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Funding Initiative to Support Black-Owned Businesses Hits the Local Level

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cities: Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis, New York City, and Raleigh, North Carolina. This week, AEO officially launched the Tapestry Project Action Lab, which takes the larger project and applies it to businesses at the local level. The association will bring the Action Lab to five major U.S.

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Conference Circuit: A Healthy Host for a Holistic Association

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When picking your host city, it’s best to take a holistic approach, which is why a holistic medical association picked one of America’s healthiest cities. The American Holistic Medical Association (AHMA) is hosting its annual conference in Minneapolis from September 18-21. Plus, Minneapolis/St.

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Airport Amenities: What’s In, and What’s Out?

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According to a report from Airports Council International-North America, older types of airport amenities, such as smoking lounges and pay phone banks, are likely to go away as newer kinds of amenities take hold. Airports throughout North America are making way for the future—and to do that, they’ll have to get rid of some links to the past.

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In Wake of Terror Threat, Retail Associations Tout Security at Malls

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The International Council of Shopping Centers says the Mall of America and the organization’s other member malls have been preparing for the worst long before a recent threat surfaced from a Somalian terror group. The group, which has links to al-Qaida, has previously committed such a terror attack.

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Report: Financial Services Roundtable Steps Back From Consumer Bureau Fight

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While members generally approved of the message—that the addition of narratives to the CFPB’s consumer-complaint database was problematic for the industry—members like Bank of America and Citigroup reportedly weren’t prepared for, or briefed on, a direct onslaught aimed at the public, according to sources reached by Bloomberg.

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Vaping Industry in Tough Fight Over e-Cigarette Bans

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In the last few weeks, e-cigarette ordinances either went into effect or are advancing quickly in Santa Monica, California ; Baltimore ; Minneapolis ; Buffalo, New York ; and Hawaii. AVA is finding it to be a tough battle, though. Concern over the rise in teen vapers hasn’t helped. It’s alarming that more than 50 years after the U.S.

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Study: In Charitable Giving, Middle Class Digs Deeper Than the Wealthy

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The income disparity in America is accompanied by a giving disparity: According to a Chronicle of Philanthropy analysis of IRS data, the wealthy give a smaller share of their income to charity than do members of the middle class. Minneapolis-St. Metro area. Giving rate, 2012. Change in giving since 2006. Washington, DC. Los Angeles.

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