Small Business Holiday Trends To Watch This Year
by BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors December 16, 2025 2024 was a rebound year for small businesses. 2024 was a rebound year for small businesses. Not only did performance exceed expectations across the board, but 79% of respondents in Bluevine’s Small Business Owner Success Survey conducted in November 2024 entered 2025 confident that their businesses would beat […]
SBA 7(a) Loans Explained: Benefits, Eligibility, And How To Apply
by BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors December 16, 2025 Designed to help businesses access capital on favorable terms, SBA 7(a) loans can cover everything from working capital to real estate. Growth requires capital. Whether you’re expanding facilities, acquiring a competitor, or building a stronger balance sheet for the next quarter, businesses need a strong financing strategy to […]
Michelle Obama shares she was supposed to see Rob and Michele Reiner the night of their death, defends them against Trump comments
Reflecting on her relationship with the late actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife, film producer Michele Singer Reiner, former First Lady Michelle Obama revealed that she was supposed to visit the Reiner family the night of their tragic deaths. Obama was a guest on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” when she and Kimmel discussed the […]
It’s Time! Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ breaks the record for longest-running No. 1 single
Mariah Carey’s iconic holiday single “All I Want For Christmas Is You” continues to cement its place in history as the longest-running number one single on the Billboard Hot 100. The charts publication announced on Monday that the song had spent its 20th week at the top of the charts amid this current season, as […]
Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said in a court filing Monday that the president’s White House ballroom construction project must continue for unexplained national security reasons and because a preservationists’ organization that wants it stopped has no standing to sue.The filing was in response to a lawsuit filed last Friday by the National Trust […]
Trump sues BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of defamation over editing of president’s Jan. 6 speech
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC, accusing the British broadcaster of defamation as well as deceptive and unfair trade practices. The 33-page lawsuit accuses the BBC of broadcasting a “false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction of President Trump,” calling it “a […]
HBCU president files defamation lawsuit against former professor who accused her of plagiarism
The president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore is firing back against a former professor who sued for wrongful termination and accused her of plagiarizing portions of her dissertation in 1986. Heidi Anderson, who is Black, is embroiled in a lawsuit against Donna Satterlee, who labeled Anderson a “scam artist” who is “not qualified […]