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By Meghan Casserly

Linda Evangelista arrived at Manhattan Family Court last Thurs.When super model Linda Evangelista, 46, and billionaire Francois Henri-Pinault, 49, entered the small family courtroom Monday afternoon for the third day of the much-hyped hearings to establish child support payments, they were all smiles. When they walked out just ten minutes later it was more of the same; the pair huddled outside the courtroom talking about their young son Augie, age 5.

The pair's attorneys, David Aronson (Pinault) and William Beslow (Evangelista), announced Monday that they had agreed to reach a settlement agreement for child support for Augie, who was conceived as a result of a brief affair between the couple in 2006. They dated for three or four months in 2006, although she lived in New York and he in Paris. They were together, Pinault said, about seven days in total. "I didn't know her very much," he told the court.

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Pinault is also the father of three other

By Jacquelyn Smith

The San Francisco Bay Area is number one on the list.If you're a job seeker in Boston, Chicago or L.A. with experience in energy efficiency, environmental compliance or sustainable supply chain, you may be in luck.

Those are three of the top cities for green jobs right now, according to job aggregator site SimplyHired.com. Gautam Godhwani, the site's chief executive, says he's seeing an uptick in these types of jobs everywhere. There are approximately 45,000 green job listings on SimplyHired.com right now, and 2,215 of those are in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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"Although conventional wisdom suggests that 'green' hiring would be the slowest to recover from an economic downturn, we think this upward trend represents recognition of the role these kinds of jobs play in cutting costs," Godhwani says. "We see this as further proof of the inroads sustainability has made as a legitimate business value for the modern organization no matter the economic climate."

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By Chitra Sundaram

Are politics making you nervous?As I scanned the weekend postings on Forbes Woman online, I was puzzled by the lack of any discussion on the "Whole Woman's Health Funding Priority Act," signed into law by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on May 5th, 2012. Similar laws are being discussed in New Hampshire, and are already signed (although in many are being disputed) in Texas, Tennessee, Vermont, Indiana, and Kansas. Click on the hyperlink above for the 2-pager amendment than likely affects the health care outcomes of 4,000 women who receive medicaid-funded health care in the state of Arizona, and countless more in states who have signed or plan to sign such rules into law.

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Look at the statistics of abortions in the United States: the majority, fully 42% of abortions are requested by women below the poverty level; 61% of women seeking abortions already have at least one child; and 1/2 of the pregnancies in the United States

By Leah Bourne

What does Mom really want for Mother's Day?It turns out that what dads and kids think moms want for Mother's Day doesn't match up with what they actually want. Respondents to a survey performed by Harris Interactive on behalf of Ebates.com in April, 2012 found that 48% of women want a spa day for Mother's Day, making it their top choice for a gift. 72% of men that responded to the survey said they think moms want flowers, making it their top pick. Quite the disconnect.

In Pictures: 10 Mother's Day Gifts For Every Type Of Mom

Flowers did come in second among moms, with 38% responding it was a gift they wanted, followed by 36% wanting jewelry and 30% wanting a smartphone or tablet. Jewelry came in second for men, with 59% responding they thought it was a gift moms want, followed by 58% thinking moms want a spa day, followed by 37% who said moms want candy. Yes, candy.

What to take away from this? Just because you are buying a gift for your mom, or wife, don't rule out buying a tech gadget (women have been on

By Meghan Casserly

An unexpected apparel disaster got you down?A few short years ago, as an employed, rent-paying 25-year-old, I bought myself my first truly expensive pair of shoes. They were Kate Spade, knee-high, four-inch black boots and set me back about $350. I was in love. So in love that I justified the expenditure and its serious dent in my paycheck, at least to myself. "These things are quality," I told me. "They're totally worth it."

Two weeks later, the left heel broke in two between New York's Seventh and Eighth Avenues while I was making my way to drinks with some coworkers. In the rain. I was left limping, the inch-thick stiletto literally dangling in two pieces, held together by a scrap of leather. The heel, as it turns out, was not "quality," but make of a piece of wood that would have made a great IKEA nightstand but not so much a shoe to support my 5'8" frame. Full disclosure: I cried.

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By Victoria Pynchon

This is a guest post by financial advisor Stacey Gordon, Managing Principal of The Gordon Group, a financial and HR consulting firm. Stacey is the former President of the National Association of Women MBAs.

Why do women need to exclude men from their networks? I'm constantly asked the question, "why do women need to exclude men from their networks?"

My answer is simple. We need a place where we can nurture relationships in a way that feels comfortable, a venue where we make the rules, and a private space that empowers us.

I dislike buzz words like "empowered" but when the shoe fits . . .


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In this case, it's psychological. When we're not being judged by our actions, our speech, our tone of voice or our discussion of families and babies in business setting, we are able to put those perceived (and in many cases, actual) condemnations aside and get down to business.
It's that simple.

We are judged all the time and we'd like to occasionally be in a place where we are judged less. Or

By Samantha Ettus

Have you found Mr. Right? When young women ask me how to have a successful career and a family I tell them to pick the right guy. Easier said than done - especially if you don't know what to look for. If you want a successful career, a happy home and a solid marriage then let's hope you aren't looking for the perpetual dreamer, the hot but unavailable guy or the guy who's throwing money around. You are looking for an intelligent, kind hearted, loving, open minded man who knows how to make a commitment and stick to it.

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So if we all know what Mr. Right looks like when we see him then why do so many of us marry Mr. Wrong? Because most women are not thinking far into their futures when they fall in love. They are thinking about Mr. Right Now instead of Mr. Right Always. At a dinner party I was recently seated across from a non-profit executive. She mentioned that as a feminist, she sometimes feels uncomfortable with the advice she gives to young women; that to have

By Meghan Casserly

When Ivy Exec founder and CEO Elena Bajic sat down with a potential new hire last month for her first interview, she was blown away with her insight into the 5-year-old recruiting company, which specializes in placing high-level executives.

"She knew the names of key players and what hurdles we've been looking to overcome," she says. "I was impressed." But when she learned that the young woman had, in fact, arranged an informal meeting with another employee prior to her interview, Bajic was blown away. "She had done amazingly well in the interview and now I know why," she says. "It was a proactive move that showed commitment and engagement from the get-go."

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Preparation for an interview is key. For Bajic, who vets hundreds of candidates a year for companies through her firm, preparation for an interview is a make-it-or-break-it issue. "I'm beyond passionate about this topic," she told me when I called to ask her to share her