Category: Business

Baisden issues apology for situation with Color of Change funding

Baisden issues apology for situation with Color of Change funding

Michael Baisden issued an apology to Color of Change regarding statements that were made on The Michael Baisden Show.  I couldn't find the information on his website, but the response is available at his Mingle City Forum. Below is Mr. Baisden's Response to Color of Change followed by comments that...

Aqua Dots story hits too close to home; Consumer Product Safety Commission orders recall of 4.2 million units in U.S.

Aqua Dots story hits too close to home; Consumer Product Safety Commission orders recall of 4.2 million units in U.S.

"I want that." It's a phrase I hear almost daily when my son sees some toy on television that he'd like to add to an already out of control collection.  Sometimes we respond, sometimes we ignore, but the ratio of toys purchased from that approach is about 1 in 50. ...

AfroSpear Bloggers Call for ‘Freedom Technology Christmas’

AfroSpear Bloggers Call for ‘Freedom Technology Christmas’

AfroSpear bloggers are encouraging Blacks to give "the gift of technology" to their children, parents and others, to empower them to communicate in the Internet Age, with recommended gifts of computers, digicams, broadband and open source software. This Christmas, the same AfroSpear Black bloggers who organized the March on Jena...

Lynn Flint Shaw appointed chair of DART Board

Lynn Flint Shaw appointed chair of DART Board

Last night Mike Davis at Dallas Progress broke the news that Lynn Flint Shaw has been named as the new Chair of the DART Board of Directors.  Mrs. Flint Shaw was appointed in 2003 by the Dallas City Council to represent Dallas on the DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) Board...

Black Beauty Supply Association Call to Action – Conference Call Scheduled for Wednesday

Black Beauty Supply Association Call to Action – Conference Call Scheduled for Wednesday

Just this weekend I had someone speak to me about how black folks have given away the hair care industry.  My Pastor has discussed the subject from the pulpit as recently as last month.  In August, I posted four YouTube videos from Aron Ranen's Black Hair DVD on the subject...

Starbucks ‘Song of the Day’ Promo giving customers free music for a month

Starbucks ‘Song of the Day’ Promo giving customers free music for a month

This afternoon I walked in to Starbucks -it was a Strawberry Lemonade Blend sort of day- and found a nice surprise.  Starbucks is giving away a free song each day that can be downloaded from iTunes. Today's selection from the Song of the Day promotion was Gloria Estefan's 90 Millas. ...

The Allen Group Starts Construction on First Industrial Buildings at the Dallas Logistics Hub

The Allen Group Starts Construction on First Industrial Buildings at the Dallas Logistics Hub

DALLAS, TX (Oct. 4, 2007) – The Allen Group has started construction on the first two industrial buildings at the Dallas Logistics Hub ("The Hub"), a 6,000 acre multi-modal logistics park.  These buildings will provide over 827,000 square feet of new industrial space for lease in the emerging Southeast Dallas...

Vincent Tucker becomes the North Texas Booking Agent for The Harlem Starz Basketball Team

Vincent Tucker becomes the North Texas Booking Agent for The Harlem Starz Basketball Team

September 4, 2007 (Dallas, Texas) – CWC Entertainment Group Founder Vincent Tucker has officially become the Fall 2007 North Texas Booking agent for The Harlem Starz Basketball Team. With this agreement, Vincent Tucker & CWC Entertainment Group will be booking The Harlem Starz to perform in both middle & high...