<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Medtronic Inc.: News &amp; Videos about Medtronic Inc. - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Medtronic_Inc</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Medtronic Inc. from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:27:12 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Medtronic Inc.: News &amp; Videos about Medtronic Inc. - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Medtronic_Inc</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Medtronic Inc. from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>What admired firms don't have in common</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/06/news/companies/hay.survey.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/06/news/companies/hay.survey.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>There are some characteristics that nearly all great companies share--talented senior management, a passion for innovation, and financial strength, among others. But when it comes to how they're organized, the World's Most Admired Companies have little in common.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>FDA approves Medtronic's drug-coated stent</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/01/news/companies/medtronic/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/01/news/companies/medtronic/index.htm</guid><description>Medtronic said on Friday that the Food and Drug Administration approved its drug-coated stent Endeavor.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Stent makers wage war over the heart</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/14/news/companies/stent_market/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/14/news/companies/stent_market/index.htm</guid><description>The still-ailing market for popular heart devices known as stents is headed for a war over market share, with two new products expected soon.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Medical devices put to legal test</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/29/news/companies/medtronic/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/29/news/companies/medtronic/index.htm</guid><description>The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could have major implications for Medtronic Inc. and other makers of medical devices.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Stocks still upbeat after reports</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/20/markets/stockswatch_ny/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/20/markets/stockswatch_ny/index.htm</guid><description>Stocks were still poised for a higher open even after the mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac reported a wider loss and a government report showed building permits hit a 14-year low.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>3 Supreme Court cases to watch</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/14/smbusiness/supreme_court_sm_biz.fsb/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/14/smbusiness/supreme_court_sm_biz.fsb/index.htm</guid><description>Of the 51 cases the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear this term, which began in October, eight directly affect small business.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Heart devices zapped by patient studies</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/06/news/companies/medical_devices/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/06/news/companies/medical_devices/index.htm</guid><description>The cause of implantable heart defibrillators took a hit Tuesday when researchers reported the results of two studies that failed to reach their objectives.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Stocks point upward at start</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/15/markets/markets_nyopen/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/15/markets/markets_nyopen/index.htm</guid><description>U.S. stocks were just slightly higher at the start of trading Monday as investors considered a new plan to help major banks deal with troubled debt.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stocks push further ahead</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/11/markets/markets_nyopen/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/11/markets/markets_nyopen/index.htm</guid><description>Stocks advanced in early trading Thursday, moving into record territory, on a narrower-than-expected trade gap and strength in overseas markets.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Medtronic stock dips on FDA stent report</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/05/news/companies/medtronic/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/05/news/companies/medtronic/index.htm</guid><description>Medtronic's stock price dipped 2 percent after the FDA released documents Friday that questioned the effectiveness of the company's experimental stent Endeavor.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Medical device makers settle fraud case</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/27/news/companies/med_device/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/27/news/companies/med_device/index.htm</guid><description>Five makers of medical device implants have made agreements with the U.S. government to resolve fraud concerns over industry practices, with four companies paying a total of $310 million, federal prosecutors said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Medtronic CEO: China hottest medical 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His even, Midwestern speech is sprinkled with words like "mission,"  "calling," an...</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2003 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why It's Time To Take a Risk Resources are cheap. The             competition is paralyzed. The last thing you should do right  </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/04/01/339829/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/04/01/339829/index.htm</guid><description>R.J. Pittman is a classic business daredevil, a 33-year-old with a new technology and a taste for adventure. Larry Brilliant is a more established quantity, a four-time entrepreneur who co-founded ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2003 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Coming Crash in Health Care Medical insurers' stocks are sky-high. But the party can't last.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/10/14/330032/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/10/14/330032/index.htm</guid><description>A weird but true fact about modern medical insurance: The healthiest way to deal with a managed-care company is to own stock in it. If you're covered by a medical benefits plan and actually go to t...</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2002 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Best Left TO Its Own Devices Medtronic, the No. 1             name in medical gadgetry, is as reliable as one of its pacemakers.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2002/09/01/327291/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2002/09/01/327291/index.htm</guid><description>Medtronic's new CEO Art Collins has a tough act to follow. His predecessor, William George, transformed Medtronic from a simple pacemaker manufacturer into the world's largest diversified medical d...</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2002 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Play the Rebound Think you got game? Think again. The rules are different for this recovery.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2002/05/01/321630/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2002/05/01/321630/index.htm</guid><description>We won't know for months whether the recession has officially ended, but it seems that folks all over Wall Street are high-fiving one another over the turnaround. Since September, Standard &amp;amp; Poor's...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2002 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The 100 Best Companies To Work For In a tough year             these companies tried to do right by their employees.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/02/04/317486/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/02/04/317486/index.htm</guid><description>How we pick the 100 best </description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2002 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Medical Device Stocks The industry pins its hopes on             a promising new generation of cardiovascular treatments.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2001/09/01/308625/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2001/09/01/308625/index.htm</guid><description>Thanks to the heart troubles of Vice President Dick Cheney, pacemakers and stents have been front-page news. Yet the companies that make such devices are at a crossroads. In the 1990s, industry lea...</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2001 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The 100 Best Companies To Work For These employers             show no signs of cutting back on their commitment to employees.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/01/08/294429/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/01/08/294429/index.htm</guid><description>The economy is shifting into a lower gear. You know that much. So what does that mean for the 100 Best Companies to Work For, FORTUNE's annual list of employers that know how to treat workers right...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2001 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A Human Place To Work A company can't be everything to all people, but it can try. Here's the tale of Medtronic's effort.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/01/08/294437/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/01/08/294437/index.htm</guid><description>Bill George cruises the long basement hallway between buildings at headquarters, and as he moves smartly from A to B, backs straighten, chins rise, and smiles appear within a 30-foot radius of his ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2001 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Mixed Results For Our 2000 Picks Our best performer jumped 55%. Our worst lost 28%.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/08/01/284349/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/08/01/284349/index.htm</guid><description>The markets have been highly volatile this year, so it's no surprise that the eight stocks we chose as our best investments for 2000 have produced widely varied returns. Our top pick jumped 55%; ou...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2000 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Amy Domini</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/04/01/277350/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/04/01/277350/index.htm</guid><description>STOCKS Analog Devices, Automatic Data Processing, Cintas, Cisco Systems, Coca-Cola, Colgate-Palmolive, Gillette, Medtronic, Merck, Microsoft, Paychex, Staples, State Street, Stryker and Vodafone Ai...</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2000 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Best Investments For 2000 And Beyond Sure, the             stock market is expensive. But dotcom mania aside, prices        </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/01/01/271464/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/01/01/271464/index.htm</guid><description>When our writers and editors sat down to discuss the best investments for the year ahead, the historically high price of the stock market was much on our minds. Is the moment near when unloved valu...</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2000 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Word On The Street What's going on with Medtronic, Maytag, Lexmark and more</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/11/01/268061/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/11/01/268061/index.htm</guid><description>Struggling hard to regain rhythm </description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 1999 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How Smart Is Medtronic Really? "The Microsoft of medical devices" is what Wall Street calls the pacemaker king, which also makes</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/10/25/267799/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/10/25/267799/index.htm</guid><description>Way back in 1949, Earl Bakken, the co-founder of Medtronic, outlined his 100-year plan. His company then was nothing more than a hospital-equipment repair shop, and the notion of implanting electri...</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 1999 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Suze Orman Author of the bestseller The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom and the recently released The Courage to Be Rich</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/05/01/259253/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/05/01/259253/index.htm</guid><description>STOCKS More than 25 stocks, almost all large-caps. Favorites include Abbott Laboratories, American International Group, Coca-Cola, General Electric, IBM, Intel, Medtronic, Microsoft, Northern Trust...</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 May 1999 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Dividends Really Matter Most investors no longer             care about yield. But rapidly rising dividends signal a        </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/05/01/259222/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/05/01/259222/index.htm</guid><description>The way most investors pick stocks today, you'd think that dividends were worthless. The yield on the S&amp;amp;P 500 is currently running a pitiful 1.2%, its lowest level in more than 75 years. Yet recent...</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 May 1999 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Analysis: Sizing Up A Stock Where to pin down the key data on an individual company</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/04/01/257693/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/04/01/257693/index.htm</guid><description>You now know how you can sort through large groups of stocks using screens. But what if you want to check up on one stock? I'll use an example to show you how. Recently, I saw that Medtronic (MDT),...</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 1999 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Staying With His Winners John Schroer has scored big             with drug and medical-device stocks.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/04/01/257692/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/04/01/257692/index.htm</guid><description>John Schroer has been on a roll. His home team, the Denver Broncos, won the Super Bowl, and his fund, $1.6 billion Invesco Health Sciences, topped all health-sector funds for 1998, returning 43%. </description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 1999 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>You Gotta Have Heart Cardiac-care stocks are recessionproof but volatile.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1998/11/01/250321/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1998/11/01/250321/index.htm</guid><description>Saying nice things about cardiac-care companies is easy. Their products keep you alive--can't beat that for a slogan. And they cater to well-off, well-fed, aging markets in North America and Wester...</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 1998 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Changing Jobs? Try the Net. The Internet is a far more powerful job-search tool than it was just months ago. Now you can't ignor</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/03/02/238573/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/03/02/238573/index.htm</guid><description>This past autumn, Tom Curry plunked down in the den of his Sturbridge, Mass., home, fired up the family computer, and started looking for work. Until then the computer had mostly been the domain of...</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 1998 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Employees Love These Companies It isn't             complicated: We found that most of the raves workers give             th</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/01/12/236458/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/01/12/236458/index.htm</guid><description>By now, most of us have been schooled to believe we'll spend the rest of our careers jumping from job to job, working ever harder to prove our mettle to cranky bosses, and getting promoted much les...</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 1998 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Nearly Purr-Fect: Our Stocks Are Up An Average Of 36.6% In '97</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/12/15/236118/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/12/15/236118/index.htm</guid><description>Just how rich would you be if you had bought all 43 stocks recommended in this column between January and June? Well, who knows exactly, but you would be smiling like the cat that ate the entire av...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 1997 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>WHY YOU SHOULD PICK UP THE GOOD GUYS ON THE RUN</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/05/01/225693/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/05/01/225693/index.htm</guid><description>THIS MONTH: --What to do with those Dow dogs now --Three acquisitive insurers offer gains of up to 38%. --A once-dim bulb glows with high-tech potential. </description><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 1997 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>HE CALLED THE CORRECTION</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/10/28/203895/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/10/28/203895/index.htm</guid><description>We caught up with Marshall Acuff in the Edinburgh airport, on his way to the Scottish highlands for a little shooting. The Smith Barney equity strategist was eerily on target in our July 8 issue ("...</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 1996 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>FOUR FUNDS THAT EXCEL BY PICKING A FEW GOOD STOCKS</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/10/01/217534/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/10/01/217534/index.htm</guid><description>THIS MONTH: </description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 1996 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>TEN STARS UNDER 50 THESE MANAGERS WERE ALSO FREQUENTLY MENTIONED AS CEO MATERIAL.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/06/24/213766/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/06/24/213766/index.htm</guid><description>Sandy Climan, 40 Executive vice president MCA </description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 1996 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>MEANWHILE, IN MONEY-APOLIS THERE ARE FEW PLACES ON             THE GLOBE WHERE SO MUCH CASH IS CHASING SO MANY CREATIVE IDEAS.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/05/27/212882/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/05/27/212882/index.htm</guid><description>Three years ago, Steven Schussler was headed for either restaurant heaven or the psychiatric ward. Living in the company of 45 parrots, four toucans, two tortoises, and an iguana--and changing diap...</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 May 1996 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>STEADY STOCKS TO ANCHOR YOUR PORTFOLIO LET THE MARKET             DO ITS WORST: THESE NINE STALWARTS CAN RETURN UP TO 28% NEXT Y</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/12/06/207643/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/12/06/207643/index.htm</guid><description>REMEMBER THOSE OLD NAUTIcal words of wisdom? Red sky at night, sailors' delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning. Well, it's nearly morning in 1996, and here's our warning. Forget about sm...</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 1995 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>THE REAL FAST TRACK IS OVERSEAS FOREIGN ASSIGNMENTS             ARE SHEDDING THEIR DEAD-END IMAGE AND PROMISE AN ENORMOUS       </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/08/21/205397/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/08/21/205397/index.htm</guid><description>As you patrol the corridors of corporate America, you hear more and more stories like the one about Gary Ellis. Everybody knew he was a fast-tracker headed for the top at Medtronic Inc., the world'...</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 1995 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The MONEY/Nordby Cities Index</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/11/01/89240/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/11/01/89240/index.htm</guid><description>Stocks of companies based in Cincinnati outperformed those of 23 other metropolitan areas in the third quarter, according to the exclusive MONEY/ Nordby Cities Index. It is composed of a series of ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 1994 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>TIPS FOR HIRING TECHIES </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/08/22/79651/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/08/22/79651/index.htm</guid><description>How does your company recruit technical workers? Still hanging that tacky job openings sign by the plant gate? Or maybe you're running cryptic classifieds. Are you happy with the results? As techni...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 1994 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>AND NOW, THE GOOD NEWS </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/07/01/75208/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/07/01/75208/index.htm</guid><description>An often overlooked plus from America's huge investment in medical R&amp;amp;D is its salubrious impact on the trade balance. The U.S. exported $11 billion of health care equipment and drugs last year, $3....</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 1991 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS THIRTYSOMETHING THEY'RE             MARRIED, WITH KIDS 3 AND 4, AN ANNUAL INCOME OF $75,000, AND          </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/10/29/74261/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/10/29/74261/index.htm</guid><description>ONLY ONE thing will grow faster than the children in this family: the bills. Turn around and the brood will need college tuition. Turn around again, and Mom and Dad will face retirement. To provide...</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 1990 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>PORTFOLIO TALK LOOKING FOR THE SHINE IN TARNISHED GEMS </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/11/21/71300/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/11/21/71300/index.htm</guid><description>''The first principle of winning is not to lose.'' That's the motto of Robert Hoerle, 55, whose staff gave him that teddy bear when he was named chairman of the capital management unit at Reich &amp;amp; T...</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 1988 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>WHAT AMERICA MAKES BEST A deep concern for product quality is turning many U.S. manufacturers into the world's top competitors. </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/03/28/70366/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/03/28/70366/index.htm</guid><description>IT'S BEEN a long time coming, but American manufacturers finally have reasons to be optimistic. Profits are rising, and so are exports. With the engines of many industries revved up to capacity, th...</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 1988 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>PORTFOLIO TALK Stocks From a Minnesotan's Backyard </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/11/24/68299/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/11/24/68299/index.htm</guid><description>Before Bing Carlin buys a stock, he tries to get to know the company's top executives. For fund managers whose companies are all over the globe, that would be impossible. But Carlin, the 51-year-ol...</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 1986 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>