• Yellen's here to stay. In a testimony before Congress's Joint Economic Committee yesterday, Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said the U.S. central bank is close to lifting interest rates, and signaled her intention to remain at the helm until her term ends in January 2018. Bloomberg • West Coast to West Wing? President-elect Donald Trump's team met with Oracle co-CEO Safra Catz yesterday to talk about a possible cabinet post. Details about the tete-a-tete are in short supply, but treasury secretary might make sense given Catz has extensive experience in finance (she was CFO of Oracle before becoming co-chief). Fortune • More reasons to ask for more. When jobs listings site Ziprecruiter compared men's and women's job application rates and desired salaries (grouped by industry and location), it found that men asked for way more than women—$11,103.65 more, on average. Quartz • Smithsonian makes herstory? A congressional panel has submitted a proposal for a national museum dedicated to showcasing the contributions and experiences of American women. To be called the American Museum of Women's History, the institution would open in a new or existing building in the capital and would be operated by the Smithsonian. Washington Post • Steinem speaks. Speaking at a preview of the NYC exhibition of Annie Leibovitz's "Women: New Portraits" (New Yorkers: I urge you to check out this phenomenal show, which opens today), Gloria Steinem weighed in on the results of the presidential election, saying, "Never again is anyone going to say ‘post-feminist' or ‘post-racist' because we [now] understand that there is something like a third of the country that is still locked into these old hierarchies." Fortune MOVERS AND SHAKERS: Bloomberg News Washington bureau chief Megan Murphy has been named editor of Bloomberg Businessweek. |