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Eloquii’s brand new bridal collection is coming
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ahead of wedding season, Eloquii, a plus-size clothing brand, announced its new bridal collection for 2022. Launching this summer, Eloquii said it is releasing wedding wardrobe pieces in sizes [Read More…]
Fitbit recalls one million smart watches over burn hazards
US Consumer Product Safety Commission (NEW YORK) — Fitbit is recalling approximately one million smartwatches after 78 reports of burn injuries — including two reports of third-degree burns. The recall impacts the company’s Ionic smartwatches, [Read More…]
Boeing suspends all plane maintenance support for Russian airlines
OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Boeing Company has suspended all parts, maintenance and technical support for Russian airlines as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues, the company announced Tuesday. This [Read More…]
LinkedIn launches tool to show career breaks amid women’s slow post-pandemic return to work
brightstars/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — LinkedIn, the career-focused social networking site, is giving job seekers a new way to describe gaps in their careers. The site on Tuesday released a new feature, called “career breaks,” [Read More…]
Meta disrupts social media misinformation campaigns targeting Ukrainians
Rapeepong Puttakumwong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A pair of social media misinformation campaigns exploiting tensions in Russia and Ukraine were identified and disabled on Facebook over the weekend, according to two senior leaders at the [Read More…]
US and allies bar Russian Central Bank from accessing reserves worldwide
Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Monday emphasized the drastic nature of economic sanctions levied again Russia over the weekend in which the U.S. and allies targeted Russia’s Central Bank, [Read More…]
How one group fights to reclaim Black land and battle the economic divide
Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In 1912, Willa and Charles Bruce bought land southwest of Los Angeles in Manhattan Beach to turn into a resort for African Americans to [Read More…]
Meet entrepreneurs of color building Tulsa’s former Black Wall Street into hot, new tech hub
ABC News (TULSA, Oklahoma) — A community of Black entrepreneurs are shaking up the tech and innovation ecosystem and forming a new hub for digital creators, developers and investors based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Founders building [Read More…]
Fears of US gas prices spiking amid Russian invasion of Ukraine
Artit Fongfung / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The stock market has been up and down this week amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and while we are likely to see more volatility in Wall Street [Read More…]
Markets plummet as world reacts to Russian invasion
Jake Wyman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. stock futures are down ahead of Thursday’s opening bell amid ongoing attacks on Ukraine by Russia. As of 8:30 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down [Read More…]
Rising interest rates create a new challenge for first-time homebuyers
Image Source/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The housing market has been unforgiving to first-time buyers like Kirstin Harris. “You have to be so competitive,” she told ABC News. “By the time we even like a [Read More…]
Dow plunges 482 points amid Ukraine-Russia crisis
Matteo Colombo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Wall Street is jittery as tensions continue to escalate between Russia and Ukraine. On Tuesday, stocks were down, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing 482.57 points lower, a [Read More…]
How to keep bills down as gas prices soar
Photo Illustration by Sean Gallup/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Gas prices are continuing to soar with no relief in sight. The national average price per gallon now stands at $3.53, the highest it’s been since [Read More…]
Presidents Day 2022: What to buy and deals you can shop now
BojanMirkovic/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In addition to honoring presidents of the past, Presidents Day, celebrated this year on Monday, Feb. 21, is also marked by deep discounts. It is one of the best times [Read More…]
Elon Musk accuses SEC of harassment, withholding money to Tesla shareholders
Yichuan Cao/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk accused the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday of harassment and of withholding $40 million to Tesla shareholders, adding to long-running tensions between the [Read More…]
Black women tend to have more college debt. Here’s what they can do
Cavan Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Black students are much more likely to incur the largest average student loan debt out of any group in the United States, including their white peers, according to a [Read More…]
‘Swan song’: How automakers are saying goodbye to internal combustion engines
Lamborghini (NEW YORK) — Walk into a Lamborghini dealership and brace yourself for the bad news. The wait time for the new Huracan STO supercar, a track weapon with a conspicuous carbon-fiber wing, air ducts [Read More…]
Top car design executive speaks out about diversity in the industry
Stellantis (NEW YORK) — You may not know Ralph Gilles by name but you may have owned (or admired) his cars: the Dodge Viper, Jeep Grand Cherokee and Ram truck, to name a few. Gilles, [Read More…]
How Costco, grocery membership fee hikes impact consumer buying decisions
NoDerog/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Raising membership fees can generally be chalked up as “the price of doing business.” But as inflation, demand and supply chain issues continue to dictate an increase in prices, consumers [Read More…]
Inglewood’s Black-owned businesses to be highlighted during Super Bowl weekend
Jevone Moore/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (INGLEWOOD, Calif.) — Seeing a need to promote Black-owned businesses, longtime Inglewood, California, resident Keokia Childress helped start a community-organized food festival to showcase what their neighborhood had to [Read More…]