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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s wealth has soared past $600 billion—he’s now worth double the next richest person alive, Google’s cofounder Larry Page

By Emma Burleigh

December 16, 2025

Jim Carrey almost returned a $20 million paycheck, with interest, for his hit role in How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Arts & Entertainment

Jim Carrey nearly quit ‘Grinch’ and offered to return his $20 million paycheck. Then the founder of SEAL Team Six came to the rescue

December 16, 2025

Apple CEO Tim Cook

Apple CEO Tim Cook out-earns the average American’s salary in just 7 hours—to put that into context, he could buy a new $439,000 home in just 2 days

By Emma Burleigh

December 12, 2025

Timm Chiusano

After he ‘fired himself’ from a Fortune 100 job that paid up to $800k, the ‘Mister Rogers’ of Corporate America shows Gen Z how to handle toxic bosses

By Jessica Coacci

December 6, 2025

Construction workers are getting a salary bump for working on data center projects during the AI boom.

Construction workers are earning up to 30% more and some are nabbing six-figure salaries in the data center boom

December 5, 2025

Young family stressed over finances

People making six-figure salaries used to be considered rich—now households earning nearly $200K a year aren’t considered upper-class in some states

By Emma Burleigh

December 5, 2025

Factory worker on assembly line.

Nearly 4 million new manufacturing jobs are coming to America as boomers retire—but it’s the one trade job Gen Z doesn’t want

By Emma Burleigh

December 4, 2025

Main Street’s make-or-break upgrade: Why small businesses are racing to modernize their tech

Main Street’s make-or-break upgrade: Why small businesses are racing to modernize their tech

December 3, 2025

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy and the Federal Aviation Administration announced Thursday it will give 776 air traffic controllers $10,000 bonuses for "perfect attendance."

Just 776 FAA employees will get Trump’s $10,000 bonus, but unions say thousands who worked during the shutdown were left out

November 21, 2025

Working mother in South Korea with child

South Korean banks offer baby bonuses, flexible schedules, and years-long sabbaticals while U.S. women leave the workforce in droves

By Emma Burleigh

November 20, 2025

Panel attorneys should begin receiving payment as early as next week, according to the director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

‘The system’s about to break’ — Thousands of court-appointed lawyers and staffers haven’t been paid since June

By Jaimie Ding and The Associated Press

November 15, 2025

Palantir CEO Alex Karp

Palantir CEO Alex Karp says this type of prestigious college grad is doomed. People with expert knowledge will ‘make a lot more money’

By Emma Burleigh

November 13, 2025

Gen Z spending

Older generations bash Gen Z for ‘doom spending.’ But experts say there’s a good reason why people splurge when they’re young

By Jessica Coacci

November 12, 2025

Workers in meeting

Gen Z wants to know what their coworkers earn—so they’re being more transparent about pay and shunning employers who hide salaries

By Jessica Coacci

November 11, 2025

Warren Buffett speaks in front of a microphone. He is in front of a bright teal background.

‘Envy and greed walk hand in hand’: Warren Buffett casts side eye on Elon Musk-sized pay packages in final send-off

By Sasha Rogelberg

November 10, 2025

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