Color Of Money

More than 67,000 Comcast and NBCUniversal volunteers across the country will spend Saturday, April 21, 2012, giving back to their communities as they take part in Comcast Cares Day, one of the nation’s largest days of corporate volunteerism.

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A new Walmart opens at the Aramingo Crossings Shopping Center, bringing 300 new jobs, savings for local shoppers and an increase in tax revenue to support the area’s economy. Nonprofit organizations will also benefit from the retailer’s ongoing charitable contributions…

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Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jim Skinner has informed the Board of Directors of his decision to retire after 41 years with the Company, effective June 30, 2012. McDonald’s Board of Directors elected current President and Chief Operating Officer Don Thompson to succeed Skinner as CEO.

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How many good jobs America can provide may depend, according to one ingenious theory, on how close the country can come to following the National Football League’s successful attempt at increasing diversity.

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After analyzing 20 years of Small Business Administration loan data, Bryant Ruiz Switzky of the Washington Business Journal found the number of business loans to African Americans dropped 87 percent between 2007 and 2011.

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Health Partners of Philadelphia Inc., the not-for-profit, managed care health insurance organization, is one of the top large companies to work for in the Philadelphia region, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News. Health Partners ranked number three out of 20 large businesses.

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We recently wrote about the lack of African Americans in Silicon Valley, and received an overwhelming response from readers over comments by University of Connecticut assistant professor Maya Beasley, who attributes the lack of representation to self-segregation.

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Because of this country’s racist past, the future for people of color, and the United States overall, doesn’t look too promising. That was the conclusion of a United for a Fair Economy report. Consider that in 1980, the U.S. population was 80 percent white.

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Clear Channel Media and Entertainment Philadelphia today announced that Dennis Lamme has been named President and Market Manager, effective immediately. In his new role, Lamme will oversee the Philadelphia market’s operations including all managerial, strategic and sales functions.

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Comcast Corporation, one of the world’s leading media, entertainment and communications companies, today announced it has selected four new minority-owned independent networks to be broadly distributed on Comcast Cable systems between April 2012 and January 2014.

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