Executive pay climbed again in 2025—and the CEO-to-worker gap kept widening
Elon Musk earned more in fiscal year 2025 than any other public company executive—by an almost incomprehensible margin. Technology was the top-paying sector for CEOs, led by Field. Real estate…
With the exits of Apple’s Tim Cook and Dow’s Jim Fitterling, the Fortune 500 is losing two groundbreaking gay CEOs—leaving just one
The exits of the two men, who both identify as gay, will also mark a dispiriting step backward for LGBTQ+ representation in the C‑suite. After September, there will be only…
The Great Recession’s missing children are finally bringing college’s financial crisis into sight. Welcome to the ‘enrollment volatility’ era
Universities and colleges across the country have been dealing with a ticking time bomb since the Great Recession, and a growing number of them are saying that it’s about to…
Why odds of SpaceX merger with Tesla keep climbing every time the stock shoots up
Here’s how the new numbers make a transaction a lot more attractive for Musk and his fellow SpaceX shareholders, at least in theory. At the offer price of $135 a…
Probiotics and prebiotics are essential for gut health. Here’s how to get the best of both
Bacteria often get a bad rap as germs that cause sickness. But some bacteria and yeasts provide you with a health boon instead of a bane. The goal is to…
Exclusive: Azzi Fudd joins Project B, the international league chasing a billion-dollar opportunity in global basketball
For Fudd, international play was appealing. As an elite college athlete, the 23-year-old has been busy training stateside for most of her life and is excited by the opportunity to…
Record revenues. Record profits. Record revenue per employee. The Fortune 500 is richer than ever—and employing fewer people
What’s behind the unusual drop? For 2026, the answer lies, in part, in who left the list.The 22 companies that replaced the drop-offs employed fewer than half that amount: 317,414.…
Arianna Huffington swears by one boundary to switch off from work every night—and Ralph Lauren’s CHRO says it’s the best thing she’s ever done too
“And that’s really important, because our phone is the repository of every problem and every project and every source of stress. So, if I’m going to prepare myself for sleep,…
Both U.S. and Chinese AI firms are setting up shop in Singapore. Can the country become Asia’s neutral AI hub?
Singapore has spent decades selling the world on the promise that it can be trusted by all sides. For a new generation of AI companies, that pledge has never been…
The protein craze is heavy metal, literally: bombshell investigation finds unsafe lead amounts in two-thirds of top powders for sale
That shift was precisely why CR decided to look again.“We wanted to take a look at this industry again, now that it has blown up so much,” Martineau said. “And…
