Women Are Out-Earning Men in Corporate Finance
Women may be badly outnumbered in the top ranks of corporate America, but at least they aren’t underpaid. Compensation for female chief financial officers at S&P 500 companies last year outpaced that of their male counterparts, according to an analysis by executive compensation firm Equilar and the Associated Press. It follows a similar trend seen with female CEOs in recent years. The median pay for female CFOs last year rose...
Corporate Canada Lags in Women Leaders
Toronto — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just made 50 percent of his Cabinet women. Female management in the country’s corporations is well below that. Women hold an average 12 percent of executive positions and 14 percent of board seats according to available data on 242 companies on the Standard & Poor’s/TSX Composite Index, Canada’s main equity index. They hold 25 percent of management positions and only seven...
Dominated by Women, Pinterest Looks to Attract More Men
San Francisco — Artist Tim Odell uses Pinterest to gather images of classic Pontiac cars, U.S. Navy battleships and medieval armor, which he re-creates as a hobby. He isn’t the typical user of the photo-collecting site. Nationwide, about 71 percent of Pinterest’s 76.6 million unique visitors in April were women, data from the Internet analytics company comScore showed. But Pinterest has been beefing up efforts this year to attract...
