A: Opportunity costs are high in the developed world. If I could work for IBM or start a business, it's got to be worth me not taking that job at IBM. In the developed economies you have four times the participation in the business service category than you do in the emerging economies. The customers are more other business - insurance, banking - they tend to be more human resource and knowledge-oriented. But in the emerging economies (women) may not have a lot of choices. They might be starting a small business that brings them some income and that might be their only form of income.

A: Growth expectations are important to policy makers because that translates to job creation. It can also affect one's ambitions to grow a business. We calculate how many employees early-stage entrepreneurs expect to add over the next five years. In the U.S. women have about the same level of moderate growth ambitions as men. However, when it comes to high growth levels (adding 20 or more workers), less than 10 percent of women project this level of growth, while over 20 percent of men do. It's the growth that's the real issue. They have greater fear of failure than men.

Following a massive public backlash over its decision to pull funding for breast cancer screenings from Planned Parenthood, Susan G. Komen for the Cure founder Nancy Brinker apologized to the family planning organization on Friday and said Komen will preserve its eligibility for future grants.

Brinker said in a statement that the decision is a result of "distress" at the "presumption" that Komen, the nation's largest breast cancer charity, pulled its funding from Planned Parenthood for political reasons:

We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women's lives.
The events of this week have been deeply unsettling for our supporters, partners and friends and all of us at Susan G. Komen. We have been distressed at the presumption that the changes made to our funding criteria were done for political reasons or to specifically penalize Planned Parenthood. They were not.

Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, responded to Komen's apology in a statement on Friday:

Our original desire was to fulfill our fiduciary duty to our donors by not funding grant applications made by organizations under investigation. We will amend the criteria to make clear that disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political. That is what is right and fair.

Q: How do American women view opportunities for entrepreneurship?

A: Women in general have lower perceptions than men about their capabilities for starting a business. But typically in the U.S., compared to other parts of the world, women see more opportunities for entrepreneurship than other wealthy economies. The United States ranks highest among wealthy economies in terms of women's capabilities perceptions-their belief that they have the capabilities to start a business.

Q: So how does that compare with men's views?

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In total, super PACs raised $96 million in 2011. Republican groups dominated the arms race. The top 10 Republican super PACs raised $65.6 million, compared to $20.5 million raised by the top 10 Democratic super PACs.The most proficient fundraisers were the pro-Romney Restore Our Future and the Karl Rove-linked American Crossroads.