Today on Womenalia
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Don’t Leave Your Exercise Routine Behind When You Travel
Tuesday, October 22 2013Traveling constantly can be a drain, not to mention that it can be difficult to maintain a sense of normalcy if you are away most of the time. Establishing a routine that travels with you can help you regulate your energy and regain control of your schedule. Not to mention that staying fit will increase your focus and productivity too! Here are 6 tips for taking your exercise routine on the road with you:
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Angela Ahrendts: From Plaid Bags to Shiny White Phones
Sunday, October 20 2013CUPERTINO, California - This spring Apple will introduce a woman onto its executive team. Indiana native Angela Ahrendts will join the tech company as Head of Retail and E-Commerce. Since 2006 Ahrendts has been the CEO of British Luxury Fashion Brand, Burberry, where reinvented the 150-year old brand and tripled revenues.
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Womenalia Around The World
Thursday, October 17 2013Womenalia continues to expand around the globe. This week we are very proud to announce the launch of Womenalia in Latin America.
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Alice Munro: Nobel Laureate in Literature
Tuesday, October 15 2013Alice Munro is the 13th woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature since its inception in 1901 and the first fully Canadian to do so as well. Munro, 82, has been chosen for her mastery of the short story. The Swedish Academy has awarded her 8 million Swedish kroner (aprox. $1.2million) for this honor.
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Womenalia.Com, One Of 18 Global Finalists In The 2013 Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards
Saturday, October 12 2013Representing Womenalia.com , María Gómez del Pozuelo , co-founder and CEO of the first worldwide social media platform for professional women, has been selected as one of the 18 global finalists of the prestigious annual awards in female entrepreneurship, the Cartier Women's Initiative Awards .
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Dr. Janet Yellen Becomes the First Female Chair of the Federal Reserve
Thursday, October 10 2013Update – Yellen Confirmed! On February 1st , 2014 Janet L. Yellen will take office, becoming the first woman to head the Federal Reserve. Her nomination was confirmed with a 56 to 26 vote in her favor. Yellen will be in charge of efforts to ensure the recovery of the US economy and despite the continuity expected from her alignment with Bernanke, she is expected to usher in a change in bank policy. original article published October 10th, 2013 Washington, D.C, - President Obama to announce his official nomination of Dr. Janet Yellen as the Chair of the Federal Reserve, Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at 3pm from the East Room of the White House. The Brooklyn, NY native would become the first Democrat to run the Fed since 1987 as well as the first woman in history to chair the Federal Reserve . Since 2010, Yellen, 67, has held the position of Vice-Chair of the Fed, and if confirmed would replace Ben Bernake. Prior to joining the Fed, Yellen was the CEO of Federal Reserve Bank of San Francis...
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Home-Office Deductions Made Simple
Tuesday, October 08 2013One of the benefits of being freelance, or telecommuting, is being able to deduct expenses from your home-office. But are you writing-off all you can? What exactly is the new "safe-harbor" rule?
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Government Shutdown Fact Sheet
Thursday, October 03 2013How can the government shutdown?! What is a furlough? Since the federal government entered a shutdown Tuesday, October 1st, 800,000 federal employees have been on unpaid leave, government offices closed and drug trials stopped. How does this affect you?
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Face-Time Takes On Telecommuting
Wednesday, October 02 2013It has become widely accepted that objective-based incentives increase overall worker happiness and productivity. However, the jury is still out on Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s bold move to ban reporting from home at a time when most companies are introducing flex hours and work from home Fridays.
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Dana Knowles, Taste Of America
Saturday, September 28 2013"We had to learn how to think like a big company without losing the essence of what's great about our small company." - Dana Knowles, co-founder of Taste of America