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HBCU Money™ Dozen 7/13 – 7/17

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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

How a B2B company got its tech groove back l CIOonline http://trib.al/N9JKaB3

Making healthy food choices is a smart thing to do. l USDA http://ow.ly/Py7JQ

How does green infrastructure happen on the ground? l IL-IN Sea Grant http://bit.ly/1Ka7XMa

LinkedIn makeover: How to polish your profile l CIOonline http://trib.al/JnX4qMZ

Only By Going Green Can The UK Reach Its 2020 Goals, Says National Grid l Clean Technica 

Pluto mission marks the end of the era of planet exploration. So where are we going next? l New Scientist http://ow.ly/PGx1V

Federal Reserve, Central Banks, & Financial Departments

Why do #stock prices crash? l World Economic Forum http://wef.ch/1eIaLT0

What are the limits of #China’s soft power? l World Economic Forum http://wef.ch/1K74RG8

Beige Book: Real estate lending was up in half of Fed districts l St. Louis Fed

Fannie Mae issues sale of more than $800M in non-performing loans l Housing Wire http://hwi.re/BXw76y

Commercial RE activity increased modestly; industrial sector growing faster than office sector l Richmond Fed http://ow.ly/PHRMY

How can Africa’s #agriculture sector realise the potential for high returns? l World Economic Forum http://wef.ch/1e2p6Jp

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 /\ July 17, 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) $9.50 (0.00% UNCH)

M&F Bancorp (MFBP) $4.35 (0.00% UNCH)

Radio One (ROIA) $3.13 (0.00% UNCH)

African Stock Exchanges

Bourse Regionale des Valeurs Mobilieres (BRVM)  290.70 (0.98% UP)

Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE)  10 807.15 (0.17% UP)

Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE)  2 290.40 (1.30% UP)*

Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE)  155.96 (N/A)

Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) 52 723.72 (0.24% UP)

International Stock Exchanges

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) 10 972.69 (0.47% DN)

London Stock Exchange (LSE)  3 690.58 (0.25% DN)

Tokyo Stock Exchange (TOPIX)  1 662.94 (0.13% UP)

Commodities

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HBCU Money™ Business Book Feature – Real Life on a Budget

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Real Life on a Budget is a practical guide to helping you navigate the waters of money management. It features real life budget advice, practical challenges, actionable steps that will help you map out your journey to living and thriving on a budget.

If you have been struggling with developing, maintaining, and living on a budget, Real Life on a Budget will help you create a system to better manage your finances and will challenge you to stick to your real life budget. Written by popular personal finance blogger, Jessi Fearon (www.thebudgetmama.com), Real Life on a Budget provides Jessi’s real-world budget advice and exercises for every area of managing your household budget. Real Life on a Budget is a powerful tool to help you start living and thriving on a budget.

HBCU Money™ Dozen 7/6 – 7/10

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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

Engie Plans Solar Power Push, Buys Solairedirect For $222 Million l Clean Technica http://dlvr.it/BT7FXJ

“Overfishing is a major threat to the survival of…important populations” l Pew Environment http://bit.ly/1eH8mrI

The ‘Terminator’ technology that’s (almost) here l Infoworld http://ow.ly/PoWoE

How higher education deals with #security threats l CSOonline http://bit.ly/1Hltgnc

#Darkmatter dominates just-discovered galaxies l Scientific American http://ow.ly/PoXms

New pilot with @ENERGY gives #CleanEnergy #smallbiz access to the national labs’ resources l Sandia Labs http://1.usa.gov/1eJKsvQ

Federal Reserve, Central Banks, & Financial Departments

Financial Stress Index rises to highest level since 2013 (but is still below normal stress) l St. Louis Fed http://bit.ly/1RmzX37

Health worker deaths from #Ebola could = rise in maternal mortality similar to 15-20 yrs ago l World Bank http://wrld.bg/PnZSN

9 things to do before bed that will jump-start tomorrow l World Economic Forum http://wef.ch/1NQYJCv

What is the difference between a bank’s liquidity and its capital? l Philadelphia Fed http://ow.ly/PnUcX

Financial literacy resources for teachers l Richmond Fed http://ow.ly/Pp1SL

4 trends accelerating #entrepreneurship in #Africa l World Economic Forum http://wef.ch/1MhEzRA

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 /\ July 10, 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) $9.56 (0.00% UNCH)

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

Radio One (ROIA) $3.08 (0.00% UNCH)

African Stock Exchanges

Bourse Regionale des Valeurs Mobilieres (BRVM)  283.81 (0.46% DN)

Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE)  10 755.41 (0.14% UP)

Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE)  2 338.72 (3.44% UP)*

Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE)  159.59 (N/A)

Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) 51 800.70 (0.68% UP)

International Stock Exchanges

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) 10 853.56 (1.53% UP)

London Stock Exchange (LSE)  3 635.55 (1.32% UP)

Tokyo Stock Exchange (TOPIX)  1 583.55 (0.23% UP)

Commodities

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