Innumerable psychology and sociology studies over the years have shown that good-looking people tend to have advantages in life over their average-looking counterparts. Now a study coming out of the University of Wisconsin makes the case that attractive chief executives can actually impact corporate metrics like shareholder value, stocks returns – even hedge-fund results and M&A transactions. So reports The New York Times’ Dealbook.

As a case-in-point of the apparent disconnect between some restaurant workers struggling to earn a living wage and their employers, McDonald’s Corp. recently shut down its controversial "McResource" Website. So reports The Wall Street Journal.