文章核心观点 - 文章提出一个修正的全球经济史观 将女性置于全球经济发展的核心地位 从石器时代至今女性通过多种方式推动了全球经济[1] 女性在全球经济中的历史角色 - 在青铜时代 女性编织的布料是历史上第一种流行的货币形式 轻便 耐储存且易于判断质量 布料支撑了历史上第一次贸易繁荣 连接了青铜时代全球经济 女性通过提供购买锡的布料 成为青铜经济革命的核心[2] - 古罗马经济更为成功 部分原因在于其对商业和女性持更积极态度 罗马女性不仅拥有船只 店铺并在地中海贸易葡萄酒和橄榄油 还参与城市建设 首都砖窑黏土床有三分之一为女性所有 罗马女性水管工的比例是当今美国的四倍[3] - 六世纪 女商人Khadija是麦加最富有的商人之一 其商队运输布料 皮革和兽皮穿越阿拉伯沙漠 她雇佣了后来成为先知的穆罕默德 其财务支持对伊斯兰教的传播至关重要 夫妇的商业背景使贸易在早期伊斯兰帝国受到尊重 推动了八至十一世纪中东"黄金时代"的到来[4] - 在前工业时代的中国 女性是技术创新的引领者 黄道婆十岁离家到海南岛 向黎族女性学习纺织技艺 后返回松江建立棉布生意并传授先进技术 她引入的脚踏式纺车可同时纺多根线 使生产效率提高四倍以上 使中国成为全球纺织生产中心[5] - 十八世纪 女性瞄准更广泛的市场 Priscilla Wakefield于1798年在英格兰建立了第一家面向妇女和儿童的银行 接受低至一便士的存款 Maggie L Walker于1903年在美国建立圣卢克便士储蓄银行 成为美国第一位特许银行的女性 她们使数百万普通人能够获得银行服务 从而创造了现代消费银行业[6][7] - 纵观历史 女性推动了各个时代最成功的经济体 包括青铜时代 罗马世界 伊斯兰帝国和前工业中国 西方通过拥抱女性的经济自由才得以从贫困过渡到繁荣 维持这种自由可避免文明崩溃[8]

At that time, it was not a unique predicament as the pandemic hit many such affordable schools harder than their elite cousins. But five years on, Sequeira’s school has not just bounced back—it’s thriving. Thanks to a timely loan from Varthana, a Bengaluru-based non-banking financial company (NBFC) that gives financial assistance to schools, they built new classrooms, reopened fully and even renovated its library to include extracurricular learning spaces. He says, “We got our 3,000 students back—and we ar ...

Top 10 weekly gainersOthers like Federal Bank, Fortis Healthcare, Biggest laggardsIn the BSE 500 index, 226 counters closed in the red. The biggest losers were Godrej Industries, Live EventsSensex performanceSensex's performed better than the broader index with 1.5% uptick on account of strong performances from HCL Technologies, Eternal and heavyweights like Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Their gains stood at 7.3%, 6%, 4.7% and 4.4% in the pecking order.The IT bellwether reported a mixed set o ...

Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP), the nation’s largest financial institution, has launched Criptococos, Peru’s first bank-backed crypto platform, in partnership with digital asset infrastructure provider BitGo. The initiative marks a milestone in Latin America’s growing embrace of digital finance, providing secure access to cryptocurrencies under the oversight of the Superintendency of Banking, Insurance, and Pension Fund Administrators (SBS).Criptococos enables users to buy and sell Bitcoin and USDC — a sta ...

Atom Bank has packed up its Durham base and moved its 600 staff to Newcastle’s restored Pattern Shop, a Grade II-listed landmark that once turned out steam locomotives for Robert Stephenson & Co. The shift puts one of Britain’s original digital banks at the centre of the city’s tech corridor — and back inside a building that helped drive the Industrial Revolution.The Pattern Shop, built in the 1880s behind Newcastle Central Station, has undergone a multi-million-pound restoration led by Newcastle City Counc ...

The mid-cap fund sold around 1.34 lakh shares of Aditya Birla Capital, APL Apollo Tubes, CarTrade Tech, Cummins India, Delhivery, Fortis Healthcare, GMR Airports, HDFC AMC, Hero MotoCorp, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, Indegene, ITC Hotels, Among the 44 stocks, the fund added the most shares of GMR Airports, around 2.77 lakh, followed by 2.37 lakh shares of Vishal Mega Mart. Approximately 32,553 shares of Paytm were added, while only 893 shares of Honeywell Automation India were added to the portfolio.Li ...

The Reserve Bank of India's latest round of foreign exchange buy/sell swap operations, likely aimed at rolling over upcoming maturities, has sent dollar/rupee forward premiums sliding to their lowest in more than a month.The central bank has been conducting a series of buy/sell FX swaps, spanning October delivery over January to March 2027 maturities, over the last three sessions, bankers said.In buy/sell FX swaps, the RBI buys dollars in the first leg, and the transaction is reversed at maturity of the con ...

Banks usually charge a foreclosure fee if an individual wants to close their personal loan before the scheduled tenure. However, in some cases, an individual can get a complete waiver or a conditional waiver of the foreclosure fee.In this article, we will discuss some banks/NBFCs that either don’t charge a foreclosure fee or provide a conditional waiver on the foreclosure fee on personal loans.What is the foreclosure fee?A personal loan tenure usually ranges from 3 months to 7 years. When an individual want ...

India’s benchmark index Nifty extended its winning streak to a fourth straight session on Tuesday though the gains were capped as selling in FMCG, IT, and metal stocks offset buying interest in energy, banking, and auto counters. As long as the index sustains above 24,900 levels, where its 50-day EMA is placed, the outlook remains positive.Commenting Vatsal Bhuva, Technical Analyst at LKP Securities said that Nifty faced selling pressure near its resistance zone of 25,200–25,250 today, indicating a possible ...

合作扩展 - 第一银行将其与卡罗莱纳飓风队的合作伙伴关系和赞助延长三年 [1] - 此次合作延续了上个成功赛季的倡议，该倡议为卡罗莱纳飓风基金会创造了近27,000美元 [1] 捐赠计划细节 - 通过“Good Goals”计划，第一银行将在从现在到2027-28赛季的常规赛期间，为飓风队打入的每一个进球向卡罗莱纳飓风基金会捐赠100美元 [2] - 该捐赠计划为球迷提供了额外理由为每一个“Good Goal”欢呼，并庆祝其对社区的影响 [2] - 计划还包括由第一银行赞助的多次主场T恤投掷活动 [2] 合作战略意义 - 此次合作符合第一银行成为所服务社区中最佳银行的使命，旨在建立重要的关系 [3] - 合作将每个进球转化为超越比赛本身的社区庆祝，捐赠有助于帮助北卡罗来纳州更多的儿童和家庭 [3] 公司社区承诺 - “Good Goals”计划以及第一银行对格林斯博罗Steven Tanger中心百老汇系列的持续赞助，体现了银行对卡罗来纳地区经济发展和健康的深度承诺 [4] - 公司因对飓风Helene的迅速响应以及对西卡罗来纳地区员工、客户和社区的全面支持，获得BCI颁发的美洲区“最有效恢复奖”，并成为BCI全球奖项的决赛入围者，获奖者将于2025年11月中旬公布 [4] 公司概况 - 第一银行是First Bancorp的银行子公司，总部位于北卡罗来纳州，总资产约124亿美元 [5] - 作为一家州立社区银行，第一银行在北卡罗来纳州和南卡罗来纳州运营113家银行分行 [5] - 公司自1935年成立，采取定制化银行服务方法，结合一流金融解决方案、有用的本地专业知识和技术 [5] - First Bancorp的普通股在纳斯达克全球精选市场交易，代码为"FBNC" [5] 合作方背景 - 卡罗莱纳飓风基金会是该职业冰球队的慈善机构，致力于满足社区中服务不足人群的健康和教育需求 [6] - 卡罗莱纳飓风队于1997年迁至罗利，曾获得六次分区冠军、两次东部联盟冠军和2006年斯坦利杯冠军 [7]