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INDIANAPOLIS — August is National Black Business Month. WRTV’s Amber Griegley met with the Indy Black Chamber to check in on the state of Black-owned businesses in the Circle City and learn about the support available to entrepreneurs.”Black Business Month represents an opportunity to shine a spotlight on other businesses that normally don’t get the attention or exposure that would encourage them to grow,” said Leland Baptiste, marketing director and consultant for the Indy Black Chamber. WRTV Opportunities for Black-owned businesses to capitalize and retain profits. The number of new Black entrepreneurs grew 60% nationwide in 2020, which has given…

(Bloomberg) — Treasury Wine Estates, maker of the Penfolds brand, pointed to robust demand for fine wines in Asia and the United States and signaled further restructuring of the business following a strategic review.The Australian winery is focused on becoming a premium wine company, Chief Executive Tim Ford said in an investors call after the company released its full-year results, adding that more than 75% of its revenue already comes from premium brands.Treasury’s luxury category includes wines with a retail price of A$30 (US$20) or more, such as Penfolds Bin and Icon, Wynns and California’s DAOU. Premium is priced between…

HONOLULU — Wallace “Wally” Amos, the founder of the cookie empire that bore his name and who later became a child literacy advocate, has died. He was 88 years old.Amos built the Famous Amos Cookies empire, eventually losing his ownership of the company and the rights to use the catchy Amos name. In his later years, he moved to Hawaii in 1977, where he became the owner of a cookie shop called Chip & Cookie.He died Tuesday at his Honolulu home, surrounded by his wife, Carol, from complications of dementia, his children said.”With his Panama hat, kazoo and boundless optimism,…

Full view of the Mississippi Rebels helmets during a game against the Missouri Tigers at Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field, Columbia, Missouri, USA on October 12, 2019. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley – USA Today SportsWe can only make our own predictions about the newly expanded College Football Playoff until the 2024 season begins. The only certainty is that Notre Dame cannot earn a seed higher than No. 5, since the top four seeds are reserved for conference champions.While most people expect the Irish to host a first-round game, Brad Crawford of 247Sports says that won’t be the case. Crawford released his bowl…

Longtime Eagles guard Greg Ward has finally found a new home appeared first on NBC Sports PhiladelphiaGreg Ward, who has been with the Eagles for the past six years and was the team’s leading receiver in 2020, has finally found a new team.Ward was on the Eagles’ practice squad last year and became a free agent after the season. He was unemployed during the offseason and signed with the Colts on Wednesday.Ward has many connections in Indianapolis.Head coach Shane Steichen served as Ward’s offensive coordinator with the Eagles in 2021 and 2022, offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter served as an…

Alaska teens are more likely to be depressed and suicidal than they were a decade ago, and some mental health issues have increased, especially among girls, according to results from the state’s most recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey. The survey, conducted among about 1,200 high school students across the state in 2023, revealed a number of negative trends. Nineteen percent of respondents said they had attempted suicide at least once in the past year, compared with 8.7 percent in the 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Twenty-three percent said they had thought about suicide, compared with 14.5 percent in 2011. And…

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A serial killer sentenced to death for 12 murders in Southern California more than three decades ago has confessed to additional killings after his DNA was matched to that of his victims, authorities said Tuesday.Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials identified the victim as 19-year-old Kathy Small. She was found unconscious on a South Pasadena street on February 22, 1986, and later determined to have died from stab wounds and strangulation, LA County Sheriff’s Department Capt. Patricia Thomas told reporters. The suspect, William Lester Suff, 73, who confessed to the murders, is being held at a substance abuse treatment facility…