National Semiconductor recruited him and gave him a number of jobs over the next 20 years, including head of logic chips and of quality control.

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Li Changjiang, the head of China's quality-control watchdog, resigned.

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Lisa Goldstein, the head of health care bond ratings at Moody's, argues that better quality control can improve hospitals' financial performance.

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