As we approach the open enrollment season – the time of year when employers determine what type of healthcare options and costs they will offer their employees for the coming year – it is becoming clear that many employers are searching desperately for cost-saving measures. Employees, meanwhile, wonder openly about the ongoing affordability – or […]

While it’s still unclear where the housing market will end up after its meteoric rise and recent cooling, the fundamental principles of real estate investment strategy remain relatively unchanged. For those new to the game, the approach to real estate investing is essentially the same as it was during the boom – assuming your strategy […]

Brian Billick, after leading his team to a resounding win over the Pittsburgh Steelers at M&T Bank Stadium last Sunday, must not only be lauded for his move to fire Jim Fassel and take over play calling himself, but should now also be considered a candidate for coach of the year. There are other […]

A recent article on Yahoo! notes that companies are expecting to hire 17.4% more new college graduates in 2006 and 2007 than they did during 2005 and 2006. New grads will have other reasons to celebrate as well, with pay expected to grow by 4.6% and signing bonuses averaging $3,568. While there can often be […]

I’m late in writing it, but Ravens coach Brian Billick has moved his record as the Raven’s Offensive Coordinator to 4-0 with a resounding win over the Atlanta Falcons last Sunday. Though the team played miserably in the first half, and the offensive line looked like they were playing a road game with all their […]

Thanksgiving will be celebrated on Thursday, November 16, 2006. While that day will offer various meanings for those who honor it as well as those who don’t, it will have one undeniable meaning for everyone living in the United States. Thanksgiving, as it does every year, represents the official beginning of the consumer-driven Holiday Season. […]

Talent is defined by Dictionary.com as a special natural ability or aptitude. It would seem to me that the word talent is misapplied when discussing most skills or tasks associated with a typical workplace setting. Does talent make one accountant or stock broker more productive than another? Can it really be said that being a […]

There was a time when I played video games. That time began in the early 1980s when the first Atari came out and reached its peak, for me, when the greatest video game system ever made was introduced…the Nintendo Entertainment System. The NES, as it is often called, offered an array of games and I […]

Despite the flippant tone of that title above, it is heartening to see a spirit of compromise and a desire for progress among the new U.S. Congress and the White House. In a recent Yahoo! new article, Dems to Seek GOP Aid on Wage Hike, incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid notes “We intend to […]

If you’ve followed the Baltimore Ravens and Brian Billick, you know that the team is 3-0 since Jim Fassel was unceremoniously dismissed as offensive coordinator and replaced by Billick himself. This past week against the Titans, the Ravens looked pretty bad in the first half but came back ferociously in the second half to win […]