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Tiger Woods Tops Forbes List Of The Highest Paid Athletes

Trudy — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:09:08 +0000

Tiger Woods is back and at the top of his game. Tiger Woods, the world’s number one golfer, is at the top of Forbes list of highest paid athletes. This isn’t the first time Forbes has named Woods as the highest paid athlete, according to CNN. Woods topped the list from 2001-2012. Just how [...]

Oprah Is Hollywood's Highest Paid Woman

Trudy — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:10:42 +0000

Oprah Winfrey may have had some struggles with her new OWN network, but she is still making oodles of money. She’s topped Forbe’s list of the highest paid women in Hollywood. Oprah blew the competition out of the water in terms of money earned the past year. The queen of daytime talk made $165 million [...]

The Best Jobs For Women This Year

Trudy — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:15:01 +0000

Does the new year find you looking for a new job? If you answered yes, this list of the top five best jobs for women from Forbes magazine might help narrow down your job search and find a job that has growth potential. These jobs all have a projected growth of at least thirteen percent [...]

What Are America's Most Expensive Colleges?

Shauna Wright — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:15:04 +0000

Forbes, along with the Center for College Affordability & Productivity, tallied up the cost of tuition, books, transportation, computers, and room and board to determine the new list of America’s most expensive colleges. And some of them may surprise you.

Tina Fey, Eva Longoria Top Forbes' Richest TV Actresses [PICTURES]

Shauna Wright — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:14:45 +0000

What do a comedic genius, some ‘Desperate Housewives,’ two TV detectives and one of your former ‘Friends’ have in common? They all made the list of Forbes’ best-paid actresses on television.

Tied for first place with $13 million each in salaries and syndication revenues are Tina Fey, the brilliant writer and star of ’30 Rock,’ and Eva Longoria from ‘Desperate Housewives.’

Ten Highest Paid Guys In Entertainment

Trudy — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:10:26 +0000

Forbes has released their list of the ten highest paid men in entertainment. Congratulations to Tyler Perry who leads the pack with a cool $130 million for the financial year 2010 to 2011. Over the past year, Perry made his money from tv shows and also from movies he directed, wrote, produced and starred in. [...]

Hollywood's Highest Paid Actresses

Trudy — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:00:43 +0000

Forbes has put together their list of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood and two very familiar names are tied for first. They’re Angelina Jolie and Sarah Jessica Parker. Both actresses took in 30 million dollars between May of 2010 and May of 2011. Angelina is making her money from movies while Sarah is doing [...]

Tiger Woods Is The Highest Paid Athlete In The World

Trudy — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:17:25 +0000

Despite lost endorsement deals, some recent struggles on the links and a bitter divorce, Tiger Woods is still the king of cash. Woods is number one on Forbes' list of the highest-paid athletes in the world.

How Men Are Cheated At Work

Dave Wheeler — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:23:03 +0000

People always say that women get paid less in the workplace than guys do. It may have some truth but not to these workplaces. According to Forbes, here are some jobs where women actually earn more money than men: construction supervisors painters (construction and maintenance) aircraft mechanics aircraft and vehicle mechanics kindergarten and preschool teachers [...]

America's Most Miserable Cities

Trudy — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:00:51 +0000

Looking to move? Check out this list from Forbes and see if where you’re heading is on their list of the five most miserable cities in America. It’s not so golden for the Golden State! Sunny California shows up eight times on the list of twenty and has four of the five most miserable cities. Forbes looked at [...]

Annoying Business Jargon

Trudy — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:19:44 +0000

Do people at your job use alot of business jargon? Is it irritating to you? Forbes calls the use of business jargon in corporate offices “linguistic gobbledygook” and has put together a list of the ten business phrases they think are the most annoying. Take a look and see if you agree! These are not [...]