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Why there still aren't a lot of black women executives

Oct 11, 2017
"It's hard if you're a white woman. It is triple time harder for African-American women and other women of color, too."
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"Let's be honest. Corporate taxes are pretty low," this CEO says.

Oct 5, 2017
We check in with Lisa Goldenberg of Delaware Steel, who believes it's the American people who are suffering.
Income tax form at the Des Plaines Public Library in Illinois.
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Why Chronicle Books is watching retail's slide very closely

Aug 30, 2017
Chronicle Books want you to happen upon their titles in stores like Sur La Table and Urban Outfitters. Which makes declining retail sales a tricky proposition for them.
Tyrrell Mahoney, president of Chronicle Books.
Natasha Claro, Chronicle Books

Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi to lead Uber

Aug 28, 2017
He comes amid a time when several factions of Uber's board are suing each other.
Dara Khosrowshahi, chief executive officer of Expedia, Inc., attends the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 7, 2016 in Sun Valley, Idaho.
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Boingo's CEO figured out how to monetize "free" Wi-Fi

Aug 2, 2017
David Hagan explains how the company went from charging $74.95 a month to giving away the service and still stayed in business.









David Hagan, Boingo CEO, thinks the smartphone of the future is “going to be distributed within us.”
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Uber CEO's resignation doesn't change his voting power

Jun 21, 2017
Travis Kalanick may be out as the head of Uber, but he'll still be around.
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick speaks at an event in New Delhi, India last December.
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Ford to fire CEO Mark Fields

May 22, 2017
Investors say the future-oriented CEO wasn't focusing enough on the present.
Ford CEO Mark Fields speaks at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 22, 2017.
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Hello, goodbye: When execs make a quick exit

Mar 20, 2017
Uber's new president is leaving. He joins former leaders at Reddit, Yahoo, Twitter and others who served abbreviated terms.
Ellen Pao stepped down from her job as Reddit's CEO just months after she was appointed.
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TaskRabbit doubles the number of cities it operates in

Mar 16, 2017
CEO Stacy Brown-Philpot talks about the company's expansion and what work will look like in the future.
Stacy Brown-Philpot is CEO of TaskRabbit, the on-demand app that lets users hire people to complete various household tasks.
Photo courtesy of TaskRabbit

What Selena Gomez has to do with the 'La La Land' soundtrack

Feb 22, 2017
John Janick, the CEO of Interscope Geffen A&M Records, explains the connection.
Singer Selena Gomez performs at Staples Center on July 8, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.
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