Women Owned Businesses

The 50 Fastest-Growing Women-Owned Companies In America

The Huffington Post | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: American Express, Amex OPEN, Amex, Women Owned Companies, Women Entrepreneurs, Women Owned Businesses, Small Business News and Trends, American Express OPEN, Women Presidents' Organization, Small Business News

It's not a man's world anymore. Women-owned businesses account for nearly 30 percent of all companies in the U.S. and aren't slowing down, according t...

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What We Learned From Wienergate

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Women Careers, Career & Money, Women Leadership, Women Workplace Statistics, Women Business Statistics, Women Workplace, Women Owned Businesses, Women in Business, Women Leaders, Women News
Barbara & Shannon Kelley

In the wake of all the buzz about Weiner's weiner, a certain controversial idea has bubbled up. And it's this: men and women are different. And we'r...

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Women-Owned Businesses On The Rise

Open Forum | Posted 06.02.2011

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Today, American Express OPEN released The American Express OPEN State of Women-Owned Businesses Report, a comprehensive look at the growth of women-ow...

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Wal-Mart: What Do Women Want?

BJ Gallagher | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Wal-Mart, Women-Owned Businesses, Working Women, Sex Discrimination, Glass Ceiling, Equal Pay, Discrimination, Women in Business, Women Business Leaders, Business News
BJ Gallagher

Judging by allegations in the class action suit being brought by their female employees, Wal-Mart executives and managers seem to have "dog ears." You...

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Women and Minorities Bit Players, But Gaining in Selling to America's Biggest Customer -- the Federal Government

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business, Valarie King-Bailey, Federal Contracts, Federal Contracting, Women in Government, Equal Opportunity, American Express, Diversity Initiatives in Business, Recovery Programs, Women Minority Owned Businesses, OnShore Technologies, Minority Owned Businesses, Give Me 5 Program, Chicago Foundation for Women, Stimulus Programs, Women Owned Businesses, Government Procurement, Black Owned Businesses, Women?S Economic Advancement, American Express OPEN, Request for Proposal, Eddie Washington, Waukegan, City of Chicago Contracts, State Contracts, Bidding, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

When it comes to stimulus-related government contracts for small business, women's business, and minority-owned businesses, there are but few happy campers.

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