Wikimedia head Sue Gardner talks about growing the popular web collaboration project, Wikipedia.

The business world isn't all that different from the military. You need to be on the front lines to get ahead.

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced today that he was lifting a military ban on women in combat, opening up thousands of positions on the front lines.

According to a report by consulting firm Rothstein Kass, hedge funds managed by women have been outperforming those run by their male counterparts.

We often hear that women are more risk averse than men. Commentator Helaine Olen says yes, male and female investors may approach risk-taking differently, but that's not why women have less money to put away.

The U.S. Census Bureau today released a burst of data on who works in which profession and where. We plucked out a few interesting facts from the release.

Marina von Neumann Whitman has been a lot of firsts. She was the first woman ever on the White House Council of Economic Advisers.

Louisiana has one of the largest pay disparities between men and women in the U.S. But new legislation and a coastal restoration project may help bridge that gap.