Saadia Zahidi, Author of "50 Million Rising: The New Generation of Working Women Transforming the Muslim World," discusses the rise of Muslim women in the workplace. In the last decade, the number of Muslim working women grew from 100 million to 150 million.
She talks about the importance of governments realizing the market potential of these women entering the workforce. She tells the story of a 29-year-old woman who created an app to address traffic gridlock.
Investors weren't jolted by the downgrade because they already know the fractured state of U.S. politics, the size of the country's public debt, and the challenges it faces to pay for Social Security, Medicare and other expenses.
The national average for gas prices stood at about $3.78 a gallon on Tuesday — about 25 cents higher than that seen one month ago, according to motor club AAA. While today's prices at the pump remain far lower than they were last year, when energy costs soared worldwide in the months following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, experts say such a jump is unusual.
