Running with the Bulls

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This journey into the heart of the New Economy combines dramatic tales of high finance with revealing portraits of some of America's most powerful business leaders. Smith depicts the massive power shift in the American economy from major corporate CEOs to Wall Street money managers. This episode features the inside story of the Chase Manhattan-Chemical Bank merger, spiced with a rare behind-the-scenes profile of mutual-fund manager Michael Price, and his battle with Chase CEO Thomas Labrecque. Another case study shows the corporate turnaround methods of Sunbeam's former CEO Al Dunlap, critiqued by Lucent Technologies' chairman Henry Schacht and others.

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59 min 32 sec

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