John J Phelan Jr, the former New York Stock Exchange chairman credited with managing the chaos of the "Black Monday" market crash of 1987, has died at the age of 81. full story ![]()
Longtime newsman Bob Teague dies at 84; one of New York City's first black TV journalists
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London could have its first black police commissioner within a decade, Scotland Yard’s chief declares today.
standard.co.uk (1 month and 2 days ago)
The first black female chief of the Raleigh Police Department returned to her alma mater to visit with students and staff Monday.
reflector.com (29 days ago)
NYSE and NYSE Technologies, its technology subsidiary, found that the continuing growth of stock market data, the demand for more analytics, and, thanks to regulators, lots more reporting, were too much for its Oracle database.
forbes.com (3 months and 7 days ago)
Nothing symbolizes capitalism like the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE is best known as the world’s largest exchange. But it’s also a technology pioneer. In 1867, NYSE adopted the ticker tape to send stock data over long distances. In 2011, NYSE built the industry’s first Capital Markets Community Cloud, which could reinvent the entire financial sector.
forbes.com (13 days ago)
A former Colorado inmate being investigated in the death of the state prisons chief dies Friday after a harrowing 160 km/h car chase and shootout with police in Texas.
cbc.ca (2 months and 1 day ago)
Ernie Russell, a former Peoria fire chief and state fire marshal who also served as Canton’s interim fire chief, died Monday. He was 74. Russell was pronounced dead at 5:47 p.m. Monday at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, said Peoria County Coroner Johnna Ingersoll. Russell, who had a history of heart problems, had been a patient at St. Francis since Saturday, Ingersoll...
pjstar.com (2 months and 5 days ago)
BLACK MOUNTAIN -- R. Philip Toy, 69, a Zen teacher and co-founder of Cloud Cottage Community of Mindful Living in Black Mountain, died Monday in his home, surrounded by friends and family, after a battle with cancer.
citizen-times.com (2 months and 17 days ago)

Brides magazine’s Keija Minor is at the top of her game as the first black editor-in-chief for Conde Nast and tells NBC’s Mara Schiavocampo that her success comes from her passion for learning as much as she can about her craft. (TODAY)
msnbc.com (3 months and 3 days ago)
A military plane crashed in Liberia on Monday, killing 11 people, including Guinea’s military chief and top officers, officials said.
nytimes.com (3 months and 9 days ago)
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