NEW DELHI/BANGALORE: If female entrepreneurs are relatively rare in India, women-led startups spawned at college campuses are rarer still. But a steady trickle of women are now turning down lucrative campus placements in order to pursue new business ventures…article
New push for women MBAs
The low proportion of women taking MBA courses – around 30 per cent globally – has been a source of concern for many years. There are signs, however, of change in the wind…article
Book review: How Ella Grew an Electric Guitar
International professor of finance, Orly Sade, and noted business writer Ellen Neuborne teamed up to write this terrific book introducing kids to finance in a story that matters to them. How Ella Grew an Electric Guitar Review: Guitar
Bitcoins: Are They for Virtual Real?
Bitcoins have been called a ponzi scheme, a pyramid and the real virtual deal. What is the latest currency and how has it been doing. Article
Slavery: 32 Billion in Profits Annually
Spurred by Gates, the world’s second-richest person, Forrest plans to publish the Global Index of Modern Slavery in August, ranking the existence and efforts to fight involuntary servitude in 160 countries. Slavery generates about $32 billion in profits a year, according to the International Labor Organization with activities such as sex trafficking and mining so-called conflict minerals used in electronics including laptops and mobile phones. Article 
Women: Will success leave you lonely?
A new survey says 42% of women think female financial independence alienates men AND women. Why are we still having this conversation? ..article
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America report...Women, Money and Power
Mea Culpa Not Enough. Break up Chase.
Here is Jamie Dimon’s recent letter to shareholders. His apology hardly feels heartfelt as he embarks on bundling mortgages again. Jamie Dimon letter On April 11 Dimon met with Obama at the White House. We do not know what was said, but Dimon probably offered to have Chase take over the US government. Article
Is Wrestling the Solution to our Problems?
Iran will wrestle the US in New York’s Grand Central Terminal next month. Article
End of Democracy in the Ivory Coast?
“The president asked for the National Assembly’s authorisation to act on economic and social issues by decree in order to implement his plan,” Marius Ndri, the parliament’s director of legislative services, told Reuters on Wednesday. Reuters reports
Le Prix Martin Suggests Playing Cards is More Exciting Than Adultery
“Le Prix Martin” is less aggressive than Feydeau’s late plays. Yet the message is unmistakable: Although adultery may be fun at the beginning, it soon turns into a terrible burden ..Article