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...national chains are undergoing a massive restructuring that will determine which among them survive. "We've made a few mistakes," concedes Safeway CEO Steve Burd, who was the industry darling for years until his cost-cutting skills sucked the life out of recent acquisitions, including Dominick's in Chicago and Genuardi's in Philadelphia. Revenues at the 1,800-store chain edged up 2%, to $35.6 billion last year, as the company logged $170 million in losses. With several big pension funds calling for his head, Burd embarked on a two-week road show last month to convince investors that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Supermarket Smackdown | 5/3/2004 | See Source »

AmEx paid for the whole thing. If this is the gravest privacy danger we face, then you can all know Mom's name is Burd. In fact, since AmEx wouldn't tell me what happened with its investigation, I'm still rooting for the other me to outrun the AmEx cops. He's tough, he's a world traveler, he's frugal, and I'm pretty sure he can help me take care of Adam Cohen if Adam ever tries to break into my home computer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Steal My Identity, Please | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

...This year was our most lucrative year since we started looking at the salaries during the '91-'92 year," Burd said. "We saw more presidents making over...

Author: By Sarah A. Dolgonos, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rudenstine's Salary Below College Median | 11/23/1999 | See Source »

...group, the Ivy League tends to be well represented among the highest-paid presidents," said Stephen Burd, the Chronicle reporter who covered the story. "In the case of Harvard University, prestige may be more important than...

Author: By Sarah A. Dolgonos, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rudenstine's Salary Below College Median | 11/23/1999 | See Source »

...minutes, from Burd to Burris, Ronald and Nancy Reagan sat in the chapel. To the dismay of some veterans, it was the President's only participation in the week's salute, and on his way out of the chapel, he could not resist putting an ideological point on the proceedings: "We are beginning to appreciate that they were fighting for a just cause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Homecoming at Last | 11/22/1982 | See Source »

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