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What CEOs are saying on earnings calls this month

by Amy Scott
Jul 30, 2018
The execs are stuck between tariffs and shareholders right now. They’re hoping you will save them.
People walk by the New York Stock Exchange in the financial district of Manhattan in 2012.
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Why General Mills isn't concerned about the changing landscape of retail and food health

by David Brancaccio and Daniel Shin
Jul 5, 2018
General Mills CEO Jeff Harmening talks food trends, breakfast cereals and sustainability.
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What's keeping your CEO up at night

by David Brancaccio and Janet Nguyen
Feb 14, 2018
Companies are making the shift from customer satisfaction to employee satisfaction.
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Social issues belong in the workplace, Lifeway Foods CEO says

by David Brancaccio
Nov 2, 2017
Talking about them leads to change, Julie Smolyansky says.
Lifeway CEO Julie Smolyansky attends a yoga event last year in Chicago. 
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The "tyrannical" nature of companies and how we can change them

by David Brancaccio
Sep 15, 2017
(Even if you love your boss.)
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Being Uber's new CEO is like climbing corporate Mt. Everest

by Kai Ryssdal and Molly Wood
Aug 28, 2017
The name to know today in corporate America is Dara Khosrowshahi. At the moment, he’s the CEO of the travel website Expedia. Khosrowshahi was on the Corner Office podcast in March about what it was like to lead a travel company under the cloud of the president’s travel ban last spring. But now he’s been […]
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The CEO advisory council broke up with President Trump

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 16, 2017
And then he broke up with them.
President Trump fields questions from reporters about his comments on the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, yesterday at Trump Tower in New York City. With him, from left, are Director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.
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Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigns under investor pressure

by Marketplace Contributor
Jun 21, 2017
Under Kalanick, the company developed a reputation for aggressiveness.
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick speaks onstage during an event at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit in San Francisco, California last October.
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7 tips for solving your airline customer service problems

by Marketplace Contributor
Jun 2, 2017
Travel aficionado Mark Orlowski shares advice on how to make traveling just a bit more smooth.
Travelers wait in long lines to speak with airline ticket agents in the United terminal at San Francisco International Airport.
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Why hiring a new CEO can be really difficult

by Kimberly Adams
Mar 24, 2017
The world’s biggest entertainment company is taking a little more time to choose a new CEO. Disney announced it will extend the contract for CEO Robert Iger for another year, until 2019. This is the third time Disney has extended Iger’s contract. He was originally supposed to retire in 2015, but Disney keeps convincing him […]
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