Samuel J. Palmisano

The 2011 Fortune 500: The Big Boys Rack Up Record-Setting Profits

Given the sluggish recovery and a strapped consumer, you'd expect to see corporate America trudging along, not racing for glory. In fact, the Fortune 500 are thriving as a group.

IBM CEO Still in the Rough Over How to Handle Augusta Snub

Augusta National, the all-male country club that hosts golf's Masters tournament, always invited the CEOs of sponsor IBM to join -- until this year, because a woman, Ginni Rometty heads the company. Now both sides have a big PR problem.