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Meet the Record 18 Female CEOs on the Fortune 500

Evann Gastaldo — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 08:10:26 CDT

A record 18 female CEOs are included on the 2012 Fortune 500, CNNMoney reports. Eight of them made it into the top 100: Meg Whitman : Hewlett-Packard, No. 11 Ginni Rometty : IBM, No. 18 Patricia Woertz : Archer Daniels Midland, No. 39

World's Most Powerful Woman Is...

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:57:01 CDT

Want to get onto Forbes ’ annual 100 Most Powerful Women list? Better get yourself into one of these six categories, which is where all of this year’s candidates came from: billionaires, business, lifestyle, media, nonprofits, and politics. Candidates were ranked by money, traditional and social media influence, and their...

Kraft Closes in on Cadbury Deal

Rob Quinn — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:43:13 CST

Kraft has won a sweet victory in its 4-month-long battle to take over Cadbury, according to sources who expect a deal to be announced today, barring last-minute complications. The British chocolate maker's board has agreed to accept Kraft's improved offer of roughly $19 billion in cash and stock in a...

Highest-Paid Women in America

Harry Kimball — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:22:33 CDT

On the heels of its 2009 Most Powerful Women list, Fortune has compiled another of the best compensated females in the corporate world. The top 10 for 2008: Safra Katz, president, Oracle: $42.4 million Linda Chen, president, Wynn International Marketing: $23.9 million Sharen Turney, president and CEO, Victoria's...

A Woman's Place Is in ... Charge

Jonas Oransky — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:21:44 CDT

Forbes names the 100 most powerful women in the world, putting Oprah one spot south of Ruth Bader Ginsburg—and placing Meredith Vieira ahead of Katie Couric and Diane Sawyer. The top 10: German chancellor Angela Merkel Chinese vice premier Wu Yi Temasek Holdings chief executive Ho Ching Condoleezza Rice...