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The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) announced today that the Executive Committee of the Amex Board of Governors has appointed Patricia Rado, former Controller of Public Service Enterprise Group Inc., to chair a new independent task force to examine recent system issues at the Exchange. Ms. Rado is an independent governor of the Amex Board as well as the chair of its Audit Committee.

Ms. Rado has been authorized to lead an independent task force that will conduct comprehensive reviews of technology issues underlying recent service interruptions. The task force is committed to identifying and resolving any issues that may otherwise lead to future disruption of market operations. The task force will report its findings and recommendations to the Amex Board.

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This week Pink magazine announced it’s Elite Eight companies for working women. MarketWatch has the article here. The companies are as follows:

• Kelly Services
• American Express Co.
• Heller Ehrman LLP.
• Aflac Inc.
• FedEx Services
• Grant Thornton LLP.
• Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
• Wachovia Corp.

Here is how the finalist were selected:

After a comprehensive application and evaluation process involving many of America’s finest companies, PINK recognized these eight finalists for their strong focus on the Four P’s: Power (women in board seats and C-suites, and those with P&L responsibility); Pipeline (leadership training, mentoring and coaching programs to retain talented women and move them up the ranks); Pay (evidence of pay equity, including the number of women in the top 20 percent of company salaries); and People (a work culture that allows women to have a beautiful career and a beautiful life).

The magazine says it is important to recognize these companies because the majority of corporate America is very much a boys club. Women make up less than 7% of the top earners last year. Companies like these help lead the way for gender equality in the work place. We will know that this is accomplished when it isn’t necessary to make special mention of the companies that are helping women advance. Until that day, cheers to them!

For more information visit the Pink magazine website.

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Female only floors in hotel. At first glance you might jump to one of a number of conclusions. Is it sexist? Discrimination? Anti-feminist? A safety measure? Well, after reading the article below, you be the judge…

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In our modern, fast-paced society, work can seem more like burden than a privilege to most women. But to a group of women in the small desert oasis of Siwa, Egypt, work brings them the kind of independence that is almost unheard of in their culture. The Time story discusses how these women are now contributing to the global economy and are able experience a world they have never known thanks to their traditional skills.

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France has seen a growing trend over the past few years of women entering the historically male-dominated butcher industry. The Washington Post reported, that facing a shortage of up to 5,000 butchers, the trade has began welcoming women into apprenticeship programs. Additionally, a lot of their major recruiting is now geared toward women who might be interested in joining the industry. The new artisans

Butcher shops themselves are struggling to survive as supermarkets and fast food restaurants crop up more and more throughout the country. Once thought to be heart of the French culinary industry, France has seen a loss of almost half it’s butcher shops.

But for female butchers like Stephanie Gerbier there is a reason to smile. She has be interested in the trade for most of her life. Only recently did she decide to pursue the apprenticeship despite the disapproval of her parents. “I love everything about my job. I love cutting the meat, preparing it, the interaction with the clients, giving them cooking tips,” Gerbier says. The training is not easy but the Gerbier seems to find he hard-work rewarding. “It’s more comfortable working in an office with air conditioning rather than in a refrigerator the way butchers do, [but] would never go back to my previous life,” Gerbier boasts.

There will be a tough road ahead for women wishing to break into the trade as Gerbier has but just this year saw an unprecedented victory for doubters. At this years, Federation of Butcher Shops competition, two of the three selected as the year’s top apprentice butchers were women. This marks the first time in history a woman has taken top honors. We can only hope that she will inspire other women to follow their dreams.

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