Speaking out from the CEO's office, Starbucks, and spending by seniors

What are the reasons — and consequences — for speaking out when you sit in the corner office at a large corporation? Listen to Paul Haavardsrud's conversation with the CEO of Indigo Books, Heather Reisman, for her take on what it means to express sometimes controversial public opinions when you run a public corporation.

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Next its over to Starbucks, where producer Tracy Fuller explains just what the coffee giant's concept of the "third place" means in our inaugural Jargon of the Week segment.

Finally, the next few years will see many from the baby boomer generation head into retirement, but what does this mean for the economy? How does it change they might hold or drive the products they are apt to buy. Producer Tracy Johnson cruises into the impact of the soon-to-be senior citizens.

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