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‘I didn’t want anybody shooting me’: Five Guys CEO gave away $1.5 million bonus to employees over botched BOGO burger birthday celebration

Jerry Murrell joked he was going to use the $1.5 million on a fur coat for his wife, but it seemed like his employees deserved it a little more.

By Catherina GioinoMarch 25, 2026
‘I want everybody to have enough food’: the scientist who made your packaged food safer just won the world’s most prestigious food prize
By The Associated Press and Hannah FingerhutMarch 25, 2026
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Harvard is the No. 1 ‘dream college’ of choice among Gen Z students—despite its war with the Trump administration and an $87,000 a year price tag
By Preston ForeMarch 25, 2026
JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon says remote work breeds ‘rope-a-dope politics’ and stunts young workers’ growth
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMarch 25, 2026
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Women are gaining ground in traditionally male-dominated jobs like surgeons, airline pilots, and software developers—and earning well over $100,000
By Emma BurleighMarch 25, 2026
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PoliticsThe White House snubs Elon Musk’s offer to cover TSA salaries as airport miseries hit record levels
By Eva RoytburgMarch 25, 2026
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AITwo private school boys get probation for using AI to create 350 fake nudes of their classmates
By Mark Scolforo and The Associated PressMarch 25, 2026
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PoliticsIt’s time for slavery reparations, ‘the gravest crime against humanity,’ UN General Assembly says
By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated PressMarch 25, 2026
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By Darlene Superville and The Associated PressMarch 25, 2026
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By Joseph HostetlerMarch 25, 2026
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By Jon Gambrell, Mike Corder, Munir Ahmed, Aamer Madhani and The Associated PressMarch 25, 2026
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AIBernie Sanders and AOC launch bill to ban new data-center construction
By Matthew Daly and The Associated PressMarch 25, 2026
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PoliticsMeet the 40-year-old Democrat who owns a fitness company for pregnant and postpartum women and just won in Trump’s district
By Bill Barrow, Mike Schneider and The Associated PressMarch 25, 2026
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SuccessMeet Mark Zuckerberg’s college roommate. He’s an Olympian-turned-VC exec who now invests in your favorite celebrity businesses
By Jacqueline MunisMarch 20, 2026
PoliticsJack Schlossberg says his grandfather JFK would be ‘alarmed’ by how far America has fallen on the world stage
By Rachel VentrescaMarch 20, 2026
SuccessAs Gen Z and CEOs alike slam ‘worthless’ degrees, one UK graduate has racked up $420,000 in student loans—more than the price of an average home
By Orianna Rosa RoyleMarch 20, 2026
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SuccessCraigslist founder says his inspiration for donating $450 million started in Sunday school: ‘I should treat people like I want to be treated’
By Sydney LakeMarch 20, 2026
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C-SuiteBaked by Melissa’s founder was fired at 24. Two decades later, she’s ‘so freaking thrilled’ to step down as CEO
By Eva RoytburgMarch 19, 2026
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Personal Finance1 in 5 Americans thinks it’s ‘morally wrong’ to be a billionaire—Gen Z in particular finds it distasteful
By Eleanor PringleMarch 19, 2026
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SuccessTV host Mike Rowe slams schools for portraying skilled trades as a ‘consolation prize’—when he’s met data center electricians making $280K a year
By Preston ForeMarch 19, 2026
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SuccessUber cofounder says human workers will be extremely ‘valuable’ until super AGI steps into the picture: ‘That’s my white pill’
By Emma BurleighMarch 19, 2026
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CommentaryMy daughters are entering the workforce in the AI era. Hard work isn’t enough anymore
By Dennis KozakMarch 19, 2026
Future of Work‘Plumbers regularly earn more than lawyers’: Top entrepreneur makes a bold prediction that AI will flip the American Dream
By Sydney LakeMarch 19, 2026
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North AmericaDachshunds and social media: absurd costumes may be driving a 20-year comeback
By Jennifer Peltz and The Associated PressMarch 18, 2026
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SuccessDisney’s new CEO Josh D’Amaro once planned to be a sculptor. He admits ‘I don’t know’ is one of the most important phrases in his career
By Preston ForeMarch 18, 2026
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CommentaryJack Schlossberg has a warning for America’s CEOs: you’re living in my ‘world’ now
By Jack SchlossbergMarch 18, 2026
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SuccessBlackRock CEO Larry Fink warns AI is creating a ‘crisis’ for Gen Z workers: the class of 2026 could face the highest unemployment in years—even without a recession
By Preston ForeMarch 18, 2026
SuccessSri Lanka has just launched a 4-day week because of the Iran war—now, the nation is giving workers Wednesdays off in a desperate bid to conserve fuel
By Orianna Rosa RoyleMarch 18, 2026
SuccessLess than 10 out of 256 billionaires have kept their promise to give away their fortune—and a philanthropy CEO says Elon Musk is right about why: ‘It’s hard’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleMarch 18, 2026
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SuccessServiceNow CEO says that new college graduate unemployment could reach 30% thanks to AI automation
By Emma BurleighMarch 17, 2026
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SuccessLiberal arts degrees have long paid the worst salaries—but Microsoft chief scientist says in the age of AI, they will be ‘really important’ for Gen Z
By Preston ForeMarch 17, 2026
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CommentaryAI is making productivity obsolete. The leaders who thrive next will have something machines can’t touch
By Jeff BurninghamMarch 17, 2026
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Commentary78% of girls hate their bodies by 17. A former NCAA champion says running is the fix
By Nnenna LynchMarch 17, 2026
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InvestingPeter Thiel is actively convincing billionaires to abandon the Giving Pledge—and it may be working
By Jake AngeloMarch 16, 2026
"Sinners" director Ryan Coogler wins Oscar
SuccessRyan Coogler was $200K in student debt and ‘making no money’ while filming ‘Creed’—now, his $365 million success ‘Sinners’ took home four Oscars
By Emma BurleighMarch 16, 2026
SuccessMeet Autumn Durald Arkapaw, the cinematographer behind ‘Sinners’ who shattered a major glass ceiling in Hollywood
By Sydney LakeMarch 16, 2026
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SuccessDespite fears of drivers losing their jobs to robotaxis, Waymo’s boss says the company will still need humans to fill technician and operator roles
By Emma BurleighMarch 16, 2026
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EconomyFrom rationed sugar to $1 trillion: How Poland became Europe’s economic miracle
By The Associated Press and Claudia CiobanuMarch 16, 2026
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SuccessMelinda French Gates reveals the No.1 question Gen Z needs to ask themselves fresh after graduating: ‘Am I really on the way to where I want to go?’
By Preston ForeMarch 16, 2026
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EnvironmentAmerica’s drinking habits are destroying Mexico’s environment: ‘It will take a long time for the ecosystem to recover’
By The Associated Press and Claudia RoselMarch 16, 2026
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SuccessThis 18-year-old college student accidentally emailed thousands of classmates—it turned his pet-sitting business into a valuable side hustle
By Preston ForeMarch 15, 2026
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C-SuiteUlta Beauty CEO says when you get passed up for career opportunities ‘you can either choose to be bitter or you can be better’
By Sasha RogelbergMarch 15, 2026
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