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Men were the main victims of the recession. The recovery will be female. more »

By Pete Carey When Russian President Dmitry Medvedev came to Silicon Valley this week to sample the valley’s innovative culture firsthand, no one had worked harder to make it happen than a group headed by a young Russian-born investor and entrepreneur from Menlo Park. Anna Dvornikova, 32-year-old president of the American Business Association of Russian-Speaking [...] more »

A young entrepreneur named Kjerstin Erickson offers to trade future income for upfront cash. more »

By Lisa Richwine WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A pill designed to offer women a counterpart to Viagra failed to boost female sex drive in two studies, U.S. drug reviewers said in documents released Wednesday. Women who took Boehringer Ingelheim’s experimental drug flibanserin also reported depression, fainting, fatigue and other problems. The drug’s tolerability was “only moderate,” [...] more »

By JAVIER ESPINOZA LONDON— Lucy Dimes embodies what it means to be determined. With a degree in business, an M.B.A. from the London Business School and a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Global Women in Leadership Program, 44-year-old Ms. Dimes has always been keen to stretch her abilities and take on new challenges. That’s why [...] more »

By Joe Avancena JUBAIL – Saudi women have been told to be independent entrepreneurs by creating jobs for themselves instead of looking for work opportunities in the labor market. “There still exists less job opportunity for women, and for them to get work is to create employment for themselves given all the support programs now [...] more »

I’ve just learned that one of my favourite young friends shares a birthday month with me. She’ll be turning 21, whilst I’ll be turning fifty-two. So for her and for every other younger women, I’ve learned some valuable things about life, love and being female over the past half-century and I thought if I passed [...] more »