If a woman wants to enter the job market, she must be able to go and work with men. Those who want a female la-la land — where the customers are female, the suppliers are female, the marketing department is female, and everything is female — it won’t happen. According to a November survey, 46 percent of women seeking jobs are looking for the most relaxed environment. Article
Angela Ahrendts, the chief executive of fashion label Burberry, took home a total pay package of £16.9m last year, almost £5m more than the next highest paid chief executive. It is was quite extraordinary that a woman has finally been able to out-earn men in corporate Britain, but women are still vastly outnumbered and under-paid compared with men. Article
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has admitted to major missteps over the past 3 years in its handling of the bailout of Greece, according to a leaked internal document that was later published by the IMF_Greece
Over the last three years, a number of senior IMF figures, including Managing Director Christine Lagarde, have repeatedly said that Greece’s debt level was “sustainable” – likely to be repaid in full and on time…article
Microsoft Corp and the FBI, aided by authorities in more than 80 countries, have launched a major assault on one of the world’s biggest cyber crime rings, believed to have stolen more than $500 million from bank accounts over the past 18 months…article
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European Union plans to wrest from London the supervision of Libor and other benchmarks, such as those covering oil and commodities, are “intrusive” and likely to be changed, a top EU lawmaker said on Thursday. Article
A recent study of the success of female entrepreneurs shows that the US is the most favorable environment for women starting up businesses. The new report sponsored by Dell is Gender-Executive-Report to read. 
Editors at Bloomberg take a broad view. 
Nobody has taken responsibility for the disastrous errors made by the EU-IMF Troika in Greece, where youth unemployment has just reached 58.3pc. Nobody has resigned, or missed a day’s pay, or faced any kind of censure from an elected body, despite the withering indictment just issued by the IMF. Article
Farm production will grow less rapidly in the future due to limited availability of suitable land, water constraints and rising costs of inputs such as fertilizer, according to the report. Corn and soybean prices rose to a record last year, and have more than doubled from 10 years ago. Article 
