A recent article in the Economist,”Sex changes” claims that glass ceilings are giving way to glass partitions. That is, women are indeed making inroads into careers that were traditionally male dominated, but they are choosing to do so only in certain areas of these professions. And they are choosing the lower paying areas. Maybe people …
According to the World Wealth Report 2005, there are 8.3 million millionaires worldwide. So, the next time you you blow out your birthday candles and make a wish, remember ~ being a millionaire is no big deal, you will just one among the many millions! More on the world wealth distribution can be found here …
Just one of those days when the world definitely doesn’t seem to be on my side. After surviving with a scientific calculator (legacy of my engineering degree), I decided it is time I graduated to a professional financial calculator. After I decided on a particular Texas model,I discoverd its not available in Duesseldorf (or at …
In my endless moving watching spree, today I watched an exemplary movie from the sixties: Dr. Strangelove: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. My favourite scene in the movie is when the Russian ambassador to the US acknowledges that they had indeed made a doomsday machine and that the announcement was …
I am getting good at keeping a straight face when I really want to laugh. Today, I did not laugh when my colleague secretly confessed that he bought his Corrs CD from the pirates. Nor, when another male colleague distributed chocolates because he was pregnant. You see, they patiently correct me when I say things …