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Trump woos CEOs, Howard Schultz on Steve Jobs, and Elon Musk's money: Leadership news roundup

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Donald Trump is meeting today with JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon, Apple’s Tim Cook, and other top CEOs

Former President Donald Trump is heading to Washington for the day to hold a fireside chat with the chief executives of some of the largest U.S. companies.

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Starbucks’ Howard Schultz on the time Steve Jobs screamed at him

When Howard Schultz, the former chief executive officer of Starbucks, was having a hard time leading the coffee chain, he reached out to Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, for some advice.

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What Elon Musk could buy if his $46 billion Tesla pay package came in cold, hard cash

Money may not buy happiness, but it can buy a whole lot of other things. Few people know that better than Elon Musk. the world’s richest person. He may soon be able to buy a lot, lot more.

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The creator of Cool Ranch Doritos on the chips’ little life lesson — and why Crystal Pepsi failed

Sometimes lightning strikes in the salad dressing aisle.

Former Yum Brands CEO David Novak — inventor of the Cool Ranch Dorito — said the beloved chip flavor got its start during a grocery trip to a Texas supermarket in 1984. He and other executives needed to develop new products that could help the struggling Frito Lay business. At the time, their biggest moneymaker was Doritos.

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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has a ‘pretty good basis’ for appealing her conviction, judge says

A judge overseeing the appeal hearing of disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes hinted that she may have a shot at getting her conviction and at one point 11-year prison sentence appealed.

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Donald Trump is wooing CEOs with promises of a 20% corporate tax rate

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is wooing Wall Street and beyond with sweet talk of lower tax rates.


In a meeting with CEOs of the biggest U.S. companies on Thursday, Trump promised to cut the corporate tax rate to 20%, Bloomberg reports, citing unnamed sources familiar with the comments.

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Where did Cool Ranch Doritos come from?

Former Yum Brands CEO David Novak created the Frito Lay flavor on a grocery trip in 1984, but not all of his ideas have landed

Oracle’s stock rally sent Larry Ellison’s net worth soaring by $17 billion

Larry Ellison, co-founder and chief technology officer of Oracle, saw his net worth skyrocket after the software company’s stock reached record highs early this week.

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