A Deadline Looms for Kevin McCarthy and Coinbase Goes to Washington 9/28/23
With just days to go before a government funding deadline, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy criticizes a short-term Senate government funding bill — stoking more fears that a shutdown could take place — s...
28 Sep 202338min
Khan’s Case against Amazon & Union Politics 9/27/23
Lina Khan, FTC Chair, is frequently seen as the face and the voice of the Biden administration’s antagonism against the “bigness” of big tech. The Federal Trade Commision and 17 states have filed a l...
27 Sep 202333min
Barry Diller on Hollywood Hegemony, Strikes and Streaming 9/26/23
“AI, Schmay-aye” says Barry Diller, on the technology the markets and the content industry can’t stop talking about. The media mogul joins the Squawk Box gang for a deep dive into the causes – and th...
26 Sep 202335min
Countdown to Shutdown, Austan Goolsbee on Inflation, and We’re Singing in the Rain 9/25/23
The government funding deadline – midnight on October 1st – is looming and the likelihood of a federal shutdown is high. Pimco’s head of public policy, Libby Cantrill, describes the gamesmanship in W...
25 Sep 202333min
Antitrust Trial of (This) Century: DOJ vs. Google; China’s Moves around Taiwan 9/22/23
Over the next few months, the DOJ and a collection of state attorneys general will make their case to a D.C. District Court judge for why Google has allegedly violated anti-monopoly law through exclus...
22 Sep 202327min
Writers Strike Optimism & Bank Stocks “Univestable” 9/21/23
The Federal Reserve held rates steady but pointed to another hike this year. CNBC’s Steve Liesman discusses the Fed’s latest decision. Steve Eisman, the “Big Short” investor who called and profited fr...
21 Sep 202334min
Disney Parks, Neuralink Brain Implants, & Four-Day Workweeks 9/20/23
Disney CEO Bob Iger has announced plans to expand investment in parks and cruises; New York Times columnist and “Disney War” author James Stewart unpacks the House of Mouse’s new strategy, as well as ...
20 Sep 202329min
Instacart’s IPO, Cybercrimes at Clorox, & Musk’s ‘X’ on a Free Platform 9/19/23
After nearly a decade, Instacart investors are finally getting their exit. Reddit co-founder and 776 founder Alexis Ohanian was one of Instacart’s early investors, and he explains the headwinds and ta...
19 Sep 202336min
