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Up-to-date information about Black entrepreneurs, executives & Black owned or controlled companies.
News, analysis, personal and business finance information, research about Black entrepreneurs, Black executives and Black owned companies. We aim to provide the infomation to keep you informed as you build your business career.
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Russell Simmons starts personalized mobile content venture
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comAG Interactive and Urban Trend setter Russell Simmons form joint venture to Bring Hip Hop Culture to a Wireless Generation. Def Jam Mobile will…
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Radio One $150 Million Stock Buyback
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comRadio One Inc., the company founded by Catherine L. Hughes said Monday that its board authorized the repurchase of up to $150 million Class A and…
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Chappelle's Show: Season 2 Uncensored DVD brakes sales records
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.com"The Chappelle's Show: Season 2 Uncensored" DVD has broken both the first day and seven-day sales records for TV on DVD titles with close to 500,000…
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Sean Combs $3 million ProActive pay day
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comSean Combs was reportedly paid $3 million to appear with Jessica Simpson in an advert for acne medication ProActive. An insider tells gossip site…
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Robert Johnson steps down as CEO of BET
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comBET founder and CEO Robert Johnson, America's first black billionaire, announced Thursday that he will step down in January 2006 from the cable…
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Blacks and the new world economy
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comThere are about 6 billion people in the world in 200 independent countries, who speak in more than 6,000 languages. Only one in every eight people or…
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Nokia 770 Internet Tablet
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comNokia today introduced its first device in the new Internet Tablet category, the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet.
The $350 Internet Tablet, which weighs…
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Russell Simmons selling 13-room penthouse in Manhattan's financial district
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comForbes.com reports that entrepreneur Russell Simmons has put his…
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HBO orders nine episodes of Sean Combs produced comedy series
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comThe series which will be taped at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York and hosted by Doug E. Fresh, will showcase young urban comedians. Combs…
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Sheila Johnson first black female pro-sports team owner
Created by BlackEntrepreneurProfiles.comSheila Johnson co-founder of BET and the ex-wife of Robert L. Johnson, has become the first black female owner of a professional sports team. The…