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The chairman has got female investors on the brain this week

"I've been thinking about women," announced the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBlue Planet as we supped our pints of Murray's Investor Disgruntlement at The Unconventional Board Strategy Of Recent Years. "Are you sure that's wise?" I replied. "Especially in light of the recent unpleasantness that we don't talk about. Or, more accurately, especially in light of one of the recent unpleasantnesses that we don't talk about." "I thought we weren't talking about those," observed the chairman, reasonably enough. "But don't worry – this is all quite innocent. It's ju...

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