401(k) Savings By Age: Complete 2025 Contribution Guide And Targets
by BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors November 25, 2025 To maximize your 401(k), contribute at least enough to get your full employer match, increase contributions by 1%-2% annually, and aim to save 10%-15% of your income for retirement across all accounts. The ideal 401(k) balance by age 30 is 1x your annual salary, 3x by age 40, […]
How To Be More Productive: Strategies For Maximizing Your Efficiency
Isn’t it ironic that we are often reminded best of how precious our time is when we manage it the worst? Like when you’ve worked long days for months, but your quarterly presentation still isn’t ready for tomorrow’s meeting. Or you missed your child’s final championship game due to scheduling conflicts. Regardless of the scenario, […]
Why Is Meditation Important?
Meditation dates back hundreds if not thousands of years. Cultures around the world have used meditation for religious ceremonies, a sense of calm and personal development. Today, tens of millions of people have rediscovered meditation as part of a greater health and wellness routine. Many have found greater overall happiness through meditation. Meditation apps have […]
Tyson’s beef plant closure in Nebraska will impact a reliant town and ranchers nationwide
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tyson Foods’ decision to close a beef plant that employs nearly one third of residents of Lexington, Nebraska, could devastate the small city and undermine the profits of ranchers nationwide. Closing a single slaughterhouse might not seem significant, but the Lexington plant employs roughly 3,200 people in the city of 11,000 […]
‘I’ve never talked about it’: R&B singer Sammie gets candid about his mother’s murder case
Sammie has seen plenty of highs and lows in his career, but none more heartbreaking than watching his mother struggle with mental illness. The singer stopped by Cam Newton’s “Funky Friday” podcast and for the first time, spoke publicly about his mother, Angila Baxter, and an incident in 2023 that changed everything. “Second-degree murder. She’s […]
Court order prevents LA coroner from releasing details of teen’s body found in singer d4vd’s Tesla
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police have blocked the county coroner’s office from releasing details about the death of a teen girl whose body was found in the trunk of a car registered to the singer d4vd, the medical examiner’s office said Monday. Celeste Rivas Hernandez was found dead on Sept. 8 in an impounded […]