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Keeping a retail niche in the bullseye

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal
May 20, 2009
Gregg Steinhafel, chairman and CEO of Target Corp., talks about the company's strategy for weathering the recession and expanding its place in the retail market.
Posted In: Retail
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Planning to take a chip out of recession

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal
Apr 7, 2009
Intel CEO Paul Otellini is an MBA at a company that had been founded and run by engineers. He talks about his 25 years in the computer chip business and the company's strategy for bouncing back from the slow economy.
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If the economy gets moving, he'll know

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Kai Ryssdal
Mar 11, 2009
FedEx's performance is one of the indicators of the overall economy that even the Federal Reserve keeps an eye on. Fedex president and CEO Fred Smith talks about how it's handling the recession.
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Striving to keep familiar brands fresh

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal
Feb 10, 2009
Kraft Foods, the company that invented pasteurized processed cheese food is losing market share to lower-priced competitors. CEO Irene Rosenfeld talks about how Kraft is trying to put the bounce back in its cheese business.
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CEO sees health care as fixable issue

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal
Jan 26, 2009
With the Obama administration vowing to reform the health care system, Health Net CEO Jay Gellert talks about how much the health industry is willing to change.
Posted In: Health
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Finding opportunity in recession

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal
Dec 11, 2008
The economic downturn is affecting commercial real estate different than residential. CB Richard Ellis CEO Brett White talks about how his company is adapting to the times.
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Macy's adapts to the downturn

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal
Nov 24, 2008
Retailers are facing grim predictions for meager Christmas-sales growth. Macy's CEO Terry Lundgren talks about how one of the biggest retail chains is dealing with the downturn.
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Leading a turnaround in troubled times

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal
Sep 25, 2008
Six years ago, IHOP restaurants were struggling. Julia Stewart was hired to shake things up, which she did. Now, the CEO of DineEquity Inc. has an additional challenge: the troubled Applebee's chain.
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Using technology to grow more food

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal
Aug 20, 2008
Hugh Grant is the head of Monsanto, which creates technology to increase harvests. It's also the world's biggest producer of genetically modified seeds. Grant talks about the controversial topic of technology and food.
Posted In: Agriculture, Food, Health, Science
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Programming for hearts and minds

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal
Jul 16, 2008
Showtime CEO Matt Blank talks about the network's chances in the new television landscape and life as part of the broadcast giant CBS.

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Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld

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