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Energy and manufacturing dominated the Fortune 500’s first top 50 companies in 1955

However, the data that the Fortune staff was compiling was primarily for internal use. It wasn’t until 1955, when then-assistant managing editor of...

The climate economics of the world’s 6,000 superyachts: ‘It’s not an entirely rational decision’

Superyachts are the ultimate status symbol for royal families, oligarchs and billionaires from Jeff Bezos to Bernard Arnault. The floating palaces are a...

How to move past a painful breakup, according to relationship therapist

One month after I ended my relationship, I went to see Esther Perel speak at the 92nd Street Y. She polled the audience,...

US debt outlook: There’s an easy fix, Paul Krugman says

Ballooning U.S. debt has stirred growing alarm on Wall Street, but economist Paul Krugman isn’t worried and said you shouldn’t be either. In a...

Frank Stronach, auto parts billionaire, arrested on sexual assault charges

Austrian-Canadian auto parts billionaire Frank Stronach was arrested on sexual assault charges spanning decades, police said. The 91-year-old was charged Friday with five crimes...

Docusign CEO Allan Thygesen says while it’s true Americans work harder than Europeans, maybe Americans aren’t happier

In a tech hub like San Francisco, it’s increasingly rare to find a job that will still let you work from home the...

Nvidia hits $3 trillion, making CEO Jensen Huang richer than Michael Dell

Nvidia Corp.’s Jensen Huang has steadily climbed the ranks of the world’s wealthiest as the market value of his computer-chip maker touches $3...

Nvidia 10-1 stock split is mostly ‘cosmetic,’ investor says

After the market’s close, Nvidia’s 10-for-1 stock split, which was announced in May during the company’s most recent earnings call, went into effect....

Shein is bad for the fashion industry and our planet—but I can’t wait for the IPO

Lawrence Lenihan is the chairman and co-founder of Resonance and an adjunct professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business. Ultrafast-fashion retailer Shein is evidently...

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky pairs staff up to help combat workplace isolation

Staffers at Airbnb might have found themselves in an unofficial work pairing courtesy of a practice adopted by the company’s CEO, Brian Chesky....

Former Tesla board member says he wouldn’t vote for Musk’s $56 billion pay package

Tesla’s former audit committee chair and a prominent clean technology venture investor said he wouldn’t back Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package and...

Tokyo’s government plays matchmaker with new dating app to reverse its plunging birth rate

The birth rate in Japan is so low that its biggest city’s government is going to desperate measures to help couples find love. The...

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