The Wall Street Journal Opens Nominations for the 2006 ``Top 50 Women to Watch'' in the Business World.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of & LONDON London, city, Canada London, city (1991 pop. 303,165), SE Ont., Canada, on the Thames River. The site was chosen in 1792 by Governor Simcoe to be the capital of Upper Canada, but York was made capital instead. London was settled in 1826. & HONG KONG Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. -- The Wall Street Journal today announced that it has opened nominations for its third annual "Top 50 Women to Watch" rankings. The global list traditionally features the most successful businesswomen in the world today, as well as those poised to play an influential role in the years to come. Leading regulators, lawyers and legislators who have a far-reaching impact on business also are eligible. Nominees can be from any country and work in any industry. Entry criteria include the following: * Any noteworthy woman who has achieved business success in the past year. * Any woman who is likely to be in an influential and senior-leadership position in the future. The final list of 50 will be decided by a team of Wall Street Journal editors, and a separate list featuring the "Top 10 Women to Watch in Europe" and the "Top 10 Women to Watch in Asia" also will be produced. A special report featuring the rankings will be published in all editions of The Wall Street Journal, as well as online at WSJ WSJ Wall Street Journal WSJ Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) WSJ Web Services Journal WSJ Winston-Salem Journal (North Carolina) WSJ Wagle Street Journal (Kathmandu, Nepal blog) .com, on Monday, Nov. 20, 2006. Nominations should include a 500-word summary of achievements. The deadline for entries is July 7, 2006. Further information is available online at www.dowjones.com/womentowatch. About The Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal, the flagship publication of Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance & Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : DJ; www.dowjones.com), is the world's leading business publication. Founded in 1889, The Wall Street Journal has a print and online circulation of nearly 2.1 million, reaching the nation's top business and political leaders, as well as investors across the country. Holding 31 Pulitzer Prizes Pulitzer Prizes, annual awards for achievements in American journalism, letters, and music. The prizes are paid from the income of a fund left by Joseph Pulitzer to the trustees of Columbia Univ. for outstanding journalism, the Journal seeks to help its readers succeed by providing essential and relevant information, presented accurately and fairly, from an authoritative and trusted source. The Wall Street Journal print franchise has more than 600 journalists world-wide, part of the Dow Jones network of nearly 1,900 business and financial news staff. Other publications that are part of The Wall Street Journal franchise, with total circulation of 2.7 million, include The Wall Street Journal Asia, The Wall Street Journal Europe and The Wall Street Journal Online at WSJ.com, the largest paid subscription news site on the Web. In 2005, the Journal was ranked No. 1 in BtoB's Media Power 50 for the sixth consecutive year. |
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