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African Americans at highest risk of death from Colorectal Cancer

By BRKNY on September 1, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains the third most common cause of malignancy-related death in men and women in the United States. It is estimated that 134,490 new cases and 49,190 deaths occured in […]

Black Business Profile: Bridgewater Interiors LLC

By BRKNY on August 25, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Founded 1998 Revenue 2,000,000,000 Employees 2,400 Bridgewater Interiors LLC is a Detroit-based joint venture between privately-held Epsilon Technologies LLC and Adient (NYSE: ADNT). Established in April 1998, Bridgewater is an automotive interiors […]

Black Business Profile: The ACT 1 Group

By BRKNY on August 11, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Founded 1978 Revenue 2,800,000,000 Employees 2,600 ActOne Group, Inc. provides employment, workforce management, and procurement solutions to Fortune 500 organizations, local and mid-market companies, and government agencies. ActOne Group companies include AppleOne, […]

Black Business Profile: World Wide Technology Inc

By BRKNY on August 4, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Founded 1990 Revenue $12,000,000,000 Employees 6,500 World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT) is a technology service provider founded by David Steward in July 1990. WWT provides technology and supply chain services with a […]

Black Business Profile: Vista Equity Partners

By BRKNY on July 14, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Vista Equity Partners (Vista) is an American private equity and venture capital firm focused on financing and forwarding software and technology-enabled startup businesses, as well as passive equity investments. The Firm invests […]

FBI utilized Instagram and Snapchat to track down and arrest Nigerian fraudster in Dubai

By BRKNY on July 10, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

In June, as part of their special operation named “Fox Hunt 2” the Dubai Police Force arrested over 11 Nigerian scammers who were living in the United Arab Emirates. After 6 raids […]

United States will pay vaccine maker Novavax $1.6 billion to develop 100 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine by early 2021

By BRKNY on July 8, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

The Trump Administration’s Operation Warp Speed has struck a $1.6 billion deal with Maryland-based company Novavax {NASDAQ:NVAX} to fast track development of a Covid-19 vaccine. Warp Speed is the federal government’s ambitious […]

Amy Cooper, the white woman in Central Park who called the police on a Black bird watcher, will be charged with filing a false report

By BRKNY on July 7, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

On Memorial Day in Central Park NYC – Christian Cooper (a black man and avid bird-watcher) asked Amy Cooper (a racist, menopausal white woman) to leash her dog. She refused and became […]

Jay-Z’s social justice team calling for prosecution of Police Officer Joseph Mensah who has shot and killed three people.

By BRKNY on July 5, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

The social justice sector of Jay Z’s Roc Nation company penned an open letter to Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm via the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel demanding the immediate firing of an […]