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Oct 6 2009, Raj K. Mitra

It’s not in their (read men) genes! Understanding women and financial instruments are equally difficult for men; and they often get it wrong. The billion-dollar question, therefore, is: could we have avoided the ongoing financial crisis if women...

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A man works on scaffolding at a construction site in Suining, in southwest China’s Sichuan province, Monday, March 16, 2009. Foreign direct investment in China fell in February as companies were battered by the global financial crisis but the decline...