Excessive drinking and other Mad Men-like behavior have become part of the culture of getting an MBA degree at schools like Harvard and Wharton, including, in some cases, sexual harassment. By John A. Byrne
May 15, 2012 10:49 AM ET
Companies spar with activist investors all the time without as much spite. It's time for Yahoo to put aside the theatrics and focus on pulling off a turnaround. By Shelley DuBois
Shelley DuBois, writer-reporter - May 14, 2012 12:16 PM ET
The GE veteran and one-time cod fisherman has led a remarkable turnaround at the industrial giant.
By Shawn Tully, senior editor-at-large
FORTUNE -- Dave Cote is feeling the beat. He takes a sip of Mountain Dew and bobs his head in time to the throbbing bass of Jay-Z's "Hard Knock Life." The CEO of Honeywell International, one of the world's largest industrial conglomerates, with $37.1 billion in sales, is wearing his MORE
May 14, 2012 5:00 AM ET
Giving speeches at industry events is a time-tested way to get noticed by headhunters, but Twitter has made it more of a gamble. Luckily, you have other options. By Anne Fisher
Anne Fisher, contributor - May 11, 2012 10:34 AM ET
Smith sounds off on China, the U.S. economy, the value of a good name, and why the government shouldn't pay for a liberal arts education.
By Brian Dumaine, senior editor-at-large
FORTUNE -- When Fred Smith founded FedEx in 1971, he had just returned from the Vietnam War, where he had served as a Marine platoon leader and then a pilot, and he was casting around for something to do. As legend MORE
May 11, 2012 5:00 AM ET
Whether or not the Supreme Court rules in favor of the president's health care plan, companies are going to find a way to cut costs.
By Geoff Colvin, senior editor-at-large
FORTUNE -- What Fortune 500 companies really want from U.S. health care reform is pretty basic: They want sustainable costs and healthy, productive employees. But business doesn't just want those things; it desperately needs them, and it's going to get them, MORE
May 11, 2012 5:00 AM ET
Kenneth Chan, who heads McDonald's rapid expansion in China, talks about competition with KFC, dealing with slower economic growth, and food safety.
By Wenguang Huang
FORTUNE -- In 1992, when the world's largest McDonald's opened up in China's capital city of Beijing, it seemed that the golden arches would someday replace the golden hammer and sickle as the Communist Party's emblem. China's second outlet, the Beijing McDonald's was located on the MORE
May 10, 2012 11:52 AM ET
Exclusive: Virginia Drosos, who heads P&G's beauty business, will retire from the company this September. The company is moving its skin care, cosmetics and personal care headquarters to Singapore.
By Jennifer Reingold
FORTUNE -- In a surprise announcement, Procter & Gamble said today that Virginia Drosos, who oversees its beauty business, is retiring from the company, effective September 1, and that the company is moving its skin care, cosmetics and personal care headquarters MORE
May 10, 2012 11:12 AM ET
Here are three ways in which companies can avoid a Yahoo-like debacle. By Dennis Carey, Melanie Kusin, and Jane Stevenson
May 10, 2012 9:46 AM ET
After a 43-year military career, the former Joint Chiefs chairman is as outspoken as ever.
By Geoff Colvin, senior editor-at-large
FORTUNE -- As chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Mike Mullen was particularly active and vocal. Far more than previous chairmen, he emphasized the importance of diplomacy and economics in U.S. defense. His Senate testimony that canceling the military's don't-ask, don't-tell policy was "the right thing to do" played a large MORE
May 10, 2012 5:00 AM ET
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