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Germany's boardrooms have long been a cherished male preserve. But that's about to change at one of the country's biggest companies, Deutsche Telekom, which has just unveiled a radical new plan to fast-track more women into management roles. By 2015, the company has mandated that 30% of its middle and upper management positions be filled by women - the first gender quota to be implemented at one of Germany's top 30 DAX-listed companies. Anne Wenders, a Deutsche Telekom spokesperson, says this is not a "tokenistic gesture aimed at political correctness...
...unfair criticism. The best way to make decent money through Demand, as I discovered, is to research and write at breakneck pace, and the result is content that only just squeaks through the system. Working as fast as possible, I could make close to $60 an hour at Demand, a nice improvement on what I'm paid for my day job, but I'd be producing articles that were thinly sourced and poorly written. (See 10 ways Twitter will change American business...
...Bears responded five minutes later when Carey Collins rifled one from 10 yards out past sophomore goalie Christian Coates. Just 24 seconds later, Coates tried to clear, but his long pass was intercepted, and Brown’s quick offense rode a fast break to take its first lead of the game...
...also has a greater role to play in mediating this conflict. Imagine if a small group of its more powerful states got together and proposed fast-tracked EU and NATO membership for Israel, provided it negotiates a two-state solution and comes into compliance with international law. The promise of such memberships and the economic opportunities and security guarantees that come with them just might put enough positive pressure on Israel to do the right thing. Should the Israelis fail to take action, the EU would then need to consider punitive trade sanctions similar to those imposed on South Africa...
...adjust to normal office life after an experience like that? I didn't. It was miserable, boring, and the pay was abysmal. I quit so fast, and went back to the dungeon for another year...