Postcards

Fortune MPWomen in NYC: a photo gallery

by Patricia Sellers

Fortune convened more than 100 U.S.-based women leaders plus 33 rising-star women from the developing world for last week's "Most Powerful Women Evening With..." in New York City. Some of the best photos from the dinner gathering come from one of our guests: Kathi Lutton, who heads global litigation for the law firm Fish and Richardson.

Lutton, who lives in Silicon Valley, is MORE

Tory Burch talks about her greatest mentor

by Patricia Sellers

This year's Most Powerful Women "Evening With..." dinner in New York featured the theme "Building a Legacy" and my conversation with two women who have done exactly that:  CNN vet Christiane Amanpour and former Xerox (XRX) chairman and CEO Anne Mulcahy. Another highlight of the evening was the mentor tributes: Fortune MPWomen talked about the greatest mentor who helped lead them to success.

Fashion entrepreneur Tory Burch did one MORE

Young entrepreneurs dish advice in Silicon Valley

by Patricia Sellers

While last week I interviewed superstar women -- former Xerox (XRX) chairman and CEO Anne Mulcahy and CNN veteran Christiane Amanpour -- about what they plan to do in the second half of their lives, this week is about entrepreneurs.

I'm just back from Silicon Valley, where I moderated a panel of five twenty-somethings who founded companies that could be the real deal someday.

The session, sponsored by Intelius, was MORE

Amanpour and Mulcahy stump for global action

by Jessica Shambora

CNN's Christiane Amanpour with Fortune-U.S. State Dept. mentees. (Photo courtesy of Brian Friedman)

Global issues took center stage at last night's Fortune Most Powerful Women dinner in New York, thanks to the voices of CNN's legendary foreign correspondent Christiane Amanpour and Xerox's (XRX) Anne Mulcahy, who retired as chairman yesterday.

Amanpour, who spent 27 years at CNN championing international coverage, heads to ABC in August to take over from MORE

Most Powerful Women convene tonight

Today is a big day for Most Powerful Women, as we at Fortune call women leaders. Today I had lunch at Google's (GOOG) New York offices with 33 rising-star women from around the world who are completing their month-long Fortune-U.S. State Department Mentoring program.

And tonight, these mentees--who have been shadowing top female execs at U.S.-based companies like American Express (AXP), Goldman Sachs (GS), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Time Warner (TWX)--will MORE

How JPMorgan's Dimon conquers his critics

by Patricia Sellers

JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon is getting plenty of practice handling protesters lately. "Stop the loan sharks" read the T-shirts worn by some protesters hovering outside the company's annual meeting this morning.

Dimon assuaged the shareholders--he predicted a rise in the dividend to 30-40% of earnings "later this year or early next year" if U.S. unemployment goes down and credit improves.

The crowd was tougher, potentially, this past Sunday MORE

Meredith Whitney takes on bank reform

by Patricia Sellers

Want to know what Meredith Whitney really thinks?

Today in the Wall Street Journal, the notoriously bearish bank analyst takes a whack at the government's proposed regulatory reforms. Well-intended reform will likely do more harm than good, she suggests, by driving consumer credit out of the market and putting many community banks out of business.

Whitney has been spreading her wings lately, flying around the U.S. to advise Federal Reserve MORE

Yahoo exec's winning move to Demand Media

by Patricia Sellers

Joanne Bradford, the hard-charging SVP who oversaw North American revenue and market development at Yahoo (YHOO), quit to join Demand Media in March. Now other Yahoo executives are following her to the high-flying start-up.

This week, New York City-based Yahoo VP Erika Nardini walked out the door with a story in tow--and a boon for her mother, who bet on the circumstances surrounding her departure. "When I told my MORE

Larry Summers weighs in on Court pick Kagan

Yesterday's Postcard, "Elena Kagan: The Supreme Court's best boss?" detailed how the illustrious nominee's people-management skills have propelled her career.

Larry Summers, the President's top economic adviser, called to add his two cents about the woman who worked with him a decade ago at Harvard. Kagan, now 50, was a relatively new professor at Harvard Law School and Summers was president of Harvard University, he explained, when there was a swirl MORE

Elena Kagan, the Supreme Court's best boss?

by Patricia Sellers

Ever since she posed in a judge's robe, with gavel in hand, for her high school yearbook, Elena Kagan has been navigating her way to the top. Quite deftly -- and there are lessons here. Whether the venue is corporate America or the Supreme Court, savvy people management can propel a career.

President Obama's Supreme Court nominee is a brilliant legal scholar, obviously -- and this matters mightily in MORE