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Starting a business takes a lot of prayer, planning, confidence, and, most important, money. Some entrepreneurs have been able to start from literally nothing and build empires from the ground up. Others have come out of the gate looking for, and securing, small business loans to assist with the expenses associated with starting their own […]

If you haven’t heard, Black women have exploded on the entrepreneurial scene and more and more of us are looking to go independent and start our own business. After the 2007/2008 recession and housing debacle, many of us have turned side hustles into our main sources of income, to the tune of $52.6 billion dollars in revenue. […]

Bola Onada Sokunbi is a personal finance junkie, money coach and business strategist! Her blog http://www.ClevergirlFinance.com talks about all things money to put you on the path to successful decision making and wealth creation! In our recent podcast, we talk to moms about gettin’ their money right for 2016! Check out Bola’s great tips on […]

Amber Rose is trending on Twitter for some comments she recently made in TIME Magazine.

Russell Simmons, the creator of the pre-paid Visa card, has been relentlessly persistent in assuring customers that he would do "whatever it takes" to fix the problem.

by Shunte Jones Financial stability can go a long way toward creating peace of mind. With the current economic state, achieving this can appear more daunting than ever. According to the United States Department of Labor the unemployment rate for October stood at 7.3%. The poor, young, and minorities face even greater challenges, having encountered […]

In the next installment of TheUrbanDaily.com’s “My First Car” rapper Saigon recalls the lesson he learned trying to lease his first car–a Mercedes Benz CLS–with…

Pioneering sculptor Isaac Scott Hathaway (pictured) was chosen as the first African American to design a U.S. Mint coin on this day 66 years ago.…

Compton rhymer Game is excited his wedding to Tiffney Cambridge is going to continue as it should have. However, he is not excited about the…

KHOU.com is reporting that authorities are searching for a Houston man who has been accused of forging three checks (totalling $51,500) to the Houston Zoo. Court documents reveal that Robert Wickboldt’s forged checks included one sizable donation and two checks for auction items at a zoo gala. Read More

via KHOU.Com Former billionaire R. Allen Stanford is accused of tricking investors out of more than $7 billion at his Houston-based financial firm. Stanford was introduced to 80 prospective jurors Monday morning and thanked them for coming. Read More

By Investopedia Carlos Slim Helú, a telecom tycoon and billionaire with well-known frugal tendencies, has a net worth of $60.6 billion according to Forbes. Assuming no changes in his net worth, he could spend $1,150 a minute for the next 100 years before he ran out of money. To put this in perspective, he could […]