Census shows lingering racial income gap

Census shows lingering racial income gap

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Black Man Buys International Gatwick Airport...

Adebayo Ogunlesi, chairman of Global Infrastructure Partners, said he is going "to make Gatwick a truly first class experience".
However he cautioned it would take "somewhere between 12 and 18 months" before passengers started noticing a difference at the airport.
GIP agreed a £1.51bn deal with Gatwick's current operator BAA last week, which represented a "good price", Mr Ogunlesi said.
I would never have imagined in my lifetime that this was even possible, a black man buying Gatwick Airport ! Then again, I never thought that I'd see a black man in the Whitehouse either!! I was pleasantly surprised to learn about this story, Nigerian born Adebayo Ogunlesi will be the new owner of Gatwick airport!! I want to take this moment to acknowledge and congratulate Mr. Ogunlesi on what he's doing and say that he is a huge inspiration and living proof of what IS possible!!! I thank Wunmi for the "tip-off" on this!
Now, my question is, why did the mainstream media kept this so very, very quiet? I was even more surprised that not even the BBC covered this story, or any of the other major news networks including CNN! "What's that all about?" I asked myself and thought it quite strange that a man, Adebayo Ogunlesi spends over a billion pounds on an international airport in one of the world's major cities, the city that's recognised as the financial centre of the world and there's no real coverage?? - Strange!!

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Magic Johnson Sells Starbucks Shares

Basketball Hall-of-Famer Earvin "Magic" Johnson has sold his 50% stake in more than 100 urban Starbucks (SBUX) stores back to the company, Starbucks said Thursday. The news comes only three days after Johnson sold his minority stake in the Los Angeles Lakers to Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a billionaire surgeon who's been a season-ticket holder for 25 years.

Through Magic Johnson Enterprises's Johnson Development Corp., Johnson in 1998 partnered with Starbucks in a joint venture, called Urban Coffee Opportunities, to open stores in underserved neighborhoods in Los Angeles, New York and Washington D.C.

"Together we opened several successful locations, including our Harlem store, which led the redevelopment of that now vibrant neighborhood," Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said in a statement Thursday. "Thanks to this partnership, Starbucks has deepened our commitment to community development in urban areas and plans additional programs to sustain that commitment."

The company didn't disclose those stores' financials. But the Los Angeles Times, which got the news from an anonymous source Tuesday, put the combined value of Johnson's stake in Starbucks and the Lakers at about $100 million. The unnamed source called the sales "a good business decision."

Neither Starbucks nor the Lakers indicated why Johnson made the divestments. Since 1991, Johnson's extensive real estate investments have included shopping centers and movie theaters. In May, the Washington Hilton completed a $150 million renovation funded partly by Canyon-Johnson Urban Funds, in which Johnson is a partner.

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