(ThyBlackMan.com) The first decade of the new millennium brought a lot of things that the world didn’t expect: the ability to order a pizza on your home computer, cell phones that allow you to talk to your friends face-to-face, and our nation’s first black president. One other unexpected event of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As millions of people have filed for bankruptcy protection in recent years, many Americans want to know how to rebuild their credit rating after a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy. One perennial question I’m often asked is: What is a good credit card to obtain in order to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In a new round of pitches in the mail, online and the phone, lenders are offering to help consumers manage their money – that is, if they’ll just sign up for a credit card. Coming from companies that make much of their money when customers spend with abandon, it’s an ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Music Industry is not dead! People just want to hear good music instead of the one dimensional form of music they’re being force fed.. Presently The American Real Estate industry is in dire straits. The Real estate industry has been flooded with an inferior product namely sub prime loans, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you were among the millions out of work at any point in 2010, your tax return may look quite different this year. Many people fail to realize that they must pay taxes on unemployment benefits. For 2010 all unemployment benefits received will be considered taxable income. That is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Roll out the red carpet. The 2010 tax season will probably introduce a star-studded cast of tax evaders, many of whom are already on the IRS’s blacklist. These celeb tax dodgers help contribute (at least in a small way) to what the IRS estimates to be a $290 billion tax ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The number of black-owned businesses grew much faster than the national rate during the five years before the recession began, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The ranks of black firms shot up more than 60 percent from 2002 to 2007, compared with the overall national ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In an agreement formally announced today, Magic Johnson Enterprises — in partnership with the Yucaipa Cos. — has invested in Vibe Holdings, LLC. This investment will make the NBA legend chairman of the media company that owns Vibe magazine, in addition to other well-known brands like the television franchise ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Progress of a whole generation is just gone… The Great Recession has been hard on almost everyone, but it’s been really tough on black households, who have seen much of the economic progress of the past generation disappear… Despite high-profile success stories such as Barack Obama or Oprah Winfrey, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In my days working as a Legal Assistant at a Bankruptcy Prevention Law Firm, I witnessed some of the dirtiest deeds done by Debt Collectors. In this article, I’ll reveal two of these despicable deeds, so hopefully you won’t be destined to be a victim of them. 1. Suing ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Cam Newton is a mega-star quarterback at Auburn University. His game is like no other, and there are quite a few experts who think he could win the Heisman Trophy. But his chances at the trophy have been undermined by recent allegations that a sports agent asked for money ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I went to see the film, “The Social Network” during my visit to New York City this week. I was in town filming my project with MSN called ‘The Invested Life‘ and interviewing some Obama Administration officials during pre-election coverage with Rev. Al Sharpton, so I was ready for a ...