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Behind this recall, and the cause of this recall. its going to be astronomically expensive. theyre recalling 100 million air bags, potentially, and it seems like takata is unlikely to escape unsullied by this financially at least. theyre looking to sell about $1.5 billion worth of assets to key safety systems. thats a u.s.-based chinese owned company. that will not be nearly enough to cover the losses of potential carmakers. if we talk about prime minister modi, he is going to be meeting with pr...

>> one of the quotes, he says its the greatest place i hate to work at. its challenging. you work there a couple of years and you have the privilege of working at one of most successful companies in america. >> some of the managers apparently according to this "new york times," people had cancer, illness in their family, people died and they needed time to get back in the system, there was no time, so they got squeezed out. but jeff basos himself made it very clear. talk to hr or email me. jeff@...

Somebody to fund you. youre not going to convince a consumer to buy it. thats why basos does what he does. you describe it right. he begins all senior strategy meetings the way you describe. 20 to 30-minute period of quiet because in effect hes saying i dont want people to pretend they read the memo. i want to force you to actually read the memo. think about a the pressure on the memo writer. everybody is sitting there reading. it makes these memos really well written. his argument is if you can...

Thats always plagued news. and there have been various ways to address that over the years. one of the reasons that the "new york times" sunday paper is so big is because people want a lot of different kinds of things. people, you know, advertisers pay for the movies section, advertisers pay for the fashion section and the "new york times" can take all that money and use it to save for the pure in iraq which not many people read, but its important journalism that they have to do. so theres that ...

Of the special interests. so i wonder, do you think thats a potential problem that they, you know, are sort of part of corporate america? and also could basos use his experience in amazon to get people to stay on a news site longer or to be repeat customers? >> i think thats always a danger, but thats a danger ever present in the media today. "the washington post" company before bas oo s bought it, you know, they ran capllan, this huge education company and that had a lot of dealings in washingt...

They have expertise and they have a very special expertise. they know how to get people on your site, on your plat form, and they know how to walk them around and make money. they actually get people to spend money. we just want them to be there long enough to look at the ads. >> i specd a cynical -- >> no, no, no. here is where im optimistic about that. these guys can do it. but im worried that we talk about them as if we can save us. the other thing we have to learn is were the poor cousins no...

Have a very special expertise. they know how to get people on your site, on your plat form, and they know how to walk them around and make money. they actually get people to spend money. we just want them to be there long enough to look at the ads. >> i specd a cynical -- >> no, no, no. here is where im optimistic about that. these guys can do it. but im worried that we talk about them as if we can save us. the other thing we have to learn is were the poor cousins now and theyre the rich guys. a...

Thats always plagued news. and there have been various ways to address that over the years. one of the reasons that the "new york times" sunday paper is so big is because people want a lot of different kinds of things. people, you know, advertisers pay for the movies section, advertisers pay for the fashion section and the "new york times" can take all that money and use it to save for the pure in iraq which not many people read, but its important journalism that they have to do. so theres that ...

Is much, are you lazy or incompetent? if i hear that idea again, im going to have to kill myself. after a presentation, why are you wasting my life? which ive said to ari several times. if its true nice guys finish last, you understand why hes had a lake front mansion near gates and worth $25 billion thanks to the everything store, which is also the title of brad stones fascinating best selling biography out this week. brad, you talked to jeff many times for this book. there were other people do...

Syrian people a way out of their crisis. >> and if youre a fan of hbos the newsroom, you know them, obsessed with social media. but a report this week from the real world says twitter may be ruining presidential campaign coverage. well talk to the author of the report along with a campaign insider. and amazons jeff basos gets a look inside his very own washington post. former executive editor lynn downey was in the room and today hes here to discuss the future of the post and the future of new...