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Radio One, Inc.announced that Eddie Harrell, Jr. has been named Vice President/General Manager of its Cleveland radio stations. Eddie joined the company in June 2011 as Vice President/General Manager of its radio stations in Columbus. He has had proven success in this market and is now taking on the challenge of the Cleveland Market. “Eddie [...]

Savoy Magazine announced their 2014 Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America in their 13th Anniversary Spring issue.  The Savoy Top 100 is the definitive listing of African American executives, influencers and achievers impacting corporate America. Bernard J. Tyson, Chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente graces the cover of the Savoy spring issue and [...]

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) announced that it spent $2.3 billion with diverse suppliers in 2013, accounting for 42.1 percent of its total procurement budget. This total represents an increase of $265.2 million from 2012. “Our focus on supplier diversity has given new opportunities to thousands of businesses, allowing them to grow and hire, [...]

Months after stepping down as head of the nation’s largest civil rights organization, former NAACP President Benjamin Jealous is transforming himself from an East Coast political activist to a West Coast venture capitalist. The career switch is one that he hopes will help further his aspirations of acquiring more opportunities for blacks and Latinos in [...]

Habitat for Humanity Detroit Executive Director Vincent Tilford (left) celebrates as General Motors Foundation President Vivian Pickard (right) presents a check for $400,000 to the organization in honor of former General Motors Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson and his wife Karin, Monday, February 17, 2014 in Detroit, Michigan. The Capuchin Soup Kitchen and the Coalition [...]

After naming Satya Nadella as its new CEO, Microsoft made a second less-noticed appointment that will later reveal itself to be a key component in the company’s transition from a PC dominated world to one ruled by tablets and smartphones. John Thompson was brought on board to replace the legendary Bill Gates as chairman. Thompson [...]

L to R:  Joe Phelps Welcomes Mike Jackson as New Phelps President. Mike Jackson, a 30-year marketing and advertising executive, has been appointed to the new role of president of Phelps, the West Coast’s largest independent integrated marketing communications (IMC) agency, which experienced 30% growth last year. Jackson is a former vice president of marketing and [...]

Diageo, the world’s leading premium drinks business, and Sean Combs announced that they have furthered their relationship by creating a new joint venture that has purchased luxury tequila brand Deleon. The joint venture, a 50/50 global partnership between Diageo and Combs Wine & Spirits, builds on a strategic alliance formed by Diageo and Combs Enterprises to develop and grow [...]

The PhD Project, an award-winning program to create diversity in management, gave over 350 minority participants an in-depth, three day opportunity to change their lives, and the face of management education in the U.S., by becoming business professors. The PhD Project addresses the severe under-representation of African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans and Native Americans in management by diversifying [...]

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 [...]