Taking the SPAC out of Ackman
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman’s blank-check company Pershing Square Tontine Holdings has dropped a deal to buy 10% of Vivendi’s flagship Universal Music Group, following regulator concerns. Ackman ...
19 Jul 202139min
Billionaires in Rockets & Masks in LA
As Jeff Bezos prepares for his upcoming spaceflight, the Franklin Institute’s chief astronomer Derrick Pitts discusses details of the unpiloted Blue Origin craft and the differences between this billi...
16 Jul 202133min
Spruce Short Selling Oatly; Netflix Playing the Game; America Tackling Equity
Activist short seller Spruce Point Capital Management is accusing Oatly of shady accounting and greenwashing, claiming the stock is up to 70% overvalued. Spruce Point Founder and CIO Ben Axler explain...
15 Jul 202129min
BlackRock’s Larry Fink & Marriott’s New CEO
Founder, chairman, and CEO of the world’s largest asset manager, Larry Fink discusses inflation and the Delta variant as they impact the global economic recovery in an extended interview. With $9.5 tr...
14 Jul 202141min
Boosters with Dr. Fauci; The Top State for Business; Worker Wage Wellness with Chipotle & PayPal CEOs
Pfizer executives shared data about vaccines and Covid-19 boosters with government agencies this week. After attending the meeting, NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci shares his expected timeline for bo...
13 Jul 202135min
To the Edge of Space, & Beyond!
Virgin Galactic successfully brought founder Sir Richard Branson and three other crew members in a suborbital space flight, its fourth spaceflight to date. Joe, Becky, Andrew, and discuss the trip’s i...
12 Jul 202141min
Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger: Thinking Like An Oracle
In the final episode in Squawk Pod’s Berkshire Hathaway series, Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger share their combined 187 years of wisdom, both in life and in finance. The two consider history’s patt...
9 Jul 202136min
Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger: A Swing & A Risk
In part three of the Squawk Pod Berkshire Hathaway series, CEO Warren Buffett and Vice Chairman Charlie Munger share lessons learned from investing through nearly 7 decades of economic history. In con...
8 Jul 202134min
