02/15/17: The role of ‘doctor’ is changing

Segments From This Episode

• Defense spending highlighted as Mattis attends NATO meeting

  by Marielle Segarra

  U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis is in Brussels today for a meeting of defense ministers from the 28-member NATO alliance. It’s the first NATO meeting for Mattis since he took office. The U.S. contributes some 70 percent of the overall defense expenditure of NATO countries, and the issue of defense spending will likely be front […]

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• What Trump’s border tax could mean for retail companies like Target

  by Annie Baxter

  Chief executives of some of America’s largest retailers will meet with President Donald Trump today to talk about job creation and the economy. They’re also bending the ears of members of Congress to express opposition to a possible border adjustment tax, which is part of a House Republican blueprint for tax reform. The proposal would, […]

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• Milwaukee restaurants hope to feed low-income people with ‘pay what you can’ model

  by LaToya Dennis

  

  Customers can eat for free if they can't afford to pay, or pay a little extra to help others.

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• PepsiCo moves away from sugary drinks with premium bottled water brand

  by Sally Herships

  PepsiCo reports its earnings today. It’s a pivotal time for the company as it continues to move away from the shrinking market for sugary drinks and into the growing market sector of bottled water, worth $42 billion last year. This month the company is launching a new premium brand of bottled water – Lifewtr. It’s […]

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• 02/15/17: Pay whatever you want for lunch

  by David Brancaccio

  Why Trump has signed a law that would let mining, oil and gas companies pay foreign governments without disclosing their actions; a discussion about when the Fed could next raise interest rates; and a cafe that's allowing patrons to pay how much they think their meals are worth.

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• Doctors are arming themselves with MBAs to navigate a tricky health care landscape

  by Dan Gorenstein

  

  As medicine becomes more about business, an MBA could prove helpful.

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