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    Citi Replaces Das With Fraser in Possible Sign of Mortgage Push
    May 21, 2013

    Citigroup's mortgage unit CEO Sanjiv Das will be replaced by private bank head Jane Fraser.

    Harford Champions Women, Vets
    May 16, 2013

    Citi Managing Director and Head of North America Markets Suni Harford earned Legal Momentum's "Aiming High" award for her work with Citi's global women's and military veterans' initiatives.

    King to Succeed Franklin As NACD Chairman
    May 15, 2013

    Franklin hailed for public service and Washington insight; King to advance 2020 initiative.

    Revisiting Board Quotas
    May 15, 2013 by

    When ratios don’t improve, the probability of regulators stepping in increases.

    Krawcheck Agrees to Buy the Women’s Network 85 Broads
    May 15, 2013

    Sallie L. Krawcheck, a former executive of Bank of America and Citigroup, has agreed to buy 85 Broads, a global organization that supports women.

    The Plan B Hypocrisy: Emergency Contraception Is Treated Like A Drug That Could Be Abused
    May 3, 2013

    One of the main objections I've heard against expanding over-the-counter access to Plan B, the morning after pill, is expressed here by Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America (CWA):
    “It makes no sense that kids need parental p...

    Thoughts for Directors in 2013
    May 2, 2013 by

    Directors must focus on doing the right thing for their corporations while understanding shareholder sensitivities.

    Europe Helps Boost Global Growth of Women on Boards
    May 2, 2013

    Over 50 percent of women directors added to boards since 2009 were in Europe, a new GMI Ratings study finds.

    What Marissa Mayer’s Latest Changes At Yahoo Reveal
    May 1, 2013

    Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo, is back in the headlines again. After the furore she set off back in February upon cancelling tele-commuting, and ordering her workforce back to the office, this time she?s making news for quite a different reason: ext...

    Women Board Members Across the World Are Under-Utilized, Study Finds
    May 1, 2013

    The biggest roadblock to women looking to join corporate boards are cultures that are not inclusive, Harvard Business School's Organizational Behavior unit Professor of Business Administration Boris Groysberg finds.

    Aiming High on the Road to Retirement Readiness
    April 29, 2013

    ING U.S. Retirement Solutions CEO Maliz Beams honored with Legal Momentum's “Aiming High” award for commitment to improving the retirement security of Americans.

    Germany Rejects Boardroom Diversity Quotas
    April 19, 2013

    Germany's parliament rejected a plan to set quotas for women's memberships on corporate boards; females currently hold no more than 17 percent of supervisory board seats.

    Poll: Most Women See Bias in the Workplace
    April 12, 2013

    More than four in 10 women polled say they have faced gender discrimination personally, most often in the workplace, a new Wall Street Journal survey shows.

    In Push for Gender Equality, Breaking Down the Boardroom Door
    April 11, 2013

    Concluding that “there was no demand for women” on corporate boards, Beth Stewart decided to start a business called Trewstar whose goal is to find them.

    Has Morgan Stanley Come Up With a Free Market Solution to Women on Boards?
    April 3, 2013

    Morgan Stanley plans to introduce the Parity Portfolio, investing solely in companies with at least three females on their boards.

    Women in a Man’s World
    April 2, 2013

    Irene Dorner, chief executive of HSBC USA, says the few women in the upper levels of Wall Street should have been better role models for the generation that followed.

    For Women, Pay Gap Threatens Retirement
    March 29, 2013

    The difference between the median wages of men and women has stopped narrowing, with women earning 23 percent less than men on average.

    SEC Chairman Highlights Commission’s Progress, Future Plans
    March 28, 2013 by

    Elisse Walter discusses topics ranging from diversity to enforcement actions.

    Minnesota Women Still Struggling to Break the Corporate Glass Ceiling
    March 27, 2013

    Only 17.4 percent of senior executives at Minnesota's top 100 publicly held companies are female, finds a report produced by St. Catherine University.

    Female Board Members Better Than Men on Complex Issues, Study Asserts
    March 26, 2013

    Women corporate directors made better decisions on issues that required "complex moral reasoning" skills, a recent study finds.

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