From a brewery to a car wash, women like start ups and feature down to earth financial planning with special attention to the well-being of their employees. Article
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Bail in. Germany Casts the First Stone at Cyprus
The bail-in push from the Germans, Dutch and Finns was made during Jan. 29-30 technical meetings in Brussels, the same week that the Dutch government shielded senior bondholders of nationalized lender SNS Reaal NV. Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem said that step was needed to prevent a spike in funding costs for SNS Reaal and other lenders in the country. Accelerating the loss-sharing rules would give the euro zone more tools to avoid taxpayer rescues like those provided to Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain and sought by Cyprus. It also could ease concerns about financial liability within the euro zone once the ECB takes over financial supervision within the 17-nation currency bloc. Read Money Laundering
Finance background helps women get boardroom positions
A qualification in finance or a background that demonstrates considerable financial acumen is key to women getting into boardroom positions.
According to a press release, the research from Cranfield University School of Management was commissioned by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). It found that 45% of female executive directors are financially qualified and 65% have a financial background, while 26% of their male colleagues are financially qualified and 44% have a financial background…article
What women need to manage money
Exposing the myth of female foolishness with finance, and explaining why the remedies would help men, too…article
Swiss central bank fuels Europe’s North-South debt crisis
Swiss central bank fuels Europe’s North-South debt crisis
Switzerland’s central bank has become a conduit for vast flows of capital into German Bunds and other safe-haven bonds, exacerbating the eurozone’s North-South divide…article
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Office on Violence Against Women Acting Director Bea Hanson Speaks at the D.C. Office of Victim Services’ National Stalking Awareness Month Event
….We know the serious toll that stalking can take on the victims — emotionally, psychologically, physically, financially — every aspect of their lives can be impacted and jeopardized…..article
Andris Nelsons, Europe’s Golden Young Conductor, in US
Nelsons is music director of the Birmingham Symphony and conducts opera and orchestras all over the continent. For the past two weeks, he has been in the US. Article
Amazon Finds Out Doing Business in China is Tricky
The absence of Kindle e-readers from the China site — amid regulatory roadblocks and the prospect of lackluster demand –is an apt symbol of the troubles Amazon founder Jeff Bezos faces in the world’s largest Internet market by users. Ebay entered the China market in 2002 and exited in 2006. Article
Women In The Workplace
If you don’t have a woman boss now, you probably will very soon. As 50 percent of the U.S. workforce and more than half of all managers and supervisors, women are reaching leadership positions in record numbers…article
Woman Billionaire Started Flipping Burgers
The thrice-married Torres has watched her family expand In- N-Out from a single drive-through hamburger stand founded in 1948 in Baldwin Park by her grandparents, Harry and Esther Snyder, into a fast-food empire worth more than $1 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Article
