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– The New Yorker has a nice profile of Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook. Meanwhile, The WSJ reports that women are making headway at start-ups — go ladies! Speaking of getting involved, according to the NYT, Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand thinks women should get off the “sidelines” in politics.
– PwC's “Gender Agenda” blog shares some findings from their recent diversity leadership forum in Washington, with lots of fun statistics about off-ramping, flextime, and more.
– Contributors at Forbes Women are having a fun time debating whether women's blogs are good for women.
– Turnstone has some tips for how to choose a great office chair.
– Lifehacker has a great post on understanding your credit score (and where to go for your actual FICO score). Meanwhile, The Simple Dollar has a collection of useful resources for learning about investing.
AnonInfinity
I read the profile of Sandberg after you posted it on FB and felt it was really inspirational.
I loved the part where she talked about not having a set plan for the future because she wants to be open to any opportunities that come here way. That’s definitely something I need to work on.
M
I LOVE her Ted talk. Highly recommended!
Bunkster
Her Barnard graduation speech was really inspiring. I’ve forwarded it on to several of my friends.
Makes me glad to be a Barnard alum.
RRugosa
One bright spot in the Murdoch Mess: the chief police investigator is a woman. Operation Weeting is led by Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers of the Metropolitan Police Service. Background in homicide and organised crime. She also heads Operation Elveden, the investigation into allegations of police graft (she is Met, I’m getting the impression Scotland Yard is more implicated). Seems the first arrest of a police officer has been made, of an unnamed man in Surrey: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/blog/2011/jul/08/news-of-the-world-phone-hacking-scandal.
Lizzie
That post about your credit score was good, but I’m not entirely sure about the 20% rule. In many cases, if you don’t use your credit accounts enough, your lender is likely these days to just shut down the account on you.