Ben Bernanke suggests that the Fed is ready to give a boost to the economy. The market surges. He continues: the unemployment rates of a cause of grave concern: Reservations. Article
Time for more women directors on companies’ boards
Globally, the buzz about the need for gender diversity in the board rooms is getting louder and India is no exception. The Companies Bill, 2011, prescribes that ‘certain’ categories of companies must have at least one woman director on their boards. Perhaps, large listed companies will be required to comply with the new norm…article
Condoleeza Rice Addresses the Nation
“When a nation loses control of its finances, it eventually loses control of its destiny.” Video
World’s Most Powerful Women In Finance
World’s Most Powerful Women In Finance
These women control, direct or manipulate the world’s wealth.
Forbes List
Australia must compete on skills, value: Wong
Finance Minister Penny Wong says Australia must adapt to changing economic
circumstances by investing in skills and training, and providing services and greater value…video
Meet the Woman Who Turned Nairobi’s Construction Industry on its Head
“You can either accept reality as it is or create it as you wish it to be.” — Michael Hyatt
Seven years ago, Rose Karanja’s reality was bleak. One of a small minority of girls in Kenya to complete high school, she renounced college ambitions to care for her orphaned brother and sister when the grandmother who had been supporting them passed away. Ms. Karanja sold her schoolbooks and never looked back…article
Top Women in Finance
Anoka-Hennepin’s Chief Financial Officer has been named one of Minnesota’s top women
in finance...article
Poulenc’s Great Work “Dialogues of the Carmelites” Presented
Gertrud von Le Fort dug up the story of the martyrdom of Carmelite nuns in the archives, and wrote a novel in which one nun, struggling with moral issues, represents the author. George Bernanos wrote a screenplay and drama based on von Le Fort’s novel. Poulenc wrote his opera from Bernanos take. It is one of the most compelling operas ever composed. Article
Photographs courtesy Dell’Arte Opera by Angel Roy
Widows getting cheated out of Social Security
It’s no secret that women live longer than men. But a new study by the Wharton School’s Retirement Research Center suggests that some professional financial advisers neglect to take that fact into account when they tell clients how to time their Social Security benefits. ..article
Are India’s Bollygarch’s Thriving?
India is having its own economic problems, but extremely wealthy business people are keeping their profiles low. Should we hear from them? Article





