We're Talking About: Loughner's Parents, Chinese Daughters, and the (Nonexistent?) Glass Ceiling

Top XX news for Jan. 12, 2011.

When $80,000 in the Hand Isn't Worth a Career in the Bush

Law students offered $80,000 to defer employment with a top law firm apparently didn't jump at it—and they were absolutely right.

Lessons from Sallie Krawcheck's rise.

Everything you need to know about today's financial news.

Why Sonia Sotomayor was talking about race in the first place.

I don’t need your old-style elevator speech.