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The Price of Profits

Sears crumbles as buybacks go up

by David Brancaccio
Jun 16, 2016
It's a story of a century-old business imploding.
"The company told me they truly believe they are positioning the department store for a resurgence," says reporter Hayley Peterson.
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How a baseball lawsuit helped define how corporations are governed

by Scott Tong
Jun 16, 2016
It all started because there were no lights at Wrigley Field for night games.
Javier Baez of the Chicago Cubs bats against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Wrigley Field on June 3, 2016, in Chicago. The Cubs defeated the Diamondbacks 6-0.
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Forrest Full of Shares

by Marketplace Staff
Jun 15, 2016
What's a share? Well, Paddy Hirsch's mom used to say they were like a box of chocolates...
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2016: A Corporation Odyssey

by Marketplace Staff
Jun 15, 2016
What's a corporation? Paddy Hirsch explains.
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Pharma: an industry shaped by shareholder value

by Dan Bobkoff
Jun 15, 2016
Big drug companies today have remade their business models.
Big Pharma has remade their business models over time to maximize shareholder value. 
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All buy myself ... the thinking behind stock buybacks

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 15, 2016
Companies flush with cash often repurchase their own shares. But there are risks to doing so.
A cleaner sweeping the dealing floor of the New York Stock Exchange, circa 1935.   
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Former BP CEO John Browne emphasizes the long term

by David Brancaccio
Jun 15, 2016
Old strategies of social responsibility won't work, he says.
The then-Group Chief Executive of British Petroleum (BP) , Sir John Browne, at the company's headquarters in London in 2000.
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What business schools teach about shareholder value

by Dan Bobkoff
Jun 15, 2016
More schools are telling students that profits aren't the only consideration.
Inside a Harvard Business School classroom.
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How shareholders jumped to first in line for profits

by Scott Tong
Jun 14, 2016
A business theory helped put profits for shareholders ahead of other corporate interests.
Milton Friedman, one of the most influential economists of the 20th century.
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An anthropologist's view of Wall Street

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 14, 2016
'The smartest guy in the room' doesn't have a long-term outlook, Karen Ho says.
"They're sort of cultivated and come to understand themselves as the smartest guy in the room," says anthropologist Karen Ho of Wall Street culture.
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