Burberry: Gabardine at the South Pole to the Check Banned in Pubs
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Thomas Burberry was 21 when he opened his shop in Basingstoke in 1856, and in 1879 he introduced...
18 Okt 20min
Blockbuster Video: Total Access, Carl Icahn and the Last Store in Bend
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!David Cook ran Cook Data Services, a database company for the Texas oil industry, before opening...
18 Okt 23min
BlackBerry: From Push Email Pagers to QNX Software in Connected Cars
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!BlackBerry began in 1984 in Waterloo, Ontario, as Research in Motion, a company building data pr...
18 Okt 20min
Bill Ackman: The MBIA Short, the Herbalife War and a $2.6B Covid Bet
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Bill Ackman grew up in Chappaqua, New York, in a real estate finance family, graduated magna cum...
18 Okt 21min
Bear Stearns: 35-to-1 Debt, a $2 Fire Sale and a Typo Worth $8 a Share
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Bear Stearns was founded in 1923 by Joseph Ainslie Bear, Robert B. Stearns and Harold C. Mayer w...
18 Okt 23min
Subprime Lending Explained: Teaser Rates, D-Paper and UK Loan Sharks
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Subprime, also called near prime, non prime or second chance lending, is a lender's price for a ...
18 Okt 23min
Cristóbal Balenciaga: Sack Dresses, a Press Blackout and Modern Scandal
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Cristóbal Balenciaga opened his first boutique in San Sebastián in 1917 and later dressed the Sp...
18 Okt 22min
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars: How BMW Won the Name and Built Goodwood
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!When Vickers sold the Rolls-Royce car division in 1998, Volkswagen outbid BMW, £430 million to £...
18 Okt 22min
