http://www.hirediversity.com/ Careers, jobs and employment resources for the Minority http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=122117 Jane M. Von Bergen--The Philadelphia Inquirer. 2008-06-23T00:00:00-07:00 When Bruce Patterson testifies tonight about diversity in the construction industry, he'll be talking about something that's neither white, nor black, but green. Green, as in getting paid. "It's a construction industry problem," said Patterson, the African American owner of Patterson Construction Co.... http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=122013 2008-06-22T00:00:00-07:00 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Millions of participants in 401(k)-style retirement plans would receive more information about the costs of those programs, a move that could help boost savings, under a rule proposed by the <a href="http://www.dol.gov/" target="_blank">Labor Department</a> Tuesday.... http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=121992 2008-06-22T00:00:00-07:00 WASHINGTON (UPI via COMTEX) -- Congressional Democrats say they are taking what some hope will be the first step to changing the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" gay service policy. U.S. Rep.... http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=121911 Pamela Yip--The Dallas Morning News 2008-06-21T00:00:00-07:00 DALLAS -- The midpoint of the year is always a good time to evaluate whether you're on track to meet your financial goals. With the U.S. economy being assaulted on multiple fronts, it is even more vital to run a fine-tooth comb through your financial practices and projections.... http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=121907 Jennifer Heldt Powell--Boston Herald 2008-06-21T00:00:00-07:00 Step aside Chamber of Commerce. When it comes to networking, the World Wide Web is where it's at. These days if you want to be in the know and be known, you have to link in, book your face, twitter tweet and grab your space.... http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=121894 2008-06-21T00:00:00-07:00 LOS ANGELES (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- <a href="http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/2008/5/13/in_search_of_clean_profits_hispanic.htm" target="_blank">Clean technology</a> grew in strength in the United States as increasing amounts of venture capital flowed into the sector in the second quarter of 2008, a new study has shown.... http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=121587 Ellen Yan--Newsday, 2008-06-17T00:00:00-07:00 ... http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=121584 2008-06-17T00:00:00-07:00 CLEVELAND, Ohio (Thomson Financial via COMTEX) -- A former stockbroker for <a href="http://www.ml.com/" target="_blank">Merrill Lynch & Co Inc.</a> has filed an age bias lawsuit against the investment bank, his lawyer Andy Kabatof Haber Polk LLP said.... http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=121583 2008-06-17T00:00:00-07:00 PRINCETON, N.J. (UPI via COMTEX) -- More blacks and Hispanics than whites believe relations are good between blacks and Hispanics in the United States, a <a href="http://www.gallup.com/" target="_blank">Gallup poll</a> indicates.... http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=121575 Jenny Anderson--The New York Times Media Group 2008-06-17T00:00:00-07:00 The <a href="http://www.sec.gov/" target="_blank">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission</a>, under pressure to respond to the tumult in the financial industry, has announced emergency measures to curb short-selling that is aimed at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as well as Wall Street banks.... http://www.hirediversity.com/tools/news/story.asp?id=121570 2008-06-17T00:00:00-07:00 WASHINGTON (AP) -- For years, mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac tenaciously worked to nurture, and then protect, their financial empires by invoking the political sacred cow of homeownership and fielding an army of lobbyists, power brokers and political contributors....