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The typical compensation for CEOs of S&P 500 companies keeps climber higher, and outpacing the wages of average workers today. In its annual analysis of CEO pay, executive data firm Equilar reviewed the salaries, bonuses, perks, stock awards, and other pay components of 341 top executives. The survey found that median CEO pay jumped nearly 13% last year, more than three times the 4.1% that wages and benefits netted by private-sector workers rose through 2023. The CEO compensation study included pay data for S&P 500 CEOs who have served at least two full consecutive fiscal years at their companies,...

White men are most likely to lead the largest, best-funded nonprofits, while women of color tend to lead the organizations with the fewest financial resources, according to a study from the nonprofit data research organization Candid. “The State of Diversity in the U.S. Nonprofit Sector” report released by Candid in May is the largest demographic study of the nonprofit sector, based on diversity information provided by nearly 60,000 public charities. According to the study, White CEOs lead 74% of organizations with more than $25 million in annual revenue, with White men heading 41% of those nonprofits, despite being only...

Supermarket beverage aisles are starting to look a lot more like a pharmacy. There are sodas made with mushrooms that supposedly improve mental clarity and juices packed with bacteria that claim to enhance digestive health. Water infused with collagen carries the promise of better skin, and energy drinks offer to help burn body fat. Welcome to the frenzy of functional beverages – drinks designed to do more than just taste good or hydrate. What started in the late 1980s with caffeine- and vitamin-laced energy drinks like Red Bull has grown into a multi-billion-dollar industry. Hundreds of brands are vying...

The fresh coffee most Americans consume every morning turns out to be 600,000 years old. Using genes from coffee plants around the world, researchers built a family tree for the world’s most popular type of coffee, known to scientists as Coffea arabica and to coffee lovers simply as “arabica.” The researchers, hoping to learn more about the plants to better protect them from pests and climate change, found that the species emerged around 600,000 years ago through natural crossbreeding of two other coffee species. “In other words, prior to any intervention from man,” said Victor Albert, a biologist at...

As weight-loss plans go, it is easy to see the allure of intermittent fasting: Eat what you want, but only during certain windows of time. Often just eight hours a day. Instead of counting calories or measuring portions, dieters just have to pay attention to the clock, said Courtney Peterson, a nutrition researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. “You have this really simple rule: Eat or don’t eat,” Peterson said. The technique has skyrocketed in popularity in recent years, becoming a leading trending topic on social media. But does time-restricted eating, a form of intermittent fasting, really...