The investor CEOs fear most, small businesses fuel job growth, Microsoft exec pay up for vote

THE FORTUNE DAILY Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Starboard Capital's Jeff Smith: The investor CEOs fear most The activist hedge fund manager recently seized control of Darden Restaurants with less than 10% of the stock and a lot of chutzpah. Now he's gunning for Yahoo and AOL.

The best career advice Mellody Hobson ever received Ariel Investments president Mellody Hobson tells Fortune's Leigh Gallagher about the career advice that led to her success.

At Microsoft meeting, shareholders take on diversity, CEO's pay An investment adviser is urging shareholders to reject a pay package worth over $90 million for Chief Executive Satya Nadella.

Small businesses fueled job growth in November Private-sector payrolls in the U.S. climbed by 208,000 in November, just below estimates.

Why Elizabeth Warren is wrong about Wall Street insiders In her quest to keep bankers out of senior regulatory positions, the Massachusetts senator forgets that too few regulators actually understand what Wall Street is up to.

By Tom Huddleston, Jr. What you need to know about falling oil prices Prices have been cut by one-third since mid-summer due to oversupply.

By Stephen Gandel Activist investors: The best (and worst) performers of 2014 Activist investors had a banner year of publicity. But when it comes to investment returns, the results were just okay.

By Philip Elmer-DeWitt 'I'd do it again,' says the man at the center of Apple's e-book case An unrepentant Eddy Cue gives Fortune his first press interview in advance of Apple's antitrust appeal.

Apple patent No. 8,903,519: Five ways to protect a falling iPhone

Microsoft pay, airbags and new jobs data — 5 things to know today

Abercrombie's profit falls amid lower mall traffic, bigger discounts

Inside the minds of biz-savvy millennials

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