The Rundown: Things to Do Thursday, August 18 – Monday, August 22
By Shawn D. Allison, II
It’s that time again for the Rundown. There’s all sorts of goodies happening in our town for every age group and if you want to come and kick it with me or need a good recommendation of stuff to do, check out my hot spot list below!…
For Bank of America’s D. Steve Boland, Relocating to Charlotte is a Lot Like Coming Home
Now that Boland, managing director of consumer lending, is moving to Charlotte, we wanted to reach out and welcome this distinguished, committed African-American leader and his family to the Queen City. We recently spoke to Steve and wanted our readers to get to know more about this successful new member of our community.
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Self-taught Jean Maker Creates Anarchy with Denim
By Tonya Jameson
Photos by Jonathan Cooper
To most people, a pair of jeans is simply another piece of clothing. To Stan Fraser, jeans are storytellers: the way the fabric bunches above shoes, wrinkles beh
ind knees or leaves an imprint on a pocket that held a wallet for years. …
5 Things To Remember When Buying A Home
By Marsha Barnes
Marsha Barnes, The Finance Bar
We all have many things in life that are our first. First day of school, college, first love, or our first or even second home. There’s typically tons of research that goes into planning major milestones and I’ll say that buying a home is pretty huge.…
7 Steps To Boost Your Credit Score
By Marsha Barnes
Marsha Barnes, The Finance Bar
I can’t recall a single time in any of my finance dealings or client relations that the topic of credit reports hasn’t come up. How important is that magic number? EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. While this is another task to add to our personal finance plans, we cannot neglect to study it, research how we can make ours better, and understand the impact of the nuts and bolts within it.…
One Hard Lesson
In my 20s, buying Coach handbags, Nine West shoes and Bulova watches made me happy. I had to be the first woman in my crew with the latest trend.
When I was happy, I shopped. When I wasn’t happy, I shopped.…
Football vs. Finances
By Rashad Phillips
It’s football season. Visit a local barbershop or sports bar and you will find African-American men engaged in serious football related dialogue. These in-depth conversations cover ideal offensive strategy, defensive weaknesses, flawed general management decisions and executing in the red zone.…