i mean, they re at an age where their skill set and all this vast experience and then boom, all of a sudden they get hit with, not all, but get hit with the menopause symptoms. so the average age of a woman going into menopause is 51, the average age of perimenopause, which is really important to note, because actually a lot of the symptoms come with perimenopause. the average age of that is a1. so if you look at the average age of a woman going into a leadership role in a ftse 500, that is about 51 as well. so it s almost a perfect storm that you re probably going into the most important role of your career at that very moment when you re starting to experience perimenopause or menopause and overlay that with we re having children arguably later in life, so you re probably still looking after children, you could be looking after ageing parents. if you put all that together and then you look at the psychological impact of menopause, which is often
in ceo roles or on boards. i mean, they re at an age where their skill set and all this vast experience and then boom, all of a sudden they get hit with, not all, but get hit with the menopause symptoms. so the average age of a woman going into menopause is 51, the average age of perimenopause, which is really important to note, because actually a lot of the symptoms come with perimenopause. the average age of that is a1. so if you look at the average age of a woman going into a leadership role in a ftse 500, that is about 51 as well. so it s almost a perfect storm that you re probably going into the most important role of your career at that very moment when you re starting to experience perimenopause or menopause and overlay that with we re having children arguably later in life, so you re probably still looking after children, you could be looking after ageing parents. if you put all that together and then you look
reflected, and the wider snp 500 in particular. the reflected, and the wider snp 500 in particular. 500 in particular. the other thin . 500 in particular. the other thin is 500 in particular. the other thing is with 500 in particular. the other thing is with the 500 in particular. the other thing is with the ftse - 500 in particular. the other thing is with the ftse 100 | 500 in particular. the otherj thing is with the ftse 100 it thing is with the ftse100 it has lots of defence stocks, lots of energies as well, though they have been doing better in the last six months. let s turn our attention to the us again. this pull back in us stocks has eviscerated more than $9 trillion in market value since the end of 2021. where has the money gone? simply what is happening is that investors are pulling out of so called riskier assets, and they simply are trying to put their money into other assets, so away from equities, cash, gold, more of a balanced multi asset approach. that is what so
possible. myanmar and former prime minister, they report 651 prisoners are scheduled to be released starting today. also, the government has signed a cease fire with the current ethnic group to try to end a 63-year armed conflict. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is calling for an end to the arab league s work. they ve criticized the mission as ineffective and understaffed. there s been no letup in the fuel price protests paralyzing my gear yeah talks between the labor unions and the government ended without an agreement to restore fuel subsidies. they re threatening to stop production if the nigerian government does not reverse its position. negotiations are scheduled to resume saturday. those are the top stories. world business today starts right now. happy friday to you. welcome to world business today. i m nina dos santos in london. and i m andrew stevens in hong kong. welcome. top stories this day, apple fans in china turn angry and skuffle with police