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The Mystique of the Mean Girl
Mean girls get ahead. Nice girls don’t get rich. The bitch in the corner office. All those old clichés about women with power: Do they hold a grain of truth? Certainly, über-successful, nasty women dominate TV (hello, Kelly Cutrone), and one... ➡
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Legal trouble. Since it acquired Merrill Lynch in 2008, Bank of America has been entangled in a series of pricey legal battles. A high note, literally, was last week's $2.43 billion payout to settle a class-action lawsuit in which plaintiffs... ➡
A Letter to Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer
Marissa, At 37, you've opted to become CEO of struggling tech giant Yahoo. And you’re seven months pregnant. With a Master's degree in computer science from Stanford, you don’t need anyone's advice on efficiency planning or systems engineering.... ➡
Sheryl Sandberg’s Balancing Act
When Facebook goes public in the next few weeks, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, 42, will likely become the newest member of the billionaire’s club. Her brilliance and creativity had something to do with it, but how she managed her... ➡
When You Earn More Than Your Man
Here’s a confession from a breadwinner wife: I’ve been guilty of referring to my own hardworking husband as a stay-at-home dad—when he’s not. My husband has worked part-time, consistently, since our son was about six months old. Yet in my mind,... ➡
“I Turned Myself into a Risk-Taker”
Introducing Over Drinks: MoreWorth sits down with top execs you need to know.. Today, Dee Poku, co-founder and CEO of The WIE Network. A few years ago, I walked away from a high-level marketing position in the film industry—money, glamour,... ➡
Why Every Woman Should Watch Downton Abbey
I was hooked by Downton Abbey for all the usual reasons: gripping plotlines, gorgeous clothes, Maggie Smith. But I became obsessed with the hit PBS series because of its depictions of female financial life, barely a century ago. Mining a British... ➡
Doing Good, Earning More
Shortly after finishing graduate school in Minneapolis, I landed my dream job. I was hired as the political director for a reproductive health agency—and ended up writing legislation that got signed into law in my first year. That was an amazing... ➡
