Black Friday

Black Friday was a while ago, but is an interesting topic nonetheless.  Read this article about Black Friday, then answer the questions below.  You can also do some additional research online and search for additional Black Friday news, there is a lot out there.

1.  What and when is Black Friday?
2.  What happened of Black Friday 2011?
3.  Is there a similar day in Germany or your home country?

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Women in upper management

Check out the Financial Times' Women at the Top series for a number of articles and multimedia news items about the topic of women in upper management. This is a topic that seems to be all over the news these days, with quotas being discussed for the number of women who should be in top management positions. Do you think this is an important issue? Should one quarter to one half of major companies' boards be made up of women? Tell us about your opinion on this subject in the comments below or by email! (tutor@virtualingua.de) If you are a student with us already, this counts as a tutored exercise, if not, test our tutoring for free!