Uberâs Prime-ish membership, Appleâs chip acquisition, and GoPuff is our âUnicorn of the Dayâ
Uber is launching a pilot in SF and Chicago for a membership program that combines all its services for one price. Apple is reportedly buying Intelâs smartphone chip-making business, and that dropped ...
23 Jul 201914min
Beyond Meatâs partnership-palooza, Boeingâs $8.5B âgateâ, and Tinder tries to cut out Googleâs app tax
Beyond Meat is bouncing back after 2 big partnership deals â online and offline. Youâre constantly hearing about Boeingâs issues, so weâre breaking down how its $8B price tag stacks up to other corpor...
22 Jul 201916min
Microsoftâs triple-threat quarter, Skechersâ 12% surge, and iHeartMediaâs back on Wall Street
Microsoft remains the worldâs biggest publicly-traded company, so we jumped into the big question no one understands these days: How it makes money. Skechers stock popped because itâs basically become...
19 Jul 201916min
Netflix's 1st decline, Amazonâs Prime Day records, and Unicorn of the Day: Turo
The 2-day Amazon Prime Day just ended, so we jump into the âflywheel effectâ that powers it. Netflix shares plummeted 12% and itâs blaming its lack of story-telling the last 3 months. And Turo is our ...
18 Jul 201916min
Apple battles Spotify for podcasts, Dominoâs âVolemort-yâ 9% drop, and Goldmanâs pivot to main street
A report revealed that Apple wants to jump deeper into podcasts by signing exclusive deals with podcast creators sent Spotify shares down. Dominoâs fell 9% after its earnings revealed it may be facing...
17 Jul 201913min
Chobaniâs Greek yogurt strategy, Marriottâs âresort feeâ call-out, and Blackstoneâs digital âad-quisitionâ
Chobani whipped up a new line of nut butter Greek yogurts â The Greek yogurt industry is struggling, but Chobani is using Coca-Colaâs spinoff strategy. Marriott has been charging âresort feesâ for yea...
16 Jul 201914min
Budweiser cancels biggest IPO of 2019, France passes a US tech tax, and Birdâs profitability drama
Earthâs biggest brew-glomerate, Budweiser-owner AB InBev, was planning the biggest IPO of the year by spinning off its Asia unit â that was suddenly canceled before the weekend. France unveiled a âtec...
15 Jul 201917min
Facebookâs crypto vs. the Fed, Lululemonâs 20K-sq-foot mega-store, and why healthcare stocks jumped big
Fed Chairman Jerry Powell was visiting Congress â So he shared his thoughts on Facebookâs planned cryptocurrency (that may have caused Bitcoin to drop). Lululemon whipped up a 20,000-square-foot mega-...
12 Jul 201914min
