Cooking Channel Exec Talks Appetite for Variety
For Michael Smith, General Manager of the Food Network's Cooking Channel, food is a delicious form of entertainment
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Is the Corporate Grind Really Worth It?
Call it a dream to work from home in your PJs, choose your income, your hours, and plan working vacations. But the reality is roughly 27 million professionals in North America are working freelancers. With job satisfaction at a 22-year low, freelance work--including writing, blogging, consulting, graphic designing, etc. -- has increasingly been pursued by a variety of professionals. Some freelancers have lost their jobs due to the recession and are redirecting their careers while others planned their escape to seek a greater work-life balance, more independence, and flexibility.
Banking on Our Own
It’s expensive to be black in America. Recent studies and lawsuits prove we are overcharged for virtually everything. We are charged more for insurance, loans and mortgages than most of our racial counterparts with similar income, employment and credit backgrounds. Why does Wall Street get away with this? Because, black Americans don’t invest in black-owned banks.
Let’s Talk Money
For those too terrified to look at retirement accounts, a group of chatty (and free) financial management Websites makes it easy to focus on how to spend money and reduce expenses.
The Real Game Is Business
It's just the prelims of the 2009 Black Enterprise Golf & Tennis Challenge and it's already clear that once again the best and brightest moves and players in business and corporate America not only came to play--they came to win. It's what I like most about G&T, hosted once again by title sponsor Pepsi: whether attendees are registered to play golf or tennis, or do some serious rest and relaxation at the world class spa, they know that the real name of the game is business.