The Microsoft-Activision Blizzard Deal, Done, with ATVI CEO Bobby Kotick 10/13/23
After 22 months, Microsoft has closed its $69.5B acquisition of Activision Blizzard. So what now? Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick reflects on the long road to regulatory approval, and what’s next...
13 Okt 202334min
How Hamas Fundraised Crypto & Why Apollo CEO Calls UPenn ‘Morally Confused’ 10/12/23
How is Hamas funded? TRM Labs Head of Global Policy and former federal prosecutor Ari Redbord discusses how his company tracks Hamas fundraising on the blockchain, and how Israeli and US law enforceme...
12 Okt 202341min
Exxon Mobil’s $59.5B Deal & CEOs Speaking Up Against Antisemitism 10/11/23
Exxon Mobil has struck a $59.5 billion deal to acquire Pioneer Natural Resources in an all-stock merger. Pioneer Natural Resources CEO Scott Sheffield and Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods discuss how the ...
11 Okt 202338min
Paul Tudor Jones, Geopolitics, & Israel’s Flow of Business 10/10/23
Founder of both the Tudor Investment and the Robin Hood Foundation Paul Tudor Jones shares his perspective on the economy and the markets, from interest rates and bond yields to equities prices and cr...
10 Okt 202341min
Israel, at War with Hamas: Ripples in Geopolitics, Oil, & Business 10/9/23
Thousands have been killed and injured in the wake of Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel over the weekend. New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman considers reports that Iran played a role in the assa...
9 Okt 202338min
Michael Dell, Ron DeSantis, & A Hot Jobs Number 10/06/23
Dell Technologies has announced a boost to its buyback plan and to its profit-growth outlook, in a meeting this week with analysts. CEO and founder of the computing giant Michael Dell discusses how AI...
6 Okt 202340min
Extremely Online Election, A Gavel Up for Grabs, & Money Laundering 10/5/23
X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has made cuts to its elections and disinformation team, eliminating almost all of the controls that were built after the 2016 election to prevent wide-scale ...
5 Okt 202325min
Ousted: Who’s Up for Speaker & What’s In for Big Tech 10/04/23
For the first time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives has voted its Speaker Kevn McCarthy (R-CA) out of his leadership seat. 2024 Presidential hopeful Chris Christie, former New Jersey Gove...
4 Okt 202341min
