Apple reached out to minority firms to assist in handling its recent multi-billion debt offering. Investment banking firm Williams Capital and Ramirez & Co. were selected along with four others, reports Black Enterprise. Even the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who has been pushing tech companies to become more diverse, was impressed. In a press statement he said, “Apple is making a major statement with the inclusion of minority financial services firms in this transaction…”
Money On My Mind! The #1 Stress For Women Is Money
Most Americans have lots of stresses, but the number one turns out to be money. According to a new survey by the American Psychological Association called “Stress in America,” a whopping 72 percent of adults say they are stressed out about money at least some of the time in 2014… An incredible 51 percent of women say they lay awake at night worrying about money, versus 32 percent of men.
Bun B & Professor A. Pinn Launch Free Hip-Hop Culture Course At Rice University
Anybody worth a damn within the Hip-Hop community will tell you that Bernard “Bun B” Freeman is on the shortlist to be the most dignified to speak for the culture. The UGK survivor will join Professor Anthony Pinn for a Religion and Hip-Hop Culture online course at Rice University. The video for the new course shows himself and Bun B in reverse roles as they display how rap music and theology have been proven to be resource tools in human development.
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