Silicon Valley is buzzing about women CEOs in tech, although whether there are more—or fewer—CEOs seems to be in question. Last week, USA Today ran a piece highlighting how many more opportunities there are for women in technology and profiled several women CEOs in top tech firms. On the very same day, the San Jose […]
For our Voices of Experience series, The Glass Hammer interviewed Dorothy Price Hill and asked her about her experience in private equity and her advice for young women in finance who might be interested in pursuing a similar career path. Ms. Hill is the Director of Investor Relations and Business Development at a New York-based […]
So it may not have been the best year for women in finance, or even the best year for finance professionals in general. Still, for those of you who work at top performing places like Goldman Sachs or hedge funds that shorted subprime loans this year, Santa might still be squeezing down the chimney for […]
IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, sponsored by IEEE Communications Society, is a major annual international conference organized with the objective of bringing together researchers, developers, and practitioners from academia and industry working in all areas of consumer communications and networking.
As if the financial industry hasn’t seen enough of a market shake-up in recent months, a new futures exchange is set to launch in early 2008. The exchange, backed by heavy hitters in the capital markets, will serve as a low-cost alternative in the existing futures market. The exchange will start trading U.S. Treasury futures […]
Celebrate the Russian New Year by catching up with friends and networking new contacts at the Financial Women’s Association vodka tasting.
Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine In the ideal world, you would use January to reflect on goals accomplished and to set the stage for next year’s performance review and bonus discussion. However, if it’s January and you haven’t prepared for this year’s bonus talk yet, then you need to focus on last-minute moves: Find out exactly […]
Contributed by Lauren Davis Lina is a bit of an anomaly among first year MBA students at Harvard Business School (HBS). Attending Harvard on an academic fellowship, Lina already has a summer position lined up with a prestigious investment bank. So, while her classmates are scurrying to presentations and networking events for summer employment, she […]
2007 might not have been a good year for the market overall, but there is some good news. This past year, Fortune 500 companies with a female CEO at the helm did better than ever. A recent story by Del Jones of USA Today, entitled “Female CEOs Make More Gains in 2007,” analyzed financial performance […]
Every year, I host a traditional holiday party called the Black and White Soiree. It’s a gathering of about 60 friends in my small vintage apartment. My friends Alanna and Megan help with the cooking because, as my mother would say, I am domestically challenged. I managed to make cookies but I told people they […]