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When loyalty is rewarded: Top earners who stay in their jobs get much larger pay increases than those who switch | Fortune
To stay or to go? That’s the perennial question for workers trying to maximize their pay in a “peanut-butter” raise…
Prices at the pump have surged and global fertilizer shortages are spreading because of the war in Iran, but the…
Labor union participation is on the rise even as U.S. companies spend more than $1.7 billion annually to halt union formation | Fortune
On Tuesday, members of the newly formed App Drivers Union rallied victoriously outside the Massachusetts State House, celebrating the certification…
This billionaire is capping his kids’ inheritance at 8 figures—like Bill Gates, he thinks generational wealth is bad for society | Fortune
Dylan Taylor made his first million at 27. Last year, he became a billionaire at 53, after taking his space-holding…
Ex-Google engineer turned $7.2 billion AI CEO gets thousands of job applications a day but still can’t find candidates with a strong work ethic | Fortune
Millions of Gen Z graduates are convinced they’ve drawn the short straw of the labor market: ghosting is rife in…
The pig in the python: Baby Boomers are strangling the economy they built by refusing to move or retire | Fortune
In 1974, New York Times humorist Russell Baker identified a “pig in the python” working its way through the economy:…
As AI wipes out white-collar jobs, one Alabama high school and Toyota are training students for roles that pay $40 an hour and can’t be automated | Fortune
The U.S. has a dire shortage of skilled tradespeople. A school in Huntsville, Ala., is attempting to replenish the talent…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO filing just told us what business he’s betting on for the future—and it’s not rockets | Fortune
It’s no surprise that the SpaceX offering statement, filed the evening of May 20, shows that as of today, the…
You wouldn’t put your entire 401(k) in one stock. Why are you doing it with your credit card points? | Fortune
When Nick Ewen, editor-in-chief of The Points Guy—a publication which exists entirely on the premise of how to best consume…
Microsoft lost its way in the AI race. Can Copilot get it back on course? | Fortune
Redmond, Washington, mid-January 2026. The weather, cold and gray. It’s the kind of morning the snooze button was built for.…