 20 years as a stylist. She’s taught natural hair styling in Los Angeles and hair-loss prevention in Australia. She’ll be featured in New Zealand next month at the…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  The Fireplace Plug blocks energy loss, drafts, noise, odors, insects, and fits most any fireplace. BPT Can you imagine keeping your windows open all winter long? The heat loss, cold drafts and all that money spent on wasted energy would be staggering. But if your home has folding pull-down attic stairs, a whole-house…

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BPT Career opportunities in the health care industry are expected to continue growing more quickly than in virtually any other industry, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Outlook Handbook. Not only is the health care industry expected to add more than 2 million new jobs by 2024, many existing roles will continue to…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  (I AM NIKOM / Shutterstock.com)   BPT Let’s face it – college is expensive. Whether you’re still in school trying to pay for textbooks and housing, a professional facing your student loans or a parent saving for your child’s future tuition, the cost of an education can result in debt that looms for…

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