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Kanye West looks toward Silicon Valley to back his creative plans for DONDA. It has become very evident that Kanye is adamant about making his vision a reality of turning DONDA into a trillion-dollar business that changes the pace of the fashion industry. There have been numerous hushed rumors concerning business lunches with Kevin Systrom [...]

Sonia Jackson Myles, an accomplished corporate executive at Fortune 500 companies and currently the founder, president and CEO of The Sister Accord, LLC, has been appointed to the Board of Directors at The MATLET Group. The firm owns two manufacturing companies, Packaging Graphics, LLC in Pawtucket and Central Florida Press, LLC in Orlando, as well [...]

Authentic Brands Group, LLC (ABG) announced the acquisition of Muhammad Ali Enterprises from CORE Media Group. Following the acquisition, ABG will own and manage, in partnership with the Ali family and Joel Weinshanker, Chairman and Founder of National Entertainment Collectibles Association (NECA), the intellectual property associated with one of the most celebrated and widely recognized athletes [...]

The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) has announced a new diversity initiative aimed at attracting ethnically diverse young people to the public relations profession and providing them with useful tools to get their career started. The initiative plans to assist ethnically diverse future public relations professionals in developing industry familiarity and knowledge, relevant skills and a [...]

Chicago United, a business organization that promotes multiracial leadership in business to advance parity in economic opportunity, will celebrate its 45th anniversary this year during its annual Changing Color of Leadership Conference and Bridge Awards Dinner. McDonald’s Corp.’s president and CEO Don Thompson will receive the Bridge Award on November 19 at the Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave. The [...]

Former President Bill Clinton and leaders from of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation welcomed Darrin Williams, Speaker Pro-Tem of the Arkansas General Assembly, and Dr. Glendell Jones, Jr., President of Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, as the respective CEO and Governing Board Chair of the nation’s leading rural development financial institution, Southern Bancorp, Inc. The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation [...]

GlobalHue, a full-service integrated marketing and digital advertising agency that works with clients such as the Jeep brand, Walmart, United Airlines and U.S Bank, is proud to announce that Detavio Samuels, President of GlobalHue-Detroit, has been named to Crain‘s Detroit Business’ annual ”40 Under 40″ list. Since 1991, Crain’s Detroit Business has honored 40 of the community’s high achievers who [...]

West Cary Group, an award-winning, performance marketing firm headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, has been selected as a 2013 Top 100 Minority Business Enterprise Award winner.Moses Foster, West Cary Group president and CEO, accepted the award during a prestigious ceremony at the War Memorial Building in Baltimore, Maryland on Wednesday, October 30. “This award is the result of a true [...]

Enlightened, Inc., a leading Information Technology (IT) consulting firm delivering Cyber Security, Systems Integration, and Management Consulting solutions, announced that its President and CEO, Mr. Antwanye Ford has been selected to receive the distinguished 2013 Top 100 Minority Business Enterprise Award. The Top 100 MBE ceremony is designed to acknowledge and pay tribute to outstanding [...]

JAY Z, an international entrepreneur, music legend, style icon, sports agent and philanthropist, enters the fragrance business with the launch of his first men’s eau de toilette, “GOLD JAY Z,” which will debut on Friday, November 29th at major department stores throughout the U.S. Created by JAY Z with Firmenich perfumer extraordinaire Ilias Ermenidis, GOLD [...]