The SBA must provide more loans to encourage black business growth
By John Dudley The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel and …
Welcome home baby boomers!
Part two of a two-part series By MEL And PEARL SHAW Special to South Florida Times Talented leadership is always in high demand. The question …
Future scientists build tiny robots in science camp
By JOSÉ E. PÉREZ Special to South Florida Times MIAMI — They were a skeptical bunch at first, apprehensive about what would happen to their …
Kids get tech head start during Essence Festival
By DAPHNE TAYLOR Special to South Florida Times ROYAL PALM BEACH — For 12-year-old Rashad Latour of Royal Palm Beach, it was a trip …
Widow: $23B damages is a message to tobacco firms
A Florida widow, awarded $23.6 billion in the death of her chain-smoking husband, on Monday called the massive verdict a message to Big Tobacco, even …
Honey Shine gets new chief
MIAMI — The past senior director of the Go Red for Women campaign for the American Heart Association and executive director for the Miami March …
BTW High make Dolphins proud, win 7-on-7
photos COURTESY OF MIAMI DOLPHINS WINNING TEAM: Members of the winning Booker T. Washington F-5 Tornadoes pose for a photo after their second 7-on-7 championship …
Courts put spotlight on healthcare subsidies
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s health care law is snarled in another big legal battle, with two federal appeals courts issuing contradictory rulings on …
Rights leaders worry about low voter turnout
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Civil rights leaders at the NAACP annual convention in Las Vegas on Tuesday worried that dwindling African-American turnout in November could …
Hilda Hall-Denis arrest on fraud, theft charges
MIAMI — Theft and fraud are among the charges faced by Hilda Hall-Denis, president and executive director of the Business Technology Development Corp. after she …