October was Domestic Violence Prevention month, and several of the male celebrity contributors to the book Saving Our Daughters: From A Man’s Point of View, including T.I. and Gary Sturgis, participated in a national media campaign that provided hope to abuse survivors, while challenging men to seek help.
Inspired by the leadership and success of the [...]

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By DEBORAH YAO
AP Business Writer
The Big Three automakers are taking a page out of their unions’ playbooks as they deploy grassroots tactics to drum up public support for the proposed $25 billion auto industry bailout, which is on precarious ground in Washington, D.C.
“Mobilize Now!” cries a Web site created by General Motors Corp. at GMfactsandfiction.com. [...]

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Chris Laddish looks over his new T-Mobile G1 with Google phone in San Francisco, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
NEW YORK  –  Google is jumping into the mobile phone business with its new G1 phone. The G1 is available starting Wednesday for $179 with a two-year contract from T-Mobile.
The new gadget features a touch [...]

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By JEANNINE AVERSA
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON  –  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Monday a fresh round of government stimulus is a good idea because there’s a risk the country’s economic weakness could last for some time.
Bernanke’s remarks before the House Budget Committee marked his first endorsement of another round of energizing stimulus, something that [...]

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By DAVID TWIDDY
AP Business Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo.  –  Payless ShoeSource is going green as it plans to sell a line of ecologically friendly shoes and handbags at prices that preserve the chain’s reputation for bargain footwear.
The Topeka, Kan.-based chain was to announce the new line Monday with the first 8 to 12 styles of women’s [...]

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In this Jan. 22, 2008 file photo, a customer waits at the drive through at a Wachovia Bank in Matthews, N.C. On Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, a battle of banking giants erupted when Wachovia struck a new deal with Wells Fargo & Co. without government help, and Citigroup demanded that it be called off. (AP [...]

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By JOE BEL BRUNO, CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and MARTIN CRUTSINGER
AP Business Writers
NEW YORK  – 
When Wall Street woke up Monday morning, two more of its storied firms had fallen.
Lehman Brothers, burdened by $60 billion in soured real-estate holdings, said it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after attempts to rescue the 158-year-old firm failed.
Bank of America [...]

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By Kia Scruggs Fox 5 Intern
Robert “Bob” Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television and chairman of the RLJ Company, raised $30 million for a Liberia Enterprise Development Fund (The Fund) which will assist
Liberian President Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa’s first woman elected president, in the reconstruction of Liberia.
“We know the country is in need everything, but most important [...]

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By Sheri Madison Kwarteng

Photo by Victor T. Johnson
As former Fannie Mae recruiters, Omari Franklin and Dawn Miller understand what it feels like to be on the receiving end of services offered by staffing companies. Together, Franklin, a former corporate services recruiter from Silver Spring, Maryland, and Miller, a former recruiting manager from Fort Washington, Maryland, [...]

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By FRAZIER MOORE
AP Television Writer
NEW YORK — Mark Whitaker has been named to replace Tim Russert as head of NBC News’ Washington Bureau.
The former Newsweek editor, who joined NBC last year as senior vice president of news, will assume many of the off-camera duties held by Russert, who died of a heart attack [...]

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