Monthly Archives: September 2015

HBCU Money™ Dozen 8/24 – 8/28

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Did you miss HBCU Money™ Dozen via Twitter? No worry. We are now putting them on the site for you to visit at your leisure. We have made some changes here at HBCU Money™ Dozen. We are now solely focused on research and central bank articles from the previous week.

Research

Green infrastructure – what is it and how can it benefit your community? l NOAA http://1.usa.gov/1XkwZgc

Airbnb’s new Apple Watch app lets you message your host l Macworld http://dlvr.it/C35WW4

E. coli bacteria have been engineered to talk to each other l New Scientist http://ow.ly/RJE3V

A look at the factors that led to mass migration in Syria l New Scientist http://ow.ly/RKcYv

This Spanish hotel chain is using 100% renewable energy in 2016 l Renewable Cities http://ow.ly/RANGO

Students create healthy & tasty school meals at the Cooking Up Change 2015 Championship! l USDA http://ow.ly/RENvc

Federal Reserve, Central Banks, & Financial Departments

5 things you need to know about #Alzheimer’s l World Economic Forum http://wef.ch/1NX12WY

Home sales and home prices increased in every Fed district l St. Louis Fed http://bit.ly/1VxdkaN

Horse and buggy loans — how #creditunions serve #Amish and Mennonite communities. l CU Journal http://bit.ly/1OacTPA

3 industries that will be hit by #Arctic change l World Economic Forum http://wef.ch/1Vyq3dl

Which #universities have the strongest international outlook? l World Economic Forum http://wef.ch/1J9HGZb

Small to medium-sized banks report stronger loan demand & lower delinquency rates, esp. on consumer loans l NY Fed http://1.usa.gov/1fVuWx6

Thank you as always for joining us on Saturday for HBCU Money™ Dozen. The 12 most important research and finance articles of the week.

The HBCU Money™ Weekly Market Watch

Our Money Matters /\ September 4, 2015

A weekly snapshot of African American owned public companies and HBCU Money™ tracked African stock exchanges.

NAME TICKER PRICE (GAIN/LOSS %)

African American Publicly Traded Companies

Citizens Bancshares Georgia (CZBS) $8.70 (0.00% UNCH)

M&F Bancorp (MFBP) $4.36 (0.00% UNCH)

Radio One (ROIA) $2.60 (13.33% DN)

African Stock Exchanges

Bourse Regionale des Valeurs Mobilieres (BRVM)  293.17 (0.13% UP)

Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE)  10 840.61 (0.43% DN)

Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE)  2 100.42 (7.10% DN)*

Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE)  144.04 (N/A)

Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) 49 102.50 (2.60% DN)

International Stock Exchanges

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) 9 857.71 (1.91% DN)

London Stock Exchange (LSE)  3 334.37 (2.24% DN)

Tokyo Stock Exchange (TOPIX)  1 444.53 (2.06% DN)

Commodities

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