IMF head Christine Lagarde says women must accept that there will be “failures” if they attempt to juggle a career and raise children at the same time…Artikel

“The best defence when that happens is a very good and solid sense of humour.

The United States goes not have direct voting.  Each state votes, and then casts a certain number of votes determined by population in an ‘electoral college’.  Here is the current map of the US with the number of electoral college votes for each state.  As of this day, Obama has 247 pretty sure votes;  Romney, 191, and there are 100 toss up votes.  You need 270 votes to win.  Obama is ahead in most of the states which are considered toss ups.  Go figure.

While it seems less and less likely that Mitt Romney will replace Barack Obama as President of the US, it is important to understand his international positions.  Here is the text of his speech.  TEXT

Christine Lagarde, IMF chief, warns Europe to act as she prepares to lower global growth rate estimates.  Bloomberg reports.  Article

EU FLAG AT THE ACROPOLIS

Investigation is demanded into all coal block allocations in India since they were given to private companies in 1993.  The public/private debate continues. The Times of India reports:  Article...

 — A Q&A With Professor Melissa Fisher 

The dearth of women occupying top positions at financial firms has spurred much debate on Wall Street over the years. Mentoring networks have been established, task forces commissioned and entire conferences have been built around this issue…article

Measuring the relationship between assets and equity is important and very difficult to do.  ARTICLE

Despite territorial squabbles, China and Japan are dependent trading partners.  Will the latest row effect their trade relations?  Article

Anyone who has used Apple products for 15 years, knows that the engineering of the products is not up to snuff any longer.  What does this bode for the future of this world wide icon?   Article