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Last month, Motley Fool co-founder and CEO Tom Gardner traveled to Austin, Texas, to interview John Mackey, co-CEO of Whole Foods Market (NYS: WFM) . As the founder of Whole Foods, Mackey has led the company from a single, small store in 1980 to what is today a multibillion-dollar player...

McDonald's (NYS: MCD) carries $2.7 billion of goodwill and other intangibles on its balance sheet. Sometimes goodwill, especially when it's excessive, can foreshadow problems down the road. Could this be the case with McDonald's? Before we answer that, let's look at what could...

The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which columnist Morgan Housel discusses topics around the investing world. Corporate profit margins are at an all-time high and are probably unsustainable. That's scaring some investors who think falling...

Jim Sinegal is the founder, chairman, and former longtime CEO of Costco (NAS: COST) . During his tenure as chief executive, Sinegal grew Costco from a single warehouse to a now-$39 billion chain. Last month, The Motley Fool's own founder and CEO, Tom Gardner, ventured to a Costco warehouse...

Microsoft (NAS: MSFT) carries $22.5 billion of goodwill and other intangibles on its balance sheet. Sometimes goodwill, especially when it's excessive, can foreshadow problems down the road. Could this be the case with Microsoft? Before we answer that, let's look at what could...

The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which research analysts Lyons George and Brendan Matthews discuss topics around the investing world. If you're a tech fanboy, last week's Google I/O conference was almost like Christmas: new devices were announced,...

What a week it was on the Dow Jones Industrials Average (INDEX: ^DJI) . Just when it looked like the index was going to close out the quarter down more than 5%, the market rallied 2.2% on Friday. The catalyst for the cheer was an agreement by European leaders to prop up ailing banks....