Rock your business hard, get paid

In his new book, Rock Your Business, David Fishof draws valuable life lessons from the world of rock.

By Richard McGill Murphy, contributor

FORTUNE -- It took chutzpah to walk into the office of legendary New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and talk him into paying your client more than a million dollars, particularly if you were only 22 years old at the time. As a young sports agent, David Fishof MORE

Marijuana's new market

It's a new age for weed. Find out who's capitalizing on liberal new laws and where.

The nation's favorite illegal drug is (kind of, maybe, sometimes) legal: After residents of Washington State and Colorado voted in marijuana legislation more liberal than Amsterdam's, the plant has become a substance no more controlled than liquor. A booming industry is emergent; just don't expect to see owners of dispensaries dancing in the streets -- MORE

The one vehicle GM executives pray about at night

The automaker's single most important moneymaker is all-new for next year.

By Doron Levin, contributors

FORTUNE -- When General Motors executives fall to their knees to pray for the success of a single model among the scores the company sells worldwide, they are surely bowing their heads for the Chevrolet Silverado full-size pickup. Not only is the truck the show horse of GM's lineup, it is the automaker's single most important moneymaker.

The new 2014 MORE