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It's a Man's World, Business Study Finds

By Joseph SchumanMar 17th 2010 – 9:04PM
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(March 17) -- In most of the world, discrimination against women in business isn't just a bad idea -- it's the law. A World Bank study of business laws related to women in 128 countries found that in only 20 are men and women equal when it comes to using and owning property, getting loans, accessing courts and obtaining...

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  • 02/10/12 Emerging Stock Inflows Climb to 15-Mo. High: EPFR Source: Bloomberg.com Emerging-market equity funds took in the most cash in more than 15 months in the week ended Feb. 8, as indications Greece would forge a bailout deal and better- than-estimated U.S. unemployment data buoyed markets, according to EPFR Global.
  • 10/05/11 Emerging Currencies Surge as Turkey to Russia... Source: Bloomberg.com Emerging-market currencies rallied and the lira jumped from a record low after policy makers in Turkey and Russia stepped up sales of foreign-currency reserves to counter a selloff in developing-nation assets.
  • 05/25/11 Societe Generale's Lyxor Asset Turns Bullish on... Source: SFGate.com - San Francisco CA The wholly owned unit of Societe Generale SA increased developing-nation shares to 5 percent of portfolio holdings âa few weeks agoâ from almost nothing at the start of the year, Mathieu Vaissi, a senior portfolio manager, said in an interview in Singapore yesterday.

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