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Be like Jeff Bezos and educate shareholders to not care about quarterly profits: Expert

1:16 PM ET Fri, 17 Aug 2018

Bill George, former Medtronic CEO, and William Cohan, author of "Why Wall Street Matters," debate whether it's better for companies to report earnings twice or four times a year, after President Trump tweeted his support of biannual earnings.

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