By Denise Garcia Dr. Dre and Jimmy Lovine to pay $25.2 million to Beats ideator Apple bought the headphones company for $3 billion in 2014 The creative’s plight to get paid fairly is ongoing, at least for Steven Lamar that ends now. He proved in a court of law that he is the ideator of
By Denise Garcia Rosé pushing chardonnay wines to 16% market share 2017 July 4th Rosé sales raked in $25.2M Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter John Legend is getting into the rosé business, as the de facto summer beverage gains momentum. The rosé is the fourth wine he’s had a hand in producing under the LVE label, which stands
By Denise Garcia Small businesses made more than $1B on Amazon Prime Day Amazon has more than 1 million small and medium-size biz on the platform Small businesses are raking in tons of cash on Amazon (AMZN -0.65%), but counterfeit products are cutting into many of these entrepreneur’s profits. Could business owners make even more
By Denise Garcia J.P.Morgan is putting $6.5M towards minority entrepreneurs in Chicago 18% of Chicago businesses are owned by people of color One of the largest banks in the country is investing in black entrepreneurs in the fourth biggest U.S. city. J.P.Morgan Chase (JPM +0.60%) has teamed up with Fifth Third Bank to inject $6.5
By Denise Garcia The median NFL career is 6 years 70% of NFL players are black Ever heard that 78% of NFL players go broke two years into retirement? The widely-cited Sports Illustrated report pointed that joblessness and divorce led to financial distress or bankruptcy two years into retirement. Whether an NFL player has a
