WSj via FastCompany – “There’s no need to panic—the rich are doing fine. According to new data from the Internal Revenue Service, income reported on tax returns for the 400 wealthiest individuals rose 20% in 2014, the Wall Street Journal reports. The significant income boost reveals what many of us already suspected: The rich are getting richer. Worth noting is that the country as a whole has been grappling with broad-based wage stagnation for decades.”

• Related from WSJ – Rex Tillerson Holds as Much as Half a Billion Dollars in Assets – Trump’s pick for secretary of state faces challenge of quelling concerns over potential conflicts of interest…In a nine-page letter accompanying his 38-page financial disclosure, Mr. Tillerson outlined the ways he would try to avoid conflicts if confirmed.”