Yale University

Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by the AP using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.

Two Yale professors have proposed an interesting solution to the nation's oversupply of lawyers. Have law schools offer tuition refunds to first year students if they quit. The National Association of Law Schools, not surprisingly, rejected the idea.

Yale regularly publishes four indexes that measure institutional and investor confidence. Its 'Buy-on-Dips Confidence Index' is now showing a large divergence in sentiment. What might that trend be saying about the stock market?

Walter Frederick Morrison, the inventor of the plastic flying discs that eventually became known as the Frisbee, died at his Utah home on Tuesday. He was 90 and is survived by three children. For decades, Morrison's creation has been an integral part of American life. Sure, there have been other...

What happens to bright young things when they graduate college in the middle of an economic downturn? According to Lisa Kahn, assistant professor of economics at the Yale School of Management, it's not a pretty picture. While it might seem like things will be looking up as soon as the economy...

Yale University's endowment is the second largest in the United States and it took a major hit in the last year. The interesting thing is that for years, Yale's chief investment officer, David Swensen, was widely respected as an investment guru. Unfortunately, the trendy touchstones of his...

Middle-class parents rejoiced when Harvard University announced that it would only charge up to 10% of a family's income (those making between $60 up to $180K) for tuition. Not to be outdone, Yale University today announced it would cut help middle and lower-middle class students as well, by...