Women CEOs in the Fortune 500

• Indra Nooyi's Pepsi challenge

  By the numbers, PepsiCo has done a pretty good job since she took the helm six years ago. So why is the CEO taking so much heat from investors?

  By Geoff Colvin, senior editor-at-large

  FORTUNE -- "Now tell me again -- what exactly is the issue with this company?" Indra Nooyi asks with an edge to her voice.

  She has just rattled off a list of statistics describing the financial performance of MORE

  May 29, 2012 5:00 AM ET
  Posted in: beverages, Coca-Cola, Fortune 500, Indra Nooyi, Pepsi, PepsiCo

• How Dave Cote got Honeywell's groove back

  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
  Posted in: aerospace, CEOs, Dave Cote, diversified industrials, Fortune 500, GE, Honeywell, Jack Welch, Manufacturing, turbocharges

• FedEx CEO Fred Smith on ... everything

  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
  Posted in: CEOs, China, Economy, Entrepreneurs, express delivery, FedEx, Fortune 500, Fred Smith, Global economy, infrastructure

• Bob Iger: Disney's fun king

  The Walt Disney Co. CEO is the steward for some of the most valuable names on the planet, and we're not just talking about Mickey and Minnie but also ESPN, ABC, Marvel, and Pixar. An inside look at how he runs the entertainment factory.

  By Jennifer Reingold, senior editor

  FORTUNE -- Aboard Disney's new cruise ship, the Fantasy, I am about to dine in a restaurant called the Animator's Palate. Before ordering, MORE

  May 9, 2012 5:00 AM ET
  Posted in: ABC, ESPN, Fortune 500, Marvel Entertainment, Pixar, Robert Iger, Walt Disney Co.

• How the Fortune 500 can help bring veterans home

  Business and military leaders discuss how corporations should help the current generation of long-serving veterans enter the workforce. By Shelley DuBois

  Shelley DuBois, writer-reporter - May 8, 2012 3:09 PM ET
  Posted in: Employment, Fortune 500, hiring, Military, Veterans