Friday night twitter went into a frenzy when word came that DRAKE collapsed on stage after re-injuring his already bum knee. For those of you who’ve been following the Young Money golden-boys meteoric rise, you know that the Toronto native (nee Aubrey Drake Graham) originally tore his ACL in a basketball game last month, shortly [...]
December 22, 2008 – 9:39 am
When FBI and immigration agents arrested a 28-year-old Guatemalan woman three months ago in Los Angeles, they announced that they had shut down one of the most elaborate sex trafficking rings in the country. It was also the family business.
The woman, Maribel Rodriguez Vasquez, was the sixth member of her family to be rounded up [...]
November 18, 2008 – 9:19 am
Congress is set to begin a heated debate on whether Detroit’s Big Three automakers — General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler LLC — will be next in line for a federal bailout.
Democratic leaders in Congress are in favor of some kind of help, as is President-elect Obama. But the Bush administration has balked on proposals [...]
November 10, 2008 – 9:36 am
Circuit City Stores Inc., the No. 2 electronics seller after Best Buy, filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, hoping the move will allow it to stock its shelves in time for the crucial holiday shopping season.
The move comes about a week after Circuit City said it would close 155 stores as it deals with a worsening [...]
November 7, 2008 – 8:31 am
The government reported more grim news about the economy Friday, saying employers cut 240,000 jobs in October – bringing the year’s total job losses to nearly 1.2 million.
According to the Labor Department’s monthly jobs report, the unemployment rate rose to 6.5% from 6.1% in September and higher than economists’ forecast of 6.3%. It was the [...]
November 3, 2008 – 10:52 am
With the recent suicide of Def Jam VP SHAKIR STEWART and the recent overdose attempt of NBA legend ISAIAH THOMAS, clinical depression and the African-American community is more prevelant than ever.
But there still remains a lot of confusion and stigma in the Black community over a very common and devastaing disorder: Clinical Depression.
We get so [...]
October 30, 2008 – 7:23 am
Exxon Mobil Corp. set a quarterly profit record for a U.S. company Thursday, surging past analyst estimates.
Exxon Mobil (XOM, Fortune 500), the leading U.S. oil company, said its third-quarter net profit was $14.83 billion, or $2.86 per share, up from $9.41 billion, or $1.70, a year earlier. That profit included $1.45 billion in special items.
The company’s prior [...]
