The Great Russian Business Retreat, Costs of Hybrid Work, & Family Flight Plans 2/21/23
Nearly a year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Biden is in Kyiv and Poland. Yale School of Management’s Senior Associate Dean for Leadership Studies Jeffrey Sonnenfeld discusses the busin...
21 Feb 202332min
Lessons for Norfolk Southern Rail; Searching for Bao Fan; Betting on Gambling 2/17/23
Two weeks after a train derailment in Ohio resulted in a hazardous chemical spill, the responsible railway Norfolk Southern, the EPA, and the Biden administration are working to help the affected comm...
17 Feb 202327min
Squawk Pod Reports: Berkshire Hathaway's Charlie Munger 2/16/23
Charlie Munger, a shareholder and board member for The Daily Journal, spoke at the newspaper’s virtual annual meeting on Wednesday. The meeting featured a Q&A moderated by Becky Quick that featured a ...
17 Feb 20232h 10min
Hot Takes from Charlie Munger, Hot PPI Data from Labor, & a Hot Debt Warning from the CBO 2/16/23
Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger, a shareholder and board member of the Daily Journal Corporation, spoke at this year’s virtual Daily Journal Annual Meeting. Becky Quick delivers the hi...
16 Feb 202325min
Pharrell’s New Shoes, Biden’s New Economic Lead, & EV’s New Ports 2/15/23
After his dramatic takeover, Elon Musk aims to name a successor at Twitter before the end of 2023. Musk has also announced that thousands of Tesla’s chargers will soon open all other EVs. Federal Rese...
15 Feb 202330min
Cracking Open Coke & Spilling Media’s Meanest Secrets 02/14/23
The New York Times columnist Jim Stewart is out with a new book chronicling the manipulations and secret machinations of Sumner Redstone’s final years and the battle for his media empire. “Unscripted,...
14 Feb 202330min
The Super Bowl and UFO’s: How Was Your Weekend? 02/13/23
The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII! Not everyone was watching for the big game, though. Most of this year’s advertisements sold for between $6 million and $7 mi...
13 Feb 202329min
Gensler’s Crypto Warning and Hulu, Possibly for Sale 02/10/23
Disney CEO Bob Iger’s apparent openness to selling Hulu marks a stark reversal in strategy for the company. Iger said Thursday that “everything is on the table” with regard to Hulu’s future. Matt Bell...
10 Feb 202333min
