The Bottom Line
Evan Davis hosts the business conversation show with people at the top giving insight into what matters
The Bottom Line - 01/03/2008
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 01/07/2010
In a special programme recorded at the Design Museum in London, Evan Davis and his panel of guests discuss economic recovery in Britain and design.
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The Bottom Line - 01/10/2009
Evan Davis asks his panel of top business guests about discipline at work and tries to shed some light on the mysteries of profit margins.
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The Bottom Line - 01/11/2008
With Evan Davis. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about bargain hunting when economic times get tougher, and how to keep up with the demands of product life cycles.
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The Bottom Line - 02/02/2008
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 02/07/2009
Evan Davis asks his top-rung guests to divulge how much time they spend with those on the bottom rung, and how important they think it is for the success of their business.
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The Bottom Line - 03/02/2007
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Guests talk about the things that are important to companies and their customers - the people, the products and the relationships.
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The Bottom Line - 03/06/2010
Evan Davis is joined by top executives from an industry group, a broadcaster and a circus company to discuss lobbying and 'new and improved' products.
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The Bottom Line - 03/11/2007
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 04/02/2010
Evan Davis is joined by a panel of business guests to discuss how much technical understanding they need of their products, and asks them to reveal the secrets of a good showroom.
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The Bottom Line - 04/03/2010
Evan Davis is joined by a panel of top executives to discuss the power of advertising. They also debate whether the pace of business life has sped up.
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The Bottom Line - 04/06/2009
Evan Davis and guests Shumeet Banerji, Rita Clifton and Hugh Hendry consider whether we have entered a new era of austerity. Is there light at the end of the economic tunnel?
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The Bottom Line - 04/10/2008
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 04/11/2010
Evan and guests examine how young upstart companies break into markets dominated by an incumbent. They also discuss company names and the obsession with changing them.
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The Bottom Line - 05/07/2008
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 05/11/2009
Evan Davis is joined by a panel of top business guests to discuss private equity - the investors who have endured boom and bust like no other.
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The Bottom Line - 06/10/2007
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 07/02/2009
Evan Davis and his business guests talk about government intervention as President Obama plans to limit the salaries of corporate bosses who receive bailout funds.
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The Bottom Line - 07/03/2009
Evan Davis challenges his guests on the art - and the complications - of pricing. For once, as recession gloom deepens, bosses of big business discuss the prospects of an upturn.
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The Bottom Line - 07/06/2008
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 07/10/2010
Evan Davis and guests navigate some of the new media routes into a consumer's consciousness. They also discuss whether it's better to be optimistic in business, or realistic.
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The Bottom Line - 08/03/2008
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 08/07/2010
Evan Davis and his panel of top business guests discuss the problems caused by fear of technology and the difficulties of working with people you don't like.
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The Bottom Line - 08/10/2009
Stephanie Flanders asks her panel of business guests about the art of salesmanship. Plus training on the job - we've all done it, but does formal training pay dividends in the end?
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The Bottom Line - 08/11/2008
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. He and a panel of experts discuss human error and budget overruns.
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The Bottom Line - 09/02/2008
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 09/07/2009
Evan Davis talks to three chief executives about the challenges of maintaining control over their time and being at the mercy of others.
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The Bottom Line - 10/02/2007
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Guests talk about the things that are important to companies and their customers - the people, the products and the relationships.
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The Bottom Line - 10/06/2010
Stephanie Flanders chats to guests from the worlds of music, banking and mining about long-term strategy and scouting for talent.
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The Bottom Line - 11/02/2010
Evan Davis is joined by a panel of executives from the world of PR to discuss exactly what it is that they do. He also finds out what advice they would give to companies in crisis.
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The Bottom Line - 11/03/2010
Evan Davis is joined by a panel of top executives from the travel industry to discuss how they go about making cuts in difficult times and dealing with nightmare customers.
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The Bottom Line - 11/06/2009
Evan Davis asks his three guests about the tricky business of succession, and whether businesses can manage them any better than politicians.
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The Bottom Line - 11/10/2008
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 11/11/2010
Evan Davis asks his guests how they plan for unexpected events. How prepared actually are they for a crisis? And dressing up or dressing down - they discuss what to wear to work.
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The Bottom Line - 12/07/2008
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 12/11/2009
Evan Davis is joined by a panel of top business guests, including two leading Silicon Valley investors, to discuss why businesses cluster together and to discuss the future of TV.
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The Bottom Line - 13/10/2007
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 14/02/2009
The team find out how people from some of the world's biggest businesses are planning to survive the downturn. Evan Davis is joined by Clara Gaymard, Ayman Asfari and Tony Mascolo.
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The Bottom Line - 14/03/2009
Evan Davis talks to marketing chief Sir Martin Sorrell; Guy Laurence, CEO of Vodafone UK; and Richard Brown of Eurostar about the the advertising industry.
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The Bottom Line - 14/06/2008
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 14/10/2010
Evan Davis and guests discuss the exacting business of logistics. They also discuss customer service - how far should a company go in trying to satisfy its consumers?
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The Bottom Line - 15/03/2008
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 15/07/2010
Evan Davis presents the business magazine, where business leaders discuss the issues that matter - from the boardroom to the shop floor, from building success to handling failure.
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The Bottom Line - 15/10/2009
Evan Davis presents a special edition of the business magazine from the University of Derby. He asks his panel of guests about the role played by lawyers in business.
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The Bottom Line - 15/11/2008
Evan Davis talks to business leaders about growing business in a downturn and barriers to entry.
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The Bottom Line - 16/02/2008
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 16/07/2009
What advice would Evan Davis's successful business guests give to youngsters just leaving school now? He is joined by James Dyson, Martha Lane Fox and Adrian Ringrose.
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The Bottom Line - 17/03/2007
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Guests talk about the things that are important to companies and their customers: the people, the products and the relationships.
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The Bottom Line - 17/06/2010
Evan Davis is joined in the studio by guests from a private equity business, an energy company and a software firm. Up for debate: organic growth and IT disasters.
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The Bottom Line - 18/02/2010
Evan Davis asks a panel of top executives whether it is luck that got them to the top, talent or sheer hard graft. They also talk about design: what matters most, form or function?
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The Bottom Line - 18/03/2010
Evan Davis is joined by a panel of top executives from the worlds of house building, drinking and gambling to find out what they think of their rivals and to talk about regulations.
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The Bottom Line - 18/06/2009
Guest presenter Stephanie Flanders discusses the future of the airline industry with Stelios Haji-Ioannou, Lord Digby Jones and Steve Ridgway.
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The Bottom Line - 18/10/2008
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 18/11/2010
Evan Davis asks his guests about the importance of location for companies. What are the advantages of being near the competition? They also discuss the role of email in business.
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The Bottom Line - 19/07/2008
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 19/11/2009
Evan Davis and guests discuss creative accounting; do companies try to make their books look better than they are? And what makes for well-designed office space?
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The Bottom Line - 20/10/2007
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 21/02/2009
Evan Davis hears negotiating tips from three top businesspeople, including the chief executive of Asda. What are the keys for success when negotiating with suppliers or buyers?
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The Bottom Line - 21/03/2009
Evan Davis talks to the bosses of confectionery giant Cadbury and insurance group Aviva to find out what they do when their market value plunges.
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The Bottom Line - 21/06/2008
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 21/10/2010
Evan Davis and his guests discuss the importance of raw materials for their companies. They also consider whether business is a place for emotion and sentimentality.
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The Bottom Line - 22/03/2008
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 22/10/2009
Evan Davis is joined by a panel of top business guests to discuss technology. From electric cars to satellites to jet engines, can it really solve the world's problems?
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The Bottom Line - 22/11/2008
Evan Davis and a panel of business experts discuss shop displays and the challenges of doing business in Europe.
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The Bottom Line - 23/02/2008
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 23/09/2010
Evan Davis and guests discuss whether the world economy can flourish even if the US does not. And sponsorship - how companies decide which events to back, and how much to spend.
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The Bottom Line - 24/06/2010
Evan Davis is joined in the studio by three top business guests to talk about property management, trends in the leisure industry and more.
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The Bottom Line - 24/09/2009
Evan Davis and his guests discuss managing the expectations of customers and shareholders. Also, meetings - what makes them effective, and who needs to be in the room?
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The Bottom Line - 25/02/2010
Evan Davis is joined by a panel of top executives to ask where businesses should draw the line when it comes to outsourcing. They also discuss the future of publishing.
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The Bottom Line - 25/03/2010
Evan Davis is joined by top executives from Nintendo, MTV and Thomson Reuters to find out what challenges they face in the digital age and how they manage their star performer.
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The Bottom Line - 25/06/2009
Evan Davis asks his guests PY Gerbeau, David Roche and John McLaren about their personal style of management.
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The Bottom Line - 25/10/2008
Evan Davis is joined by experts to debate accounting rules and their impact on the markets. Was the way banks declare their assets partly to blame for the economic meltdown?
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The Bottom Line - 26/01/2008
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. This special edition, recorded in Edinburgh, focuses on Scottish businesses.
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The Bottom Line - 26/07/2008
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 27/01/2011
Evan Davis and guests predict how the world economy will look in five years' time. They also assess the value of networking, both actual and virtual, on your business and career.
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The Bottom Line - 27/05/2010
Evan Davis and guests discuss how companies plan for the short and long term as the Eurozone crisis adds to economic uncertainty. And how does business deal with downtime?
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The Bottom Line - 27/10/2007
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 28/01/2010
Evan Davis and a panel of top business guests discuss where we might see growth in the world economy and whether employers should be responsible for the health of their workers.
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The Bottom Line - 28/02/2009
Evan Davis discusses whether hedge funds have contributed to the economic crisis and whether they should trade without being regulated. His guest is fund manager Hugh Hendry.
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The Bottom Line - 28/03/2009
Evan Davis asks his guests from car maker Nissan, baby retailer Mothercare and financial firm Barchester Group what they fear more, inflation or deflation.
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The Bottom Line - 28/05/2009
Evan Davis and his guests discuss how businesses can survive a recession, MPs' expenses and the pros and cons of having a positive mental attitude in the workplace.
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The Bottom Line - 28/06/2008
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 28/10/2010
Evan Davis and guests examine the relationship between company chairman and chief executive. They also discuss the merits of youth and age in the workplace.
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The Bottom Line - 29/03/2008
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 29/05/2010
Evan Davis and guests discuss how companies plan for the short- and long-term as the Eurozone crisis adds to economic uncertainty. And downtime - how does business deal with it?
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The Bottom Line - 29/09/2007
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - 29/10/2009
Evan Davis is joined by a panel of top business guests to discuss those silly bits of paper and metal we call money. Surely someone can invent a better way to pay for things?
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The Bottom Line - 30/09/2010
Evan Davis and guests debate whether market share is the best strategy. And corporate claptrap - why do intelligent business people sometimes fall in love with complete gibberish?
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The Bottom Line - 31/01/2009
Evan Davis and guests discuss whether air travel can be improved in these tough times and debate whether corporate memory can be handed down through the generations.
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The Bottom Line - 31/05/2008
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - Episode 1
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - Episode 1
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - Episode 2
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - Episode 3
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - Episode 4
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Guests talk about the things that are important to companies and their customers - the people, the products and the relationships.
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The Bottom Line - Episode 4
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - Episode 5
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Guests talk about the things that are important to companies and their customers - the people, the products and the relationships.
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The Bottom Line - Episode 5
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - Episode 6
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Guests talk about the things that are important to companies and their customers - the people, the products and the relationships.
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The Bottom Line - Episode 6
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - Episode 7
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Guests talk about the things that are important to companies and their customers - the people, the products and the relationships.
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The Bottom Line - Episode 7
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - Episode 8
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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The Bottom Line - Episode 9
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Guests talk about the things that are important to companies and their customers: the people, the products and the relationships.
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The Bottom Line - Episode 9
Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to their companies and their customers.
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