Alford also takes issue with some well-meaning economic development proposals aimed at minorities. Nothing about economics. Nothing about business. Alford says it's out there, they just need to know where to look. They want to put a billion dollars, capital infusion into the black business environment.
Nobody knows about it.
This week's annual Black Entrepreneurs Conference, sponsored by Black Enterprise magazine and NationsBank, allows hundreds of black business people to network and exchange ideas with some of the country's most successful entrepreneurs. I'm Tanya Ott for Marketplace. And that's the top of our news for Friday, May 7th. Today the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained almost 85 points, that's 0.8 percent. Bill Echikson reports.