>> the c-suite is me. you know what i mean? talked to my wife liked a sounding board, but still, what i say goes. for good or ill. that is how it is. we have an office. we come in there and get on laptops. we do our programming meeting once a month. we kick off the workouts on the website. off you go. >> there is a lot of times in a franchise operation, this is different. sometimes you see more than one location they get territorial. in terms of this guy is encroaching greed are there multiple ones where you are at? does it make a difference for you? >> my nearest competitor is 800 meters away. we run 800 meters. we would run into each other if we did that. it doesn't matter. >> you refer to other people? you refer each other? >> when people call me on the phone, one of the questions i ask is where do you live? if you are close, do you know there is a gym closer? i tell him. they are people i know. they are my friends. because we are an affiliate, it is up to me what to do in my business. crossfit does not tell me what to do wi

charge of the most powerful companies in the world to see how they tackle the challenges of "the c-suite i'm in ann arbor, michigan, at domino's. i'm sitting at home watching a commercial when it comes on and says the pizza sucks. their pizza tastes like cardboard. the focus is on honesty. how do they convince over 1000 franchisees to say that this product they have been selling for 50 years is horrible? this is not something that companies normally do. they are changing their brand promise from 30 minutes or less and now they are reinventing the pizza. they are changing it up. i want to know if that old adage is true -- honesty pays. as a former cmo, i know every brand has to play to its strengths. it is important to tell customers that you are better than the opposition. but the marketing folks at domino's took a very different approach. >> when i first heard your story, the story of domino's and saw the commercials, i said who was the person that stood up in the meeting and said our product sucks? >> it really wasn't one person that did that. we were following marketing 101 basics, wh

does it tickle up or trickle down from the c-suite?the culinary team is a great source of ideas. our marketing people are researching consumer trends and our franchisees are giving us ideas. it is a 360 degree process. >> while our name is dunkin brands, but coffee is a core of our business. as fall comes, we have a range of pumpkin-based products. we are going to let you taste a few unique items. jeff. >> what you will have here is a pumpkin white chocolate latte. everybody does pumpkin so what are we going to do that is different? we added white chocolate. >> and do you see a bump in sales when you start offering these during the season? >> absolutely. what is interesting about pumpkin is we have guest to anticipate it. we have moved pumpkin products into the stores a little earlier. >> i have a big suggestion for you -- bacon flavored coffee. >> we might have to give you a job here. that is right up our alley. bacon flavored everything. >> here is what i have learned in my time at dunkin. everyone knows dunkin' brands. this new forw

c. suite it's very difficult for davos so they're actually just representing what's happening in the c. suite today so that's part of the problem and you know you know we can we can change that so we see business changes now one woman that helped make up this sixteen percent was the finance minister of nigeria and one thing that comes up year after year is the breaks and the question of whether or not they still have the dynamism that they want happen they were put together so i questioned her whether the mint countries which is mexico in tunisia nigeria and turkey all of those countries are ready to take over from the brakes i absolutely hate to describe it as the new bric but it's its own thin you know but i think it has an equally valid you know state of being if you look at the countries these are countries that you cannot afford to ignore in the future you can't ignore indonesia or turkey with this director receives all mexico on nigeria because these countries need. israel will be the fourth largest country in the world by twenty fifty it's going to have a huge market. has vast res

. >> or have been no shortage of c suite shakeups from microsoft to zynga. we have a recap of the most notable ceo exits of 2013. what is your number one pick for most exciting ceo shakeup this year? >> for me, it's one that has one foot in the auto industry and the other footed tech. microsoft, even though it has not been completed yet, and even though the auto industry is just media speculation run rampant -- steve ballmer expects to step down by august of next year and wants a replacement in the company and so they're focused on 20 individuals. we are only focused on alan mullally at ford, may be mistakenly, because he says he's staying through the end of 2014 but ballmer has said he could run any company, not just in his industry. plus him a he is from seattle. he admires bill gates and is advising steve ballmer on ways to change things at microsoft. he says one microsoft is the way to go forward. it's an interesting story to cover, although mullally never confirms any of the speculation. he doesn't deny it either, but that just keeps it going on. >> the

there has been some c-suite check out this morning.and others have announced boardroom changes. standard chartered named mike rees as deputy chief executive officer. named erez vigodman as president and ceo. >> let's get more from elliott gotkine. areare anticipating this you have been trimming this for the last couple of days. the change now confirmed. >> that is right. he is due to take up the role of ceo and president on february 11. vigodman is currently a board member and chief executive of and agrochemicals maker which he turned around during his four years at the helm. he is going to step down as eeo at that company and take up that role as ceo and president of teva on february 11. at the same time, acting ceo is going to go back to being the chief finance officer of teva. huge challenges for the new incoming chief executive. the last one left following a spat with the board over restructuring changes. they are looking to lay off 10% of the workforce to cut cost in anticipation of generic competition for its blockbuster drug for

when we come back, musical chairs in the c suite. you if this year looks likely to be the same. your way, netflix fighting off competition and trying to add to its bottom line as well pit of largest online streaming service considering widespread pricing deals. he tells coming your way. back in just two minutes with more. -- details coming your way. ♪ >> you are watching "in the loop " live on bloomberg television, streaming on your tablet and bloomberg.com. 2013 the year of the shakeup in the c suite, switching ceos in the fastest pace in five years. microsoft, jcpenney's, groupon to name a few. more on how changes in leadership can affect the company's brand. we have reputation dr. mike hall, president of mgp associates, apr and represent -- reputation management firm. he has worked with athletes, government officials, corporations including oldman, united airlines and dunkin' donuts. i have to imagine you have had the craziest year because there have been many people who needed your help. >> it has been a wild year and looking forward to 2014. >> one thing i want to know is h

we made a commitment that the flagship hotel a block from our office that is part of the year c-suite sender that represents the rest of our orientation. we are continuing to grow. in the last two months, we bought a few hotels. we bought one in california and one in washington, d.c. we have two hotels under construction from scratch. one is in chicago. another hotel in orlando. a sports hotelorlando on the ground at universal studios. we com to new yorkty. a focus point of the u.s. travel and tourism industry. >> right. >> we wanted to have a property that we were proud of and make a good return on investment. >> and a depends on visitors to the city. tisch's has wolosely with st mayors to improve new york city's image. he helped kick off the new york times square makeover. so far, his efforts seem to be working. new york had 54 million visitors in 2013. the regency sold out for super bowl weekend about a month before it even opened. it is not just about keeping hotels full. tisch says tourism is critical for the new york economy. the jobs.bout it is about the ability for visitors to

betty spoke with sallie krawcheck, the owner of 85 broads, which advocates for more women in the c suitetty asked her about her own career. >> is what i am doing going to make an impact? in every job i have had, research analyst, being involved with 85 broads, running merrill lynch. i truly believe -- it felt like i and my team could add value. we were actually doing something that matter. >> you felt that way as well. not just doing 85 broads, when you came into turnaround smith barney, merrill lynch, you felt you needed to make an effect. what are the lessons you learned? >> this sounds very trite, turnarounds are hard and do not happen overnight. you have a business moving in a direction -- >> you have your own internal compass. >> your competitors are not standing by with their arms folded and saying let's just stop until those guys turnaround. they are moving ahead. it is not just you have to fix what is broken, you need to leapfrog ahead, that is a very big risk one is taking. we had to do that at smith barney and merrill lynch. most turnarounds fail. >> what would you say to your

. >> betty spoke with sallie owner of 85he broad's, which advocates for more women in the c suite.ty asked her about her own career. >> is what i am doing going to make an impact? had,ery job i have research analyst, being involved oads, running merrill lynch. -- it felt like i and my team could add value. we were actually doing something that matter. >> you felt that way as well. not just doing 85 broads, when you came into turnaround smith barney, merrill lynch, you felt you needed to make an effect. what are the lessons you learned? trite, sounds very turnarounds are hard and do not have an overnight. you have a business moving in a direction -- >> you have your own internal compass. >> your competitors are not standing by with their arms folded and saying let's just stop until those guys turnaround. ahead.e moving it is not just you have to fix what is broken, you need to leapfrog ahead, that is a very big risk one is taking. at smith do that barney and merrill lynch. most turnarounds fail. >> what would you say to your 25-year-old self? hug, in mygive her a 20's i did not know

it is basically snap chat or the c suite. you dry your finger across the xt and it is erasable.re is one regulatory hurdle and that it is they are sometimes required to keep electronic communication. we look at the app than the regulatory challenges ahead and then we will text and discreetly. >> interesting. >> in the u.s., tapering has started. we will see why fed officials are voicing concerns about the risks of bond buying. ♪ >> time for today's company news. hasworld's biggest maker canceled its contract with on terror and suing them for compensation over the baby formula contamination scare. it resulted in product recalls across asia including china. japan's health ministry is demanding a criminal probe into the swiss drugmaker novartis. they say they may be in breach claimsrtising laws for of its medicine. they are in talks over mark over a unit swap. vaccineld trade the business for the over-the- counter unit. welcome back to "countdown." i'm anna edwards. >> and i'm mark barton. the bond buying impact on financial stability, our next guest is the tapering of those purcha

hoste here with "c-suite" and former kodak ceo jeffrey hayzlett.test your management expertise. >> uh-oh. microsoft looking for new ceo. right now though steve ballmer is still ceo. >> you have to look at where the company is standing. they are a big company. they move a lot of stuff. i gave him a d when it comes to innovation. one of the most depressing people -- places to work. >> even though they have rejiggered how they are going to manage it now? >> doesn't matter. when they are in a meeting, people keep their mouths shut. >> i do not know if i agree with the d. marissa mayer, overall, you gave her ana, but you gave f for bonehead media moves. >> just because i had to talk on air about that stupid logo she did -- >> you don't like that? why not? >> i think it is a good thing that she did it. but if i were her, i would be in the back room working 24 hours a day, making sure this place gets back up. last, the ceo of best buy. you gave him a c. >> i like this guy. i think he is doing the right moves. i just think he has a lot of pocket -- baggage

it seems to be at least a lack of kreshltd in the c suite and a lack of credibility on the rack and theleast for some people that follow this company, i think we've heard it from our own retail reporter, courtney reagan in the past, is they don't need to know what the customers want. >> i think it's a legitimate criticism. one of the things that we've talked about is if you have a premium brand as abercrombie and fitch is, how do you get people to pay full price if you have excessive discounting. that remains to be seen. having aid said that over the next 12 months they had a lot of levers to drive eps. their model is incredibly sent tive. every 100 basis points of up margin expansion is 31 crepts to the bottom line and 21% share repurchase authorization out there. so there are ways for them to make this. so long as that comp is showing sequential improvement. >> what about the international strategy? that was a big focus point for investors? are they going to have to pull that back now? >> the international strategy continues to be robust for them. they are expanding into the asian mar

obviously that stock has been a monster since she hit the c suite in july 2012. how much credit she gets is debatable. her game plan has been you buy companies, improve products, attract more eyeballs. what she's done, but that hasn't drawn strong financial results. on the other hand, certainly analysts will say listen, as long as ali baba's valuation keeps grinding higher, it's pegged at $155 billion, that would be a $25 billion windfall. as long as that happens, and yahoo! stock goes along with it, investors won't complain. >> let's talk google and google glass. partnering with vsp which provides vision insurance for one-fifth of americans. does it finally legitimize google glass? >> listen, it's interesting. even here, in silicon valley, i talked to friends of mine in menlo park and google glass, even those guys say it's socially unacceptable to wear google glass. if you can't get guys in menlo park to wear google glass, you have a problem. if they're changing it up, they change the form factor, the design, maybe it's a game changer. >> it's a little bizarre l

c-suite shake-up as melissa meyer gives the coo the boot. the hedge fund manager who is buy that stock for what she might do next. >>> citi slide. the stock is selling off. now star analyst mike mayo tells us if it's still a topic of his. let's meet today's starting lineup. jon likes what he sees from yahoo! today. steve wise is here and he does not glee with the doc on that one. stephanie link is here. making some moves in the banking space today. but will she pull citi from her playbook? and josh brown is patting himself on the back today about his best buy call. we do begin with the retail rec dejour however. best buy pounded after holiday sales dropped nearly 1%. meantime, jp penny is closing stores. passing out pink slips. the space has been under fire. and our traders are calling out the winners and the losers. and lately, guys, josh brown, there are many, many losers. >> yeah, look, you think about specialty retail. it's been a really tough space. almost no company has been immune. all of these companies in this category had disappoin

it does not apply junior c- suite, why is that -- to new york city, why is that?ve a huge impact for the -- >> would make up for the non- property tax cap? thehe city council controls robert intact, not the governor. it is all tied into the governor's most significant tax reductions for corporations. they create the sort of zones that i mentioned before, and we have to look at everything. the totality with the other cities and regions across the country. >> they are all competitive compared trying to grab the companies. >> that is why we're seeing the response. you're seeing these like ibm othero our area, countries that are expanding a fashion and media. went to continue that positive momentum. >> great to see you. minutesbe back in two -- no? i'm hearing that we're going to go to olivia sterns? >> hi betty, i would update you on what has been happening with target today. we got an update on their financial performance which was impacted by the data breach. the target is saying now what was stalling includes personal 70 million up to people. names, e-mails, addre

what goes on in the c suite and boardrooms. let me start with you, let's take this approach.e came out of nowhere as the top contender. is he the one to change the company? >> normally you would not think that an insider would be the one to change a company, but given the fact that the company has been so much about the office system and windows, that bringing up somebody that has little allegiance to those tem couldthe sys be an opportunity for change. >> he is also a safe bet. he is running about a quarter of the revenue, and the majority of net profits of the company with the enterprise system. it is a safe that. he came in in 1992, well before the 95 change -- the 1995 change. >> is this saying that the cloud, nothe windows, or xbox? >> the focus of the company, the server business, it has transformed. they have got off to a slow start relative to competitors, but he has gotten back on track with the cloud. starting in 1992, he did a tour ofduty in the in the markets -- two were of duty in the tour of duty in the microsoft business division. he knows what he can do, we do

the responses to nbc -- this is my story will stop my story is not about the glass ceiling or the c suite it's about the foundation and how do i shore it up? it's a story not against men but including men. for women in particular, the incredible struggles that they faced to be breadwinners and caretakers and caregivers. daughters and citizens and workers. >> hard one of this discussion on the shriver report about the economic status of women tears tonight at 9:00 eastern on c- span. housethose speaking, speaker nancy pelosi. again, that is tonight at 9:00. >> it i feel prepared? i did. first of all, i wasn't elected. it didn't make that much difference. notice the difference between being the vice president's wife and the president's wife is huge because the vice president's wife can say anything and nobody cares. as minute you say one thing presidents wife, you make the news. that was the lesson i had to learn pretty quickly. >> watch our program on first lady barbara bush and -- at our website. or see it saturday. our series continues with first lady hillary clinton. vice resident biden

my story is not about the glass ceiling him and not about the c suite, it is about the foundation andhow i shore it up. it is not a story against men but including men. fors a story that is good boys, girls, for women in particular, about the incredible struggles that they face, to be breadwinners, caretakers, and caregivers. to be good mothers, daughters, citizens, workers. >> watch the entire event tonight at 9:00 eastern here on c-span. and on our companion network, 3, maryland governor martin o'malley's state of the state address. c-span today at noon on 3. americansnately, many -- some because of their poverty and some because of their color, and all too many goods of both. help replaceo their despair with opportunity, and this administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in america. >> looking back at five date notable five decades of state of the union addresses, from lbj to george w. bush. part of american history tv this weekend on c-span3. that all leads up to barack obama's on a 14 state of the union address, live tuesday. a federal commission f

it is not about the c-suite. it is about the foundation and how do i shore it up. it is a story not against men but about including men. it is a story what's good for boys, a story about what's good for girls and what's good for women in particular about the incredible struggles that they face for, to be breadwinners, to be caretakers and to be caregivers. to be good daughters, good mothers, sisters, citizens and workers. >> and we are showing this report over two nights. we showed it last night and again tonight. you can see it beginning at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> some of you have been marching for over 40 years and have endured many setbacks including the recent expansion of abortion coverage in obamacare. [booing] but it is, important more than than ever that we remain strong and stand together. we can not allow the opponents of life to continually weaken the moral fabric of our country. they need to know and they need to understand that we will continue to march. we will continue to educate. we will continue to advocate, and we will continue to fight for the

every c suite is focused on the bottom line.d states, way ahead of what's happening in europe and other parts of the world as well in this industry. we're really pleased. >> you've managed through the weather situation? >> weather changes. >> is it material yet? >> in fact, we had record earnings that we announced earlier this week, $168 million net, highest ever in our company's history. we're quite transparent. this first week of the year, $30 million pre tax impact to our bottom line. these storms are just continuing. thankfully the weather this coming weekend is quite balmy, all things considered. it was a $30 million net for us in terms of the first week of the year. >> that's the ultimate one-time item. next year it could be too hot to fly or something. who knows? >> it's amazing, because it's hurricane or super storms. it seems like every year there's this huge event that takes place in our route system somewhere. it's a big world. >> what about reagan? you've got some new slots or won the ability to open, right? >> yes.

>> it's not just the c suite.g their own device to work. >> that's what i was going to say. not only do you get a pay rise, you've got supply your own hardware. >> they offer a credit to buy your device. >> some don't from what you're saying. >> some people have such archaic hardware they prefer to bring in their own ipad instead of using terrible equipment in that they have. i want everything to be in the cloud. i talked to crimer about the cloud-based applications. when employees are laying on the couch on saturday i want them to access everything that they want easily from the device. i don't want to make it hard if they want to look something up or fire off an e-mail with a little piece of datdata. this plays into that. >> i think of the tim cook quote, we're not in the junk business. there's a junk business but they don't want to play in that. you're arguing this feeds into that. >> thinking about being here on set with you, you don't have blackberries, there are iphones sitting on the desk now and blackberry

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c-span2. -- they arejohnson required to obtain coverage through the new health care law state exchanges. the wisconsin republican filed a suit today in u.s. district ,ourt in green bay, wisconsin saying the lawsuit is about ensuring congress received no special treatment. a discussion now on implementing the affordable care act. washington journal talk to reporters covering the issues were about 45 minutes. >> thanks for being with us. through how it has been going. >> the rollout of healthcare.gov do not help anything. some are going to the doctors office and that is fine, they're using their new obamacare coverage. problemse encountering when they try to get a prescription filled or when they called to get answers. sake sake -- take several months for this all to shake out, and for all the different providers to adjust to the affordable care act in all of the locations. there's a lot of shake up right now and nobody really expected it to go perfectly smoothly in the first few weeks. the administration is telling people to first and foremost call their insurance companies because those are the people who are likely to happy

c-span: can we go back and discuss in the time remaining the invasion or however you want to characterize it come into lebanon, the whole issue that eventually became the subject of a libel suit and let you tell us your side of the story. and if you would, explain to us us -- it was back in 1982. why did you go into lebanon? >> guest: we first, a very dangerous situation along our northern border. in lebanon, those days it was the plo, an independent kingdom of terror headed i yasser arafat and if course all the other murderers like paul bosch -- responsible for tragedy. our northern civilian population, civilians of our northern towns and villages became hostages in their hands. they took advantage of the cease-fire which was not kept completely. that was one of the mistakes in the book because it has been mentioned in tom friedman's luck during the year of the cease-fire there were altogether 290 terrorist that goodies that took place. though most of them not along the northern border but to license side of israel or along other orders or incur up against the and israeli citizens all instructed from lebanon. and they had their labor, tremendous infrastructure. they had thei

suite to head the small business administration. she's the founder of a latino owned community bank in los angeles. the president will make the noument this afternoon at the white house. meanwhile here on c-span, we are going to take you live to hearing on capitol hill looking at threats to homeland security. among those testifying on your screen, former senator and former chairman of the homeland security committee, joe lieberman. >> sit back, frankly it can only get worse. there are two bad results here. one is that assad wins, which is a win for iran, incidentally. and the other is that the al qaeda groups win. so we still have -- still, believe it or not, pro-american element there. a group that we can work with. they are angry at us, they are disappointed with us, but they still need our help. if it wasn't for the saudis pouring money in there, they would have been out already. not too late. we have a lot on the line. if we don't act, syria will become a base for future acts against the american homeland. >> congressman king, i have lots of positive things to say about the nypd in addition to the fact they keep my kids and grandkids safe, and i think ray kelly's service was impressi