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...Female leaders inspire whole societies (and help pad the numbers): The authors assigned heavy points to countries where women were in charge of government. Countries with female presidents or prime ministers include: #2 Finland, #5 New Zealand (Prime Minister Helen Clark was recently voted out of office), #6 Philippines and #8 Ireland...
Another key problem for the retailer, which is based in Richmond, Va., and was founded by Samuel S. Wurtzel as a television store in 1949 (it now has about 700 outlets), was basic inventory management. "They had been unable to move their inventory," says Helen Bulwik of New Market Solutions, a retail consultancy in Oakland, Calif. That backlog left the company paralyzed, unable to buy fresh product or pay off its existing debts. Circuit City still owes $118 million to Hewlett-Packard, its largest vendor, plus $116 million to Samsung and $60 million Sony...
...ethos into the corporate culture. What was important was that the firm also made a deliberate decision that risk was not something that could be reduced to a number. "We have a much more holistic discussion about a business and why we have it," says vice president and treasurer Helen Shan. "It becomes strategic, instead of simply, Do we get insurance to cover a potential loss?" In a speech at an industry conference in October, Federal Reserve governor Randall Kroszner urged financial firms to take a similar tack. Weighing risks, as well as potential returns, he said, "should be part...
...Helen McDade of another conservation body, the John Muir Trust, was even more direct in a statement issued to the press: "The government's reasoning seems to be that it is OK to ignore any number of protections that are in place to safeguard Scotland's environment, provided there is a big enough buck to be made...
...show will contain nine vignettes depicting the “Navarasa,” the moods of love, compassion, fury, fear, wonder, disgust, peace, humor, and valor. Instead of focusing on Hindu mythology, the directors have chosen stories and concepts from many different cultures and time periods. Helen Keller, the resurrection of Jesus Christ, child labor, and King Ashoka all make it into the show. Bharatha Natyam as a dance style facilitates storytelling in two ways, through its pure dance elements (“nritta”) and its expressionistic elements (“abhinaya?...