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As pioneers of the women’s leadership concept in 1979, this premier event has established an enduring tradition of dialogue and discovery among ever-growing audiences of business and professional women.
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Warren Buffet gets to play Willy Wonka, as he facilitates the acquisition of chewing gum giant Wrigley by closely-held candy conglomerate Mars Corporation, maker of M&Ms, Snickers, Mars and Milky Way bars. The deal, announced on April 29, 2008, will involve Mars and Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway teaming up to acquire Wrigley for $23 billion. Wrigley shareholders will receive $80 per share in the buyout, which represents a 28% premium over the share price at the market close on Friday. After the announcement of the news, Wrigley stock prices were on the rise.
The resulting privately-held company will be a major force in global candy markets. A spokesman for Mars indicated that the company plans to use the Wrigley brand to improve market penetration in fast growing areas Russia, Asia and India. Financing for this deal was provided by Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, which was widely seen as a sign of confidence in the capital markets that these investment powerhouses were able to get behind this deal with significant financing.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s proposal to merge the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is not a new one.
Robert Litan, a senior fellow at the non-partisan think tank Brookings Institute, told the Chicago Tribune that the Bush administration is using the distress in capital markets as a way to finally get these ideas a public hearing.
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“If you are seriously interested in a career you don’t have time for children and if you are seriously interested in bringing up more than one child, you don’t have the time, effort, and imagination for getting to the top of a career.”
That quote by British sociologist Catherine Hakim, and her subsequent publications have brought the ire of the feminist community, who would argue that women are not their own barriers to advancement. However, recent scientific understanding of women’s brains seems to support Ms. Hakim’s idea. An excerpt from Susan Pinker’s book “The Sexual Paradox” was featured in the Times of London. Her research examines how having children can cause high-achieving women to turn down prestigious positions in favor of their family’s needs.
Featuring speakers from many of the world’s leading independent firms across fifteen jurisdictions, this one-day conference is aimed at the sector’s most senior lawyers, providing them with an opportunity to share ideas, debate the major issues and network.
Today, April 22, 2008, is Equal Pay Day, which is a national movement to draw attention to wage discrimination against women and people of color, in hopes of eradicating the practice. In communities throughout the United States, local Equal Pay Day activists are organizing rallies, speaking out, lobbying their congressmen and women, meeting with employers and policy-makers, and designing other demonstrations and activities to help make people more aware of the wage disparity.