Generation XX: From Xerox's Vandebroek, Meebo's Jen; BabyCenter's Sharkey; SlideShare's Sinha; and Microsoft Research's Boyd. By Lynne d Johnson, Ellen McGirt, and Sherri Smith
How a handful of consultants used Big Tobacco's tactics to sow doubt about science and hold off regulation of BPA, a chemical in hundreds of products that could be harming an entire generation By David Case
is the product-defense industry? How does it work, and who's behind it? We asked David Michaels, author of the exposé Doubt Is Their Product. By Fast Company Staff
Read the news about BPA and you'll see evidence cited that the compound is safe. But are these assertions just exploiting our limited scientific literacy? Here's how to decode the potential obfuscation. By Fast Company Staff
Cell-phone honchos meet in Barcelona, Spain, February 16 -- 19 to talk -- in person -- about their sector's possibilities and challenges. Four gave us a preview. By Theunis Bates
How do you turn a best-selling self-help book for women into a movie? Focus on feelings! "The film lives or dies on my ability to make that emotional content come to the surface," says (male) director Ken Kwapis. The movie, starring Jennifer Aniston and Drew Barrymore, is out February 6. Other difficult books-turned-films haven't done so well at the box office -- or the Oscars (February 25). By Sara D. Anderson
Know what's a blooming big business? Roses! And while you may not love Valentine's Day, flower people do -- it's the busiest day of their year. Here's a look at this fragrant industry, with an assist from Douglas Brenner and Stephen Scanniello's new book, A Rose by Any Name. By Kate Rockwood
Charles Darwin turns 200, and his work still resonates with executives, artists, and scientists. Here, in this photo gallery, nine of them talk about how the evolutionary theorist changed our lives and their work.
On the two hundredth anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth his theories published in On the Origin of Species are still relevant. Nine scientists, thinkers, and leaders already talked about how his theories changed our lives and their work -- and here are eight more.
How Cargill Meat Solutions is winning over grocers, consumers, and its employees -- and driving growth -- with its first entry into the branded beef business. By Ben Paynter
Research shows that incentivizing CEOs with large pay and stock-option packages doesn't always have the intended effect. These six CEOs got fired because their risky moves backfired. By Fast Company staff
