Wanted to alert everyone to a commentary that I recorded for KERA 90.1 FM which will run Tuesday (1/6) morning. It is tentatively scheduled to run at 6:35 a.m. and 8:35 a.m. If for some reason there’s a change, then it would run at 5:35 and 7:35 a.m. The commentary...
By James “Bird Guess 5)…To Temporarily Stop Mark-to-Market Accounting: Lets assume you owe $60,000 on your mortgage loan and 12 months ago your house was worth $100,000. Now imagine if a few homeowners in your neighborhood were in desperate financial situations and chose to sell their $100,000 houses at 50%...
Since the mortgage crisis broke out, it’s been popular for conservative talkers to blame so-called minorities for the industries woes. The claim that too many African-Americans and Latinos were given loans that should have been denied. While there were individuals and families throughout the market that probably were not qualified...
This summer, Dallas area youth have the opportunity to participate in a paid summer internship with ExxonMobil. Students who are selected for this program can earn approx $2,000, for 8 weeks. According to the Exxon/Mobil website, the Dallas portion of this effort will allow up to 60 high school juniors...
I’d like to introduce a new guest blogger to Dallas South, James “Bird” Guess President & Founder of the School of Money & Wealth LLC. You can also catch his financial wisdom at TheBlackEconomy.com. By James “Bird” Guess Are we really ready for a black President? What we must understand...
I am almost halfway to my $1,500 goal in fundraising for the DNC Convention. As many of you know, Dallas South was selected by the Democratic National Committee as a credentialed blogger for the historic event in Denver this Summer. I am raising funds to help purchase equipment needed to...
By Wilton Hollins If the presidential elections were tomorrow I would probably stay home. Neither of the presidential candidates have impressed me post the primary rhetoric. I’ve yet to hear proposals to solve issues that are front and center with most Americans; primarily the high cost of gas...
African-American Teen Unemployment at 32.3 Percent Is Six Times the National Average; Teen Summer Job Climate Worst Since World War II WASHINGTON, June 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) drew attention to the teen employment drought with a full-page advertisement in the USA TODAY. The ad raises...
Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act will benefit 3.8 million Americans Washington, D.C. – (June 12, 2008) Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today joined a bipartisan majority of her colleagues in the House of Representatives to vote for H.R. 5749, the Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act. The legislation will immediately provide...
