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Labor Department corrects numbers on female job losses
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The actual percentage of job losses by women the past three years is lower than the 90 percent Mitt Romney stated last month.
Taking your kids to work
Friday, May 4, 2012
Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day has evolved since it was first started -- for daughters only -- 20 years ago.
Young women value high-paying careers more than men
Friday, April 20, 2012
A new Pew Research study finds that priorities for young women have changed. Women aged 18-34 now surpass young men in the importance they place on having a high-paying career.
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Why is it more expensive to be a woman?
Friday, April 13, 2012
Women's pay may be on the rise, but when it comes to things like health insurance, haircuts, dry cleaning, and deodorant -- women pay more than men. A university study looks into the potential factors behind the price difference.
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When women are the breadwinners
Friday, April 13, 2012
Liza Mundy predicts that by the next generation, more women will be breadwinners than men. She examines how this shift may impact dating, marriage and family life in her new book "The Richer Sex."
How working at home factors into the economy
Thursday, April 12, 2012
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits jumped last week by 13,000 to 380,000. But what about all those Americans working at home?
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The challenges of earning more than your man
Friday, April 6, 2012
Women find themselves faced with heavy choices when they become the family breadwinner.
The importance of the female vote
Friday, March 16, 2012
Both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama say they're going to pay attention to women voters in this election. What are the economic issues that might stand the chance of winning this significant number of voters?
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A woman's way into entrepreneurship
Friday, February 3, 2012
Most entrepreneurs in the U.S. are male, but more and more women are starting businesses. Meet two women who've taken very different paths to entrepreneurship and growth.
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Ladies, you can't have it all
Friday, February 3, 2012
Financial Times columnist Mrs. Moneypenny discusses the realities of life as a working woman.
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