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Leadership
Cracker Barrel airs another plea to keep Sardar Biglari off the family-dining chain's board
Reality Check: A letter mailed to shareholders Monday repeats a detailed inventory of the investor's alleged faults as a business leader.
Financing
Innovation is great, until it isn't
The Bottom Line: Starbucks pushed through products recently while skipping its traditional testing processes, even as the coffee shop giant was working to improve operations. Those ideas are contradictory.
Financing
Fast-food chains get some big wins, despite a tough consumer environment
The Bottom Line: Wendy’s Krabby Patty Kollab generated strong sales for the chain. McDonald’s got traction with its Chicken Big Mac. Both proved that good marketing can win, even these days.