The Wall Street Journal, 20 Aug 2009
German Chancellor Angela Merkel held on to the No. 1 spot on Forbes' annual ranking of the world's most powerful women for the fourth year in a row.
The German leader was followed by Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair, who has been part of the team handling the U.S. financial crisis, at No. 2. Chief executives of top companies filled the rest of the top 10.
ndra Nooyi of PepsiCo Inc. and Cynthia Carroll of Anglo American PLC were ranked Nos. 3 and 4, followed by Singapore's first lady Ho Ching, chief executive of the country's sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings, at No. 5.
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