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CEOs from across the country are asking Congress to figure out how to decrease the deficit. But how pure are their intentions?

While consumer confidence may be higher, business executives are less bullish

From Frank Perdue and his chickens to Lee Iacocca and his cars, product pitches by CEOs are not uncommon. But since Steve Jobs' performances at Apple, they've become part of the job description for tech CEO.

Companies resist a law that would compare CEO pay to employees'

But many companies worry that making the executive-to-worker pay ratio public will draw scorn

Struggling electronics retailer Best Buy has named a new chief executive: Frenchman Hubert Joly will likely take the helm in early September.

For shareholders and corporate boards in various industries, patience with CEOs might be wearing thinner. Data show that the average tenure of a CEO has dropped from 10 years to 8.4 years since 2000.

Volkswagen wants to sell 800,000 cars and trucks a year in the U.S. by 2018. That's an ambitious goal: it's more than twice what German automaker sells here today.