Retail’s Wreck: Target CEO Brian Cornell 5/19/22
The S&P 500 is on the brink of a bear market. Wednesday, the Dow fell more than 1,100 points, marking its worst sell-off in nearly two years. The S&P 500 also suffered its worst one-day decline since ...
19 Touko 202228min
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav 5/18/22
In his first interview since the $43 billion dollar media merger, Warner Brothers Discovery CEO David Zaslav shares the company’s plan to combine HBO Max and Discovery into one streaming platform. Zas...
18 Touko 202236min
Wall Street Dramas: JetBlue’s Hostile Bid, Elon Musk’s Twitter Plan, Jeff Bezos’s Pointed Tweets 5/17/22
A new SEC filing reveals Elon Musk’s original plan to join Twitter’s board, and to later abandon that plan in favor of a takeover. Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg reacts to JetBlue’s hostile takeov...
17 Touko 202221min
Ben Bernanke: Inflation, Recession, and ESG with the Former Fed Chair 5/16/22
Former Chair of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke weighs in on the US economic recovery from Covid-19, the likelihood of an impending recession, and the Fed’s strategy to combat inflation. In an extend...
16 Touko 20221h 4min
Elon Musk and Twitter Taking a Break? Coinbase CFO: “We’ve navigated through crypto cycles” 5/13/22
Elon Musk announced today that his Twitter deal is on hold “temporarily” until he receives more information about how many fake accounts exist on the social media platform. In a follow-up tweet a few ...
13 Touko 202236min
Streaming’s Collapse; Crypto’s Decline & Vegan Jerky 5/12/22
Bitcoin fell to its lowest in 16 months today, leading a rush out of risk assets, while the collapse of TerraUSD, a so-called stablecoin, underscored the strain on cryptocurrency markets. Bitcoin, the...
12 Touko 202235min
Red-Hot Inflation; Dr Scott Gottlieb: “I do not see China’s way out of Covid” 5/11/22
Inflation rose again in April, continuing a climb that has pushed consumers to the brink and is threatening the economic expansion. The consumer price index accelerated 8.3% in April, more than the 8....
11 Touko 202231min
Former AOL CEO Tim Armstrong: Tech stocks are on sale 5/10/22
The technology sector attempted a comeback today after suffering some of the biggest losses in recent weeks. Tim Armstrong, founder and CEO of tech startup Flowcode and former CEO and chairman of AOL,...
10 Touko 202229min
