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Hosts Elizabeth Gordon and Dana Barrett

This week we split the show into two bite sized pieces for easier consumption!  The first part of the show is our interview with Bill Pierson from Microsoft and in part 2, Elizabeth and Dana run down the week’s business headlines.  This week the focus was on ethics as several stories focused on the ethics or lack thereof in several Atlanta based firms.

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Bill Pierson, Director of the Microsoft Technology Center in Atlanta, joins Dana and Elizabeth to talk about the Windows 8 and Surface product launches.  He specifically talks about the features of Windows 8, how it integrates with the other Microsoft products and  how it will benefit businesses.

To learn more about Windows 8, click above to listen to the interview and then go to http://windows.com!

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Dana and Elizabeth tackle a topic no one wants to talk about as they are joined in the downtown studio by Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV) President and CEO Meagan Fulmer and PADV board member and Kaiser Permanente HR Exec Linda Boatright.

The conversation focused on the recent 2012 Domestic Violence in the Workplace Conference held in Atlanta and the effects that domestic violence has, not only on the emotional well being of employees, but also on the bottom line for companies.  Meagan and Linda shared some staggering statistics and discussed what is being done to both raise awareness and to try to eradicate the problem.  Here are some of the statistics that were discussed:

• Domestic violence in the workplace results in 8 million missed workdays each year
• Female victims have 20% higher healthcare premiums for 5 yrs following an incident
• In Georgia, 74% of domestic violence victims murdered in 2010 worked full-time outside the home
• 1 in every 4 women in the U.S. are affected by domestic violence during their lifetime

For more information or to get  help go to:  http://padv.org/

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Hosts Dana Barrett and Elizabeth Gordon were joined in studio by AJ Robinson and Wilma Sothern from Central Atlanta Progress and Wayne Lord, President of the World Affairs Council of Atlanta.  AJ and Wilma talked about Downtown Development Day which will be held on Wednesday November 7th at AmericasMart.    Wayne Lord, who in addition to heading up the World Affairs Council of Atlanta, is also a professor of International Executive Education at the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University, joined Dana and Elizabeth for a discussion of the headlines and to talk about the US-Russia Business Council 20th Annual Meeting which was just held in Atlanta.