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...employer has denied firing her because of the pregnancy and said the discharge was the result of a company reorganization. However the courts decide, Breloh is part of a growing group of women who feel that German business routinely discriminates against them in management jobs by maintaining a barrier to upward mobility, or glass ceiling. Last year German female executives held just 9.2% of management jobs, according to Hoppenstedt, an economic publisher. In contrast, the International Labor Organization notes that in the U.S., the percentage is 43%, in Britain 33%, in Switzerland...
...point lost on Disney, which apart from its TV and movie holdings has considerable aspirations to be an Internet player. During the dispute, Disney was quick to point out its concern that Time Warner's pending merger with Internet leader AOL has the potential to create a barrier to non-AOL Time Warner companies interested in participating in burgeoning Internet and interactive TV technology. So Disney, with an eye on the future, is said to want assurances from Time Warner (which, by the way, owns TIME.com) that no such favoritism is on the horizon. Time Warner, according...
...that weren't enough to keep negotiators busy, Disney is also reported to be concerned that Time Warner's pending merger with AOL will create an impenetrable barrier to non-AOL Time Warner companies interested in participating in looming interactive TV technology. If AOL Time Warner's success in cable television extends to Internet provision capabilities, their critics fear that interactive technology, which would enable viewers to participate in game shows and purchase items seen on various programs, could be withheld from people who choose to watch, say, NBC instead of Time Warner networks like CNN and WB. So Disney...
...said he worries that the political nature of ethnic studies may act as a barrier to their efforts, as it has in the past...
...forces them to give up their homes or install ugly ramps and rails. But a new book, High-Access Home, by Charles A. Riley II, suggests other options that combine aesthetics and accessibility for people with all sorts of disabilities. Using what he calls "universal design," Riley shows how barrier-free living can be both easy and attractive...