18 The Real Black Friday’s Black Business Expo CLEVELAND, Ohio – Now in its seventh iteration, local business initiative The Real Black Friday (TRBF) has gone all-out for its annual business expo. Taking place during NBA All-Star Weekend, in the heart of downtown Cleveland at Tower City, the event will feature more than 100 Black-owned...Read More

Before diving into this week’s MYB topic, here’s a look at some interesting business notes and events that recently came through my email: • AAA said consumers are finding “no love” at gas pumps, even during the week of Valentine’s Day. In fact, gas prices have reached a seven-year high. According to AAA, rising tensions...Read More

MONROVIA, Ind. (Inside INdiana Business) — Indianapolis-based Ambrose Property Group says work has begun on a more than 500,000-square-foot building at the Westpoint Business Park in Monrovia. The developer says the $40 million facility, set for completion in September, will be ideal for logistics, industrial and light manufacturing use. Ambrose says it plans to seek...Read More

Traders will continue to monitor the situation closely. Wars are bad news for financial markets and risk assets. The markets hate uncertainty, so the stabilizing of the situation is bringing some relief. However given that Russia is a major oil & grain supplier and is a key producer of palladium, used in catalytic converters fears...Read More

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) – With spring just a few weeks away, a local business wants to celebrate the changing of the season with a Spring Extravaganza. On March 5, the Cook Portable Warehouses property in Hattiesburg will be abuzz with 91 different booths. Another nice twist: Vendor fees being donated back to New Hope Animal...Read More

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) First responders went to the scene of a rollover car accident in the 300 block of West Business Loop 70 in front of Rusk Rehabilitation. The crash happened around 6:30 p.m. and police did not report any injuries. Responding agencies included Columbia Police and MU Health Care EMS. Boone County Joint Communications...Read More

When Piet Naudé addressed fellow business school deans in a seminar at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, he posed an unexpected question: “How many of you wake up in the morning and realise that defending democracy is part of your task today?” While schools around the world teach many shared skills to students...Read More

Facing closures and severely limited in-person visitor options, museums and other cultural institutions have experienced significant challenges over the past year. Raju Patel, left, and Christoph Heinrich According to a recent study by the Americans for the Arts as of July 2021, the nation’s nonprofit arts and culture organizations lost an estimated $17.97 billion. Closer...Read More

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) – Senior Pentagon officials confirm 3,000 more Fort Bragg soldiers are soon making their way to eastern Europe over the next few days. The soldiers will join another 1,700 troops with the 82nd Airborne Division currently in Poland. This comes as tensions rise along the Russian and Ukrainian border, sparking concerns of...Read More

Heather Robinson Submitted photo Heather Robinson has been promoted to executive vice president, chief human resources officer at Camden National Bank. Robinson has been a senior vice president, chief human resources officer since starting with the bank in 2018, according to a news release from Camden National Bank. “Over the past three years, Heather’s experience...Read More