a landmark mediation treaty in singapore the treaty of those parties involved in international commercial disputes to carry out mediated settlements in their own courts and have a new that was not previously available in cross border disputes singapore's prime minister says although multi-lateralism is under pressure the solution is to improve it not abandon it. experts say female leaders boost the bottom line that companies could add to global growth and it's so much easier to set up your own business in this digital age so why is founding still a man's game here in germany in particular if you take a look at the numbers they were getting better if not very slowly around the turn of the century women had found it just over a 3rd of companies registered in germany and since then that number has crept up to around 40 percent of germany's tech startup scene is a lot of only around 15 percent of innovative firms founded by women in france it's