"women-in-business" Articles & Blogs:
Business Schools Sweeten Lures for Women
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(WOMENSENEWS)--A private party at Dylan's Candy Bar in New York's Times Square. An all-expenses-paid weekend of chatting, wining and dining. Group cooking classes.
These are some of the lures U.S. graduate business schools are casting to potential female...[Read on] |
The Bottom Line of Women and Business in This Economy
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Where do women fit in today’s tumultuous economy? Some women are
fueling their entrepreneurial spirit to support their families, while
others blame men for financial crisisWomen in Business, Economy | 08/04/2009 11:35 am
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Times are tough bu...[Read on] |
Weigh In: Fortune's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business List
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Who was deemed the most powerful businesswoman? Who do you think should have been ranked?
Money | 09/10/2009 3:00 pm
Oprah Winfrey, Andrea Jung and Cathie Black were deemed "all-stars" in Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business ...[Read on] |
Judd Apatow tries to redeem himself with the ladies
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You know I am no Judd Apatow fan. I think he really talks down to the ladies and that he makes crappy boy bromance films that perpetuate the cycle of crappy boycentric movies that inundate our screens most weekends.
It seems that now Mr. Apatow wants...[Read on] |
Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business--24 of them are Female
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I really like Fast Company's coverage--they manage to produce a lot of fresh, interesting material that isn't just about fuddy duddy notions of business, but the intersections of sustainability, design, creativity, leadership, innovation etc. (Full disclo...[Read on] |
Michelle Obama, Oprah, Queen Elizabeth Make Forbes Top 100 Most Powerful Women List
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Forbes scoured the globe for women with the most influence in business, government, entertainment and the communityForbes 100 Most Powerful Women | 08/24/2009 10:40 am
Forbes is definitely paying attention when it comes to scoping out the world’s...[Read on] |
AskPatty Receives Top Women In Business Blog Award
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I'm excited to announce the Ask Patty Automotive Advice for Women blog has been chosen as a winner in the 2010 Top Women In Business Blog Awards, sponsored by Online MBA. I am so honored to be included with the other amazing women blogging winners. Th...[Read on] |
Golf Like a Girl
| For a long time, golf was a very male (I might even say “white”) sport. Even now, there are some golf courses closed to women during the busy weekend times, and it remains a sport that intimidates many women, partly because many of the opportunities t...[Read on] |
Studio films are directed by white men
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In a no shit sherlock moment, The NY Times took a look at who has been in the director’s seat for the major studio releases this year.
Of the 85 or so live action films to be released by the big studios in 2009 — Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Ent...[Read on] |
What Women (Business Owners) Want
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by Rebecca Kahane, Intern,National Women's Law Center
Helping small businesses is all the rage these days—and real help for real small businesses would be good news for women—and the economy. Between 1997 and 2002, the number of women-owned firms in ...[Read on] |
Sandra Bullock tops list of highest paid actresses
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According to Forbes, Sandra Bullock was the highest paid actress from July 2009 through June 2010. She earned an astounding $56 million off her two successes The Proposal and The Blind Side. She gambled — and won — on The Blind Side by taking le...[Read on] |
Women & Hollywood in the News
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Women & Hollywood has been in the news twice this weekend. Thought I’d share:
From Ann Hornaday at the Washington Post:
Women & Film: With female characters, why does Hollywood fear that the stronger they are, the harder they fail?
This state of af...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Joan Jett
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The women at the Fusion Film Festival at NYU invited me to their screening last week of The Runaways. I’ll talk more about the movie when it opens but I really enjoyed being exposed to a slice of women’s history that I never knew about. My relat...[Read on] |
Hollywood’s Top Earning Women
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Forbes has put together its first ever list on the top earning Hollywood women, and not surprisingly to me, half the top earners are over 40.
(PS this list is different from the list of highest earning women celebrities which came out earlier)
The list:...[Read on] |
The Old Media Is Dead—Really, Truly
| The world is about to radically change. Let me explain. The Internet business, which began to radically change the world in the mid-nineties, stalled out in 2001 partly because the Internet didn’t work very well. It just wasn’t fast enough to do all t...[Read on] |
Checklist for selecting the right auto repair shop
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Do you feel your car is in good hands when it needs repairs or maintenance? Do you feel comfortable with the diagnoses offered to you by your technician? Do you trust that your repairs are completed safely and thoroughly? The Car Care Council recommends ...[Read on] |
Female Bullying or Just Another Attack Against Successful Women?
| The media loves a fresh angle that undermines women’s hard earned success. The New York Times Business section (1/11/09) ran an article, “A Sisterhood Of Workplace Infighting” by Peggy Klaus. Ms. Klaus, a leadership consultant, writes a...[Read on] |
The MBAs of the Meltdown – Where Did Those Bankers Go to Business School?
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Harvard Business School, NYU Stern, Cornell … What are they teaching at these places? The Greatest Depression | Today 7:18 am
Here’s a question, fellow 401K-robbed victims of the meltdown: Exactly where did this toxic batch of bankers and b...[Read on] |
Halle Berry Introduces Helen Mirren
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I know, this going to be video day. Here’s Halle Berry introducing Helen Mirren at the Women in Entertainment breakfast.
“The last bastion of civil rights int he movie business is ageism and Helen you have single handedly all by yourself ...[Read on] |
Best Practices For Hiring And Retaining Women
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The statistics about the importance of women as a consumer are very familiar to all of us. Women account for 85% of all purchases which includes everything from homes to groceries and control TRILLIONS of dollars of wealth in this country. For tho...[Read on] |
Margaret Cho drops a bomb
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(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Here’s a doozy. Leave it to Jessica Wakeman via the frisky to get some juicy news. This time in a conversation she had with Margaret Cho, Margaret started talking about women comedians and how straight women are less succe...[Read on] |
Young women save The Lovely Bones
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Back in November The Lovely Bones was on all awards watchers list just due to Peter Jackson previous pedigree. No one had seen it, yet it was based on a best selling book and had awards potential written all over it. Then people starting seeing it and...[Read on] |
Women Score Serious Grammy Noms
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The music business is one place where women are really dominant and present in a big, big way.
The Grammy nominations were released yesterday and Beyonce led all nominees with 10 (she also got a nomination for a song she helped write for the film Cadilla...[Read on] |
Why female golfers need to start “stepping up to the tee” online
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Found out two interesting pieces of news about the female golf community. Apparently, not only has Golf for Women Magazine gone out of business, but golf (in general) is also unfair to women (shocking).
I’m completely aware that I’m slightly late to ...[Read on] |
Loving Diablo Cody
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Not matter whether you love or hate her work, or love or hate her persona, she really is one of the only women working in the film business who is not afraid to talk about feminism and Hollywood.
She spoke this past weekend in SF at a screening of Jenn...[Read on] |
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