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World Service,17 Feb 2011,18 mins

Germany's lack of women bosses

Business Daily

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In Business Daily, Ed Butler examines the phenomenon of jobs for the boys in Germany. The country's most senior female boss, Ines Kolmsee of the chemicals group, Stahl Metallurgie, reflects on life in a male-only boardroom. Also Wycliffe Muga examines the gamble that just didn't pay for Kenya's mobile lottery players - and why trouble's brewing on the wheat fields of eastern Europe. Justin Rowlatt reports on why the pain in Ukraine lies mainly in the grain.

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