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An Economic Argument For the Female Decade

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on June 17, 2010

I was a teenager in the 1970s, the heady days of the women's movement when bra burning and slogans such as "A Woman Without A Man Is Like a Fish Without A Bicycle"  were in vogue.  We were promised we could have it all.

There has most certainly been progress in the last 30 years. But there are still too few women leading venture-backed companies. Too few in top management of bigger companies in Europe and not enough women on the boards of companies of any size. If we women want to change that then we have to frame it in economic terms.Read more

France's Biotech Sector To Get Government Stimulous

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on June 4, 2009

France, like other countries around the world, must choose if it will use its stimulus package to prop up ailing industrial giants or make bets on young innovative companies. The government announced June 3 that it will team with France Biotech to aid life science companies, but it is still unclear how much of the state’s  six billion euro Strategic Investment Fund will be invested in the sector.
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