Hispanic Scholarship Fund: 'Speaking the Language of Business' By awarding a whopping 82,000 college scholarships worth more than $221 million, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund may be breaking all records for nonprofit success. Founded in 1975 to boost college education among U.S. Hispanics, the fund has changed the lives of tens of thousands of Hispanic students from all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. As the nation's preeminent organization supporting Hispanic higher education, and one of Hispanic Business magazine's Top 25 nonprofits, the fund re

When Will I Get My Stimulus Check? Well, 7.7M Already Have . . .

Today, the Department of the Treasury announced that in its first official week of sending out stimulus payments, approximately $7.1 billion was distributed to about 7.7 million Americans. The payments were originally scheduled to be sent out starting May 2, but the department was able to get a jump on the gun. Received yours yet? Then you're utilizing direct deposit. If you're not slated for electronic payments . . . well, as they say, patience is a virtue.

Do Reputation Management Services Work?

Google the name of your company right now. See anything you don't like? If you do, at least a dozen services promise they can make it disappear. An industry of online fixers is sprouting to defend clients against damaging information on the Web. With potential customers increasingly heading online to research products and services, bad reviews or complaints that turn up in a search can mean lost business. Reputation management services promise to highlight positive pages and bury offending sites deep in search resul

Maryland Grapples with Minority Pacts

The Maryland Board of Public Works yesterday wrestled with two claims by aggrieved minority-owned businesses, postponing a $45 million airport shuttle-bus contract and approving a $9 million hospital construction project over the objections of advocates.