Factory to Your Front Door: Inside the Global Supply Chain

Factory to Your Front Door: Inside the Global Supply Chain

At some point in their journey, 90% of the world's goods travel by ship. Ordering something on Amazon may be simple, but getting to your front door is anything but. It's a topic that Christopher Mims, technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal, covers in his book Arriving Today: From Factory to Front Door – Why Everything Has Changed About How and What We Buy. In this episode producer Ricky Mulvey talks with Mims about his book, covering topics including: - The roots of the microchip shortage - Why Uber had a difficult time disrupting the trucking industry. - What it’s like to work in an Amazon fulfillment center - How to explain the metaverse to your mom You can follow Christopher Mims on Twitter @mims. Host: Ricky Mulvey Guest: Christopher Mims Engineers: Rick Engdahl, Dan Boyd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Interview with Redwire CEO Peter Cannito

Interview with Redwire CEO Peter Cannito

Peter Cannito is the Chairman and CEO of Redwire, a space infrastructure and services company. Motley Fool contributor Lou Whiteman talks with Cannito about the business of space and the business of R...

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What to Know About a Stock’s Workforce

What to Know About a Stock’s Workforce

The largest expense for most companies is labor, so how a company chooses, manages, and pays its workforce can be a crucial consideration when evaluating it as an investment. Robert Brokamp discusses ...

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Will Netflix Go All-Cash for WBD?

Will Netflix Go All-Cash for WBD?

Netflix may be forced to offer all cash for WBD if the cable assets being spun off doesn’t have the value Netflix thought they did. But is that something Netflix will do and what are the risks? We bre...

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Bank Profits Rise Amid Credit Card Uncertainty

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Matt Frankel, Tyler Crowe, and Jon Quast discuss: - Earnings from six of the largest U.S. banks - The president's proposed cap on credit card interest rates - Stocks on our radar Companies discu...

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Google’s Hot Start to 2026

Google’s Hot Start to 2026

When ChatGPT was released, the company most impacted was supposed to be Google. But over the past year Google has surpassed OpenAI’s models and Gemini is gaining market share. This week, the company a...

14 Jan 23min

For Data Centers, Power is the New Real Estate (Literally)

For Data Centers, Power is the New Real Estate (Literally)

Data centers are still the headline, but the real pinch points are power and real estate. Emily Flippen is joined by Motley Fool analysts Anders Bylund and Dan Caplinger to map the data center buildou...

13 Jan 23min

 Intel Hits a 52-Week High: Time to Buy?

Intel Hits a 52-Week High: Time to Buy?

On Friday, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) hit a fresh 52-week high. Are higher highs in the forecast? We look at the U.S. government's backing of the business and what it might mean for future returns. Asit ...

12 Jan 22min

Interview with Zack Kass: The Next Renaissance

Interview with Zack Kass: The Next Renaissance

Zach Kass is a global AI advisor and former head of go-to-market at OpenAI, where he led the teams responsible for sales, partnerships and customer success. He was at OpenAI when the company launched ...

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