In the US dog bites are covered by home owners policies. Cases declined a bit this year. But the post office reports that mailpersons are being bitten more frequently in LA. Article 
Dog Bites Costly for Home Insurers
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Former CitiBank CFO Sallie Krawcheck Buys 85 Broads
Founded by former Goldman Sachs’ financier Janet Hanson, this organization has 30,000 members throughout the world. They join together, inspired, empowered and connected. Website 
High-Speed Traders’ Campaign Contributions Shot Up 673 Percent From 2008 to 2012
According to a report from Washington-based nonprofit watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) the campaign contributions by 48 high-frequency trading firms have skyrocketed 673 percent since 2008,
These traders contributed $16.1 million during the 2012 election cycle, up from just $2.1 million in 2008. That’s not including the 93 percent spike in funds spent on lobbying Congress, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission since the recession.
The report exemplifies risk of pressure lobbying on politics and raises the question of the distinction between lobbying, bribery and corruption…CREW Lobby Report
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Former German President’s Wife Beats Google:The Perils of Wifedom
Mrs. Wulff’s name autocompleted with red light district and escort services. A court in Karlsruhe ruled that Google was at fault. Mrs. Wulff’s privacy was affected by association of her name with negative terms. Article 
Anamaya Lyttleton Implicated in Blackrock Insider Trading:The Perils of Wifedom
Anamaya Lyttleton ran a homeopathy parlor focused on life coaching and meditation. Authorities think she was up to more than that. Article 
Marajuana Still a Cash Business, Even When It is Legal in the US
Banks are not allowed to take drug money on deposit, so people who run marajuana stores have to go to local tax offices with bundles of cash. Article 
Business Can Make Improbable Dreams Come True
Amy Trask wanted to be a football player. “Football was what I wanted to do,” she writes. “Business is my way of making it happen.” Article 
The Stiletto Network?
In a new book, Pamela Ryckman discusses how business women bond. They are pictured swapping Manolos, sex-toy tips and tales of double dating with Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. They wield serious clout, too, nominating one another for directorial boards, funding lucrative startups and launching billion-dollar charity campaigns. Here’s the author discussing the new trend. 
Natalie Dessay Disarms and Charms as Cleopatra
Dessay has not been comfortable on the Metropolitan Opera stage recently. In productions by a theater director who did not understand the opera form, her voice too was often challenged. Now working with the great British opera director, Sir David McVicar, Dessay is at the top of her form. During the run of Handel’s Giulio Cesere in New York she regularly practiced Iyengar yoga. Her split pose imprecating Caesar, her drop to fixed-firm-flatback on the stage floor, all were as natural as her floated top notes and trills. Article 
W-T-W Finance Honor Roll
W-T-W explores issues effecting women and finance. Corruption is a major problem, particularly for women and their children, as trillions of dollars of public funds are drained by corrupt practices around the world.
Corruption disproportionately effects women and children. By diverting money legitimately owed to governments, local and national, the public good is diminished. Honor women who stand up and fight for their children’s education and general well-being.
W-T-W wants to encourage women networks around the world to Honor Roll women who fight corruption.
When people hear you blowing the whistle, they balk. They make life tough. So those who stand up, stand out and fight for what’s right should be honored.
A woman’s intuition is her strongest tool. If you sense something, probe.
WOMEN INTEGRITY AWARDS
How can women work against corruption?
If you see something, say something!
