Brenton Balentien, known as Blue Face, a leader of supporters of Curacao’s national soccer team, poses in Willemstad, Curacao, on May 16. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) |
The Blue Wave from tiny Curaçao is making World Cup history |
Curaçao has already crafted a story like none other in World Cup history. The tiny autonomous territory of about 156,000 residents is now the smallest to make it to soccer’s biggest stage. And if that wasn’t enough, coach Dick Advocaat, 78, is about to become the oldest the tournament has ever seen. They know what the world is probably thinking: Their country is too small, their coach is too old, they don’t have a chance. They heard all that through the qualifying process as well — and here they are. Read more.
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Median pay for CEOs rose nearly 6% in 2025, but some compensation packages were eye-popping |
The typical CEO compensation package rose nearly 6% in 2025 to $17.7 million, as company boards rewarded their top executives for bigger profits and higher stock prices, and gave them incentives to stick around and make even more money for shareholders. At half the companies in AP’s survey, it would take the worker at the middle of the company’s pay scale 200 years to make what the CEO did in one, up from 192 years in last year's survey. Read more.
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