P&L: The Restaurant Industry Is in a Perfect Storm of Problems
Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz talk to Jonathan Segal, founder and CEO of The ONE Group and STK restaurants, about the impact that uncertainty over Brexit and the election has had on the hospitality industry. Then, Mark Niquette, a politics and national government reporter for Bloomberg News, previews election day. Also, Poonam Goyal, senior U.S. retail analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, gives a holiday retail forecast and says warm weather could affect department stores' 3Q earnings. Finally, Bloomberg News' Mike McGlone discusses how the election will weigh on commodities.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7 Nov 201628min
P&L: Wall Street's Bro Culture Has Been Emboldened by Trump
Bloomberg's Katia Porzecanski tells Lisa Abramowicz and Alex Sherman, filling in for Pimm Fox, about the women who are enduring Wall Street's bro culture in the age of Donald Trump. They also talk to Labor Secretary Tom Perez's chief economist, Heidi Shierholz, about today's job report. Then, Bloomberg's Lananh Nguyen says that traders aren't taking anything for granted as the election approaches. Finally, Craig Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners, discusses the holiday retail forecast and says that virtual reality technology is driving a lot of interest.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4 Nov 201628min
P&L: Hologic's 3D Technology Finds Early Stage Cancer, CEO Says
Stephen MacMillan, CEO of Hologic, says that his company's 3D technology addresses the key issues in mammograms. Then, Laura Keller, a Bloomberg finance reporter, and Elliot Stein, a senior litigation analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, discuss Wells Fargo's sales abuse culture and the SEC investigation. Kit Chellel, a legal reporter for Bloomberg in London, discusses today's U.K. court decision, which rules that the U.K. must now hold a vote in Parliament before starting the Brexit process. John Campbell, chief investment officer of Cornerstone Investment Partners, covers earnings and outlook for small-cap stocks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3 Nov 201627min
P&L: Trump Has an Uphill Climb to 270 Electoral Votes
Pimm and Lisa talk to Bloomberg News' Mark Niquette about a new Bloomberg poll that shows independents favor Clinton by a small margin. Jim Bianco, president and founder of Bianco Research, discusses his outlook for bond yields and gives a big picture look at inflation and growth. Then, Paul Sweeney, director of North American research and media analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, discusses Time Warner, Twentieth Century Fox and Facebook's media earnings. Finally, TE Connectivity's incoming CEO, Terrence Curtin, and outgoing CEO, Tom Lynch, discuss Q4 earnings and the 2017 outlook.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2 Nov 201623min
P&L: Josh Green Goes Inside The Trump Bunker
Joshua Green, a Bloomberg national correspondent, says Trump's campaign could use their massive list of supporters to build an audience for a possible media venture. Then, Pimm and Lisa discuss the collapse of the Gannett-Tronc deal with Alex Sherman, a Bloomberg deals reporter and host of Bloomberg's Deal of the Week podcast, who says it could be a Harvard case study on how not to do M&A. Rick Bergman, president of Synaptics, says 3D gesture technology would be a natural acquisition for his user interface solutions company. Finally, Laura Blewitt, a Bloomberg oil products reporter, says yesterday's Colonial Pipeline explosion could cause the line to be shut down for weeks, having a huge impact on drivers along the eastern seaboard.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 Nov 201624min
P&L: Deals Mania With GE-Baker Hughes And CenturyLink-Level 3
It was a big weekend for big deals. Pimm and Lisa talk to Rick Clough, a Bloomberg industrials reporter, about GE merging its oil division with Baker Hughes. Then, they discuss CenturyLink's $34 billion deal to buy Level 3 Communications with Alex Sherman, a Bloomberg deals reporter and host of Bloomberg's Deal of the Week podcast. They also talk to Brendan Brown, chief economist and head of economic research at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, about why Janet Yellen needs to go. Finally, Marc Levine, chairman of the Illinois State Board of Investment, defends index investing vs active investing.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
31 Okt 201628min
P&L: Be Skeptical of Eco Sentiment Data Before U.S. Election
Yelena Shulyatyeva, a senior U.S. economist at Bloomberg Intelligence, discusses the U.S. GDP report and why sentiment data can be distorting. Vincent Piazza, a senior U.S. oil and gas analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, gives an oil outlook and overview of Exxon Mobil and Chevron earnings. Tony Roth, chief investment officer at Wilmington Trust, discusses the global economy, income returns and investing opportunities. Mike Jackson, CEO of AutoNation, says the auto industry is plateauing.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
28 Okt 201626min
P&L: We're In a Healthy But Maturing Part of Cycle, Shanks Says
Bob Shanks, CFO of Ford Motor Co., on Ford's 3Q earnings. Barrington Pitt Miller, an equity analyst and Euro market expert at Janus Capital, and Laura Keller, a Bloomberg finance reporter, on Deutsche Bank earnings and the company's lack of a cohesive strategy. Ben Brody, a Bloomberg politics reporter, on how a Clinton aide boasted about how he helped the foundation prosper.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
27 Okt 201623min
