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More Wall Street women, swimsuit-style

We made our share of waves when we reported last year that Playboy was recruiting women laid off from banking and finance jobs to pose nude in the adult entertainment magazine. The photos and accompanying article were supposed to hit in February, though we hear that it’s been pushed back to May.

Meanwhile, we got this press release from More magazine, published by Meredith Corp:

MORE MAGAZINE WANTS EX-WALL STREET WOMEN FOR JUNE SWIMSUIT FEATURE

WHAT: Did you recently leave your Wall Street job and are curious to explore a new side of yourself? More magazine has an opportunity for you! More is giving all former Wall Street women ages 40-60 the chance to appear in its annual “Real-Women” June issue swimsuit feature. If you’re looking to trade your power suit for a swimsuit in the only lifestyle magazine for women over 40, this is your chance. Check out http://www.more.com/lifestyle/forums/wall-street-women/ for more details.

HOW: Women should email a full-length photo and headshot, as well as a brief description of their last Wall Street job and why they left, to wallstreetwomen@more.com. Women must be in the NY tri-state area and available for a photo shoot in NYC at the end of February.

WHEN: Submissions will be accepted until February 20th.

WHO: NY tri-state area women 40-60 who have recently left Wall Street jobs.

There’s Apple… and there’s Microsoft

It’s a tale of two companies in the technology world on Thursday. There’s Apple, whose quarterly profit beat expectations on strong iPod and Mac computer sales. And then there’s Microsoft, whose dismal earnings sent shockwaves through financial markets.

There should be plenty of interesting questions for CEO Steve Ballmer on the company’s conference call this morning — some of which he likely wouldn’t answer if asked.

Why didn’t Microsoft give investors a warning if the results were going to look so lousy? Why release the results Thursday morning rather than when it was supposed to, later this afternoon? What’s going on with Yahoo? Will 5,000 jobs cuts — the biggest ever by Microsoft — be sufficient? And, seriously, why is Apple doing such so much better?