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Silicon Valley could be two years away from having a bunch of female CEOs

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Mar 28, 2018
Or, maybe not.
 Facebook's Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg speaks with AEI president Arthur C. Brooks during a public conversation on Facebook's work on 'breakthrough innovations that seek to open up the world' at The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research on June 22, 2016 in Washington, DC. 
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Why Intermountain Healthcare is making generic drugs

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 28, 2018
Rising drug prices are part of what's driving health care inflation. What do you do if you are a big health care company? Start your own drug company.
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Fannie Mae CEO reflects on housing 10 years after the financial crisis

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Jan 24, 2018
Timothy Mayopoulos joined Fannie Mae a few months after it was taken over by the government. Today, he's the CEO.
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The head of BlackRock just gave CEOs a talking to

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Jan 17, 2018
Larry Fink, the company's chairman, issued a letter to corporate leaders urging more corporate responsibility.
“We believe companies need purpose," BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says.
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This is what corporate boards actually do

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Jan 8, 2018
A CEO's job is pretty clear ... but what does a corporate board do?
Businessmen and shoppers walk along Madison Avenue, one of Manhattan's premier shopping and residential streets on Nov. 1, 2011 in New York City. 
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The Home Depot may be an e-commerce model for the retail industry

by Kai Ryssdal and Daisy Palacios
Dec 20, 2017
CEO Craig Menear says shopping starts in the digital world and finishes in the physical world.
Product is the hero at The Home Depot, says CEO Craig Menear.
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How Condé Nast went from magazine publisher to entertainment company

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Dec 13, 2017
President Dawn Ostroff explains how video franchises like "73 Questions" are made.
“It seems like everybody is a little bit of everything these days,” says Dawn Ostroff, president of Condé Nast Entertainment.
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For Build-A-Bear CEO, business isn't just about the toys, it's about the experience

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Nov 29, 2017
Sharon Price John weighs in on what it takes to survive as a teddy bear maker in an increasingly digital age.
Build-A-Bear Workshop provides a tactile experience that can't be replaced by iPads and cellphones, says CEO Sharon Price John.
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For Allstate CEO, the insurance business is all about the severe weather

by Kai Ryssdal , Bridget Bodnar and Sean McHenry
Nov 22, 2017
According to Allstate's Tom Wilson, the weather is getting worse — and it can be see in the damage costs.
Tom Wilson, Allstate's CEO and chairman.
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The Cigna CEO on what happens when health care is politicized

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Nov 15, 2017
But at least, he says, we're all talking about health care now.
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