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7 jobs that don't pay as well as we think
11:56 AM on 04/10/2012
People who work as doctors, flight attendants and news reporters are not earning the kind of enviable salaries that many think they do...
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4/9/2012 - theGrio and CNBC Market Update
3:10 PM on 04/09/2012
VIDEO - There were several economic reports for investors to sift through last week. The manufacturing sector posted strong growth. New claims for jobless benefits fell and small business optimism improved to a 94.3 reading --its highest reading in a year...
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Banks neglect seized homes in minority neighborhoods, report says
5:24 PM on 04/06/2012
MSNBC - Banks are doing a much better job maintaining homes seized in foreclosures in predominantly white neighborhoods than in mostly black and Latino neighborhoods...
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BET joins the prepaid card bandwagon for worse, not better
1:36 PM on 04/06/2012
OPINION - The prepaid card is one that doesn't help anyone establish credit, costs far too much for those who have limited budgets...
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Self-declared Mega Millions winner Mirlande Wilson: I lost the ticket
8:41 AM on 04/06/2012
BALTIMORE (AP) - A woman who has claimed to have Maryland's winning Mega Millions ticket appeared with an attorney Wednesday asking to be left alone...
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NBA may sell jersey space to advertisers
2:37 PM on 04/02/2012
Last year's NBA lockout made it clear that the players in the league would have to at least accept cuts because of the millions the NBA has been losing...
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4/2/2012 - theGrio and CNBC Market Update
12:46 PM on 04/02/2012
VIDEO - The markets are closed for Good Friday but investors await reports on jobs, the service sector and consumer credit...
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BET, NetSpend join to market prepaid payment card
6:14 PM on 03/29/2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - BET Networks is entering the exploding business of prepaid cards, partnering with an industry leader in hopes of reaching millions of black Americans who don't use banks...
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Sons of Sugar Hill label founders face tax charges
5:40 PM on 03/29/2012
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Three sons of the founders of the Sugar Hill Records hip-hop recording label pleaded guilty Thursday to tax evasion charges...
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Winehouse family to get her $4.66 million fortune
1:46 PM on 03/28/2012
LONDON (AP) - Records show Amy Winehouse left an estate worth 2.94 million pounds ($4.66 million) after her death last year...
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Magic Johnson group to buy Dodgers for $2 billion
8:25 AM on 03/28/2012
NEW YORK (AP) - A group that includes former Lakers star Magic Johnson and longtime baseball executive Stan Kasten agreed Tuesday night to buy the Dodgers from Frank McCourt for a record $2 billion...
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Nas owes IRS $6.5 million in back taxes
5:14 PM on 03/26/2012
The IRS filed a $514,298 tax lien on January 10th, which was added on to a $3 million lien from February 2010 and a $2.5 million lien from October 2009...
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3/26/2012 - theGrio and CNBC Market Update
12:45 PM on 03/26/2012
VIDEO - Investors had quite a few economic reports to sift through last week. Housing was a mixed bag. New home construction declined by one percent in February...
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Don Thompson takes over McDonald's after CEO Jim Skinner retires
9:23 AM on 03/22/2012
OAK BROOK, Illinois (AP) - McDonald's Corp. said Wednesday that Chief Executive Officer Jim Skinner will retire later this year, handing over the responsibility of running the world's largest burger chain to the company's president...
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OWN might lose $143M by the end of 2012
8:50 AM on 03/22/2012
Oprah's OWN network partnered shared by Discovery Communications is in jeopardy of losing $142.9 million...
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Nicki Minaj signs endorsement deal with Pepsi
1:39 PM on 03/20/2012
The Pink Friday songstress is standing up for the red, white and blue--cola, that is--as she's signed on to be the new face of Pepsi...
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3/19/2012 - theGrio and CNBC Market Update
11:23 AM on 03/19/2012
Investors received mixed signals on the economy last week. Small business optimism rose to a one year high in February marking six months of improvement...
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Forbes rich list: Meet the world's 6 black billionaires
8:42 AM on 03/13/2012
theGRIO REPORT - Out of the 1,226 people who made this year's Forbes Billionaires List, only six are black -- and just one is American: Oprah Winfrey...
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3/12/2012 - theGrio and CNBC Market Update
8:55 AM on 03/12/2012
VIDEO - The national unemployment rate remained at 8. 3 percent in February as 227,000 jobs were created. Business services and health care saw some of the biggest gains...
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Economy adds 227K jobs in February, black jobless rate rises
8:43 AM on 03/09/2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers added 227,000 jobs in February to complete three of the best months of hiring since the recession began...
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