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...Spanish firms. Moreover, only 6% of chief executives in Germany are women, compared with 12% in Norway. And just one of Germany's DAX-listed companies has a woman on its board: Siemens, which appointed Barbara Kux to its eight-person executive committee in 2008. (See the worst business deals...
...share (after the close of business on March 17, Walmart was trading at $55.92 per share). The company's plan also indicates that a significant swath of American consumers are still hunting for value in the economic rebound, and many of those who "traded down" during the worst of the recession are "staying down." Walmart wants to keep them there. "Over the last few years, we haven't really seen a Walmart initiative that screams 'Price! Price! Price!' says Weinswig. "We're seeing that here." Although the worst of the recession is long over, the American consumer can still...
Pelosi's sticks today are much like her punishments as a mother. "As one of five kids, you wanted her attention. The worst thing she could do is ignore you," says Alexandra Pelosi, her youngest daughter. "If she cut your head off, I don't know that you'd know that you're bleeding." In Congress this means committee assignments, says Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, the No. 3 House Dem. "She controls the steering and policy committees," Clyburn says. "Everyone knows that what the speaker wants, the speaker gets." (See a pictorial history of Nancy Pelosi...
...Austin richly illustrates, in the wake of the worst economic downturn in generations, that sort of innovation is starting to happen. And from that, the jobs will follow...
...starting to seem as if the Olympic gods have it in for Russia. A month ago at the Vancouver Games, the Russian team had its worst showing ever at a Winter Olympics, leading the head of the country's Olympic Committee to resign in disgrace. Now Moscow's big chance to redeem itself - hosting the Winter Games in Sochi in 2014 - is shaping up to be an even bigger embarrassment. In the past few weeks, a number of problems have exposed the deep rot at the heart of Russia's Olympic foibles: a shortage of funds, mismanagement and widespread public...