Of course, the acronym for the 47th annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland last week of the WEF does not stand for Women’s Economic Forum. But for the first time, it seemed as if it might have come slightly closer to that objective.
Read MoreBusiness and world leaders gathered in Davos, Switzerland last week for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting. Given that this is a meeting of many of the world’s most powerful people, you could guess that women are underrepresented at the summit, and you would be right. Women made up 18 percent of the participants at Davos this year. It’s an improvement over last year’s figure of 17 percent, but it still left a few women attendees noticing they were the odd ones out.
Read MoreOn Wednesday, Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgenson completed their grueling 19-day climb to the top of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. And I was mesmerized. But why?
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