Lili Hall started her first business in 2001 partly out of necessity, but she was also driven by conscience. Her employer was struggling, and Hall didn’t want to bring in new clients when she wasn’t sure the company would survive…article 
The result of the collaborative culture is that corporations or government institutions focus intensely on internal culture and pour their energy into achieving minuscule policy changes relating to workplace efficiency, gender or race. The great victory with which future Thatcher biographers are likely to open their accounts is her winning back the Falkland Islands from the Argentine junta. The great victory with which Sandberg opens her book was getting Google to establish reserved parking for pregnant women. Article
Russian investment banks controlled by the government of President Vladimir Putin are squeezing out foreign competitors, helped by a bailout of the country’s richest men five years ago. Article
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Because of the continuing high figures in unemployment in great parts of Europe, experts warn of social unrest.
However, according to ILO, there are big differences within the Eurozone. While the unemployment rate in Greece, Portugal, Spain and Cyprus was particularly high, other countries like Germany, Hungary, Luxemburg, Malta and Austria the employment rate even augment above pre-crisis level, according to the data. The risk of social unrest in Europe is now 12 percentage points higher than before September 2008. ILO_Europe_Job_Market_7.4.13
When it comes to breaking glass ceilings, women have come a long way even in the last few years. In media, especially, there has been an amazing amount of discussion of late about the role of women in politics, education, and the notoriously difficult STEM fields. We’ve even seen research that companies with women in board positions are more profitable. But what about Wall Street? Are women making as much progress there as they are in liberal fields? Well, this amazing infographic from The New York Times may have the answer…article
Two European conductors, Andris Nelsons of the City of Birmingham Symphony, and Daniele Gatti, Principal Conductor at the Zurich Opera and frequent conductor at Bayreuth, are both under consideration for the music directorship of the Boston Symphony. Stephane Deneve of Stuttgart may be in contention too. Article
According to news reports last month, the US Department of Justice has targeted Microsoft and The Wall Street Journal for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a 1977 law which makes it a crime for US organisations to make payments, however small, to foreign government officials in order to secure any kind of decision in their favour. The law applies to, among others, US companies, universities, foundations and non-profit organisations. Britain has a similar law that applies to British organisations working in China…article
In 2013, if she wants it she can have it. But right now Hillary Clinton is focused on improving women’s lives. Article
