We start with gender equality and the rising number of women at the top levels of business and finance. Today Christine Lagarde oversees her first policy meeting at the head of the European Central bank. Shell be named later as one of the worlds most powerful women by Forbes Magazine alongside the bosses of general motors, ibm and banco sa ntander. Lets put this in context though. This year the number of women running americas Top Companies hit a record high of 33. But thats still only around 6 . The number of female Board Members of companies around the world has almost doubled in the last decade but still, on average just 20 of Board Directors are women. According to research by the Bank Credit Suisse gender diversity is good for business with companies with both male and female directors outperforming male only run companies. Also figuring on the forbes list today will be ursula von der leyen as of this month the first woman to head up the european commission. As the first woman to
Use you saw an actor, when politicians use it as a catchall phrase to cover political spin, stuff they dont like, then it gets murky. Annabel . I think the term is toxic. It muddles the debate and just the Public Discourse about accuracy. When we organised by public figures but also many organisations to silence dissenting voices, a way to avoid entering any kind of criticism. At the end, it is harmful to the actual problem that we tried trained in here. Jim wells, we put fabricated evidence into fake news, and things that people simply do not like . The one thing i would add is that we do sting which between fake news and teenagers and things like that, and are bitter tussle propaganda, and muddling those two things together is a huge mistake. All right, joe, or you spoke at the white house. Being treated as a bit ofa white house. Being treated as a bit of a joke, white house. Being treated as a bit ofajoke, and white house. Being treated as a bit of a joke, and people are playing wit
Cajole, negotiate and advise the public to follow lockdown restrictions as Law Enforcement leaders said they dont want to be compelled to take more draconian measures that are being commonly used abroad. The express picks up of Matt Hancocks promise that millions of new antibody tests will help britain defeat coronavirus. It also reports a study claiming 50 of us may have been infected. The times also picks up on the briefing by the health secretary, where he revealed a quarter of a Million People are being recruited for an nhs volunteer army. But according to the guardian, a massive nhs recruitment drive to help contain the pandemic risks being undermined by the prospect of doctors quitting over fears of inadequate protective equipment. And the Financial Times focuses on chancellor, rishi sunaks warning that the pandemic would inevitably lead to businesses collapsing. So, lets begin. And the Financial Times focuses on chancellor, rishi sunaks warning that the pandemic would inevitably
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