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</div> </div> <br> <table cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" align="right"><tr><td> <script language="JavaScript">  </script> </td></tr></table> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">  </script> <!DOCTYPE HTML SYSTEM "http://www.forbes.com/pushfiles/w3c/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <span xmlns:lxslt="http://xml.apache.org/xslt" class="artsectiontitle">Premiere Issue</span><br><span class="mainarttitle"><b>ForbesLife Executive Woman</b></span><br><p></p><font style="text-transform: uppercase; float: left"></font> <style type="text/css"> .byline { font: 12 arial,sans-serif; text-decoration : none; color:#666666; } </style> <table width="590" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="244" valign="top" align="left" style="padding-right: 10px;"> <b>Welcome to the first issue</b> of ForbesLife Executive Woman. Read about the most successful women in America and how they juggle it all. Find out everything from the best hotels for business to the latest clothes for the corner office, strategies for managing the rewards of your success and trends in the vacation home market. <div style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(243, 229, 205); padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px;"></div> <div style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(243, 229, 205); padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071216054554/http://www.forbes.com/2007/11/26/goldman-finance-women-forbeslife-cz_le_flew_1126flewgoldman.html"> <b>Inside Goldman Sachs</b></a> <div class="byline">By Lisa Endlich</div> Making partner, having a life. </div> <div style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(243, 229, 205); padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071216054554/http://www.forbes.com/2007/11/14/hotel-travel-women-forbeslife-cz_eg_flew_1114hotels.html"> <b>C-Suite Check-In</b></a> <div class="byline">Research by Ellen Grasso</div> Top hotel picks around the world, according to 50 C-level execs. </div> <div style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(243, 229, 205); padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071216054554/http://www.forbes.com/2007/09/13/executive-woman-wallstreet-forbeslife-cz_flew_0927watches.html"> <b>In Good Time</b></a> <div class="byline">by Suzanne McGee</div> What's on Wall Street's watch list. </div> <div style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(243, 229, 205); padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071216054554/http://www.forbes.com/2007/09/13/executive-woman-wealth-forbeslife-cz_flew_0927cars.html"> <b>Pull To The Right, Guys</b></a> <div class="byline">by Arthur St. Antoine</div> There's a fabulous sports car zooming up in your rearview mirror. 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