Ep: 176- Bud Light tries for a comeback as the company decides to focus on sports and concerts. Keenon Robotics partners with Wyndham Hotel Group. Bitcoin is predicted to hit $150,000 and Treasury Department announces new Series of I bond rate. Finally, oil could hit record high of $150 dollars a barrel.
Ep 175: CVS and Walgreens are at their breaking point. Supermarket branches are closing 7 times faster than other locations. Chevron and Exxon might be leading a new era of megamergers. Federal Reserve might not raise interest rates but people won't be feeling relief.
Ep: 174-Wyndham reported third-quarter results and they are making a case for not merging with Choice Hotels. Amazon and Chipotle reported numbers for the quarter. Finally, Joe Biden hails the hot GDP report even though voters don't see it.
Ep: 173-Hilton reported third-quarter numbers and some Hoteliers are rethinking deals. IBM reported numbers for the third quarter. Shell plans to cut 200 jobs in the clean energy division and Exxon and Chevron are doubling down on fossil fuel energy with big acquisitions.
Ep: 172-The New York Knicks will advertise for Sphere Entertainment on their jerseys this season. Microsoft profits pop the stock 27 percent. Meta is being sued. Washington is taking on Robocalls while Qualcomm is getting on the AI craze.
Ep: 171 Las Vegas Sphere could potentially be in London or New York soon, Automation and AI could be heading to a hotel near you soon and Knightscope signs a deal with Penn Entertainment for all their properties to have security robots.
Ep. 170. Companies are cutting salaries for new hires while workers hit record highs for pay expectations. New booster shots are becoming available from Moderna, Pfizer, and Novavax.
Ep. 169: The world's largest wind farm is now officially open and it is helping power the North Sea oil operations. India became the fourth country to land on the moon. Pentagon awards a $1.5 billion contract to Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for communications satellites. Finally, the U.S. approves the possible sale of F-16 search and track systems to Taiwan.
Ep. 168: Knightscope signs 11 new K1 call boxes. DraftKings stock surges after sports betting company boost outlook for 2023. Ford gave a warning to its F-150 customers before the fire broke out for the company. Gas prices are being affected by inflation and China's rebound is making the oil markets face an unknown of what could happen.
Ep. 167: Knightscope signs 5 new contracts with clients. Comcast beats expectations even as broadband growth slows. IBM tops revenue estimates and will cut 3,900 jobs. Tesla shares pop on better-than-feared earnings and demand seems to be there as well. Chevron announces a $75 billion stock buyback and will also be increasing its dividend.
Ep. 166: U.S. will send 31 Abram tanks to Ukraine ahead of the Russian offensive. Microsoft reported earnings and the company suggests that it will be a glommy tech environment in the making. NYSE says that a trading glitch caused a manual error on Tuesday. Google's CEO is defending job cuts at the company and the DOJ is filing its second antitrust suit against Google.
Ep. 165: Microsoft announces new multibillion-dollar investment in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. Spotify cuts 6% of its workforce globally. Bank of America, JP Morgan, and other banks are wanting to take on Apple Pay. Finally, Apple wants to manufacture 25% of its iPhone in India and Apple ramped up its lobbying spending in 2022.
Ep. 164: Procter and Gamble revenue and profit all as the company looks to higher prices to offset declining sales. Netflix is set to report earnings after the bell. Amazon is discontinuing its charity donation program amid cost cuts. Yellen says that the Treasury is taking extraordinary measures to avoid default as the U.S. hits the debt limit. Finally, Jamie Dimon says that Congress shouldn't play games with the creditworthiness of the U.S. government.
Ep. 163: 7 Clients renew their annual contracts with Knightscope. Microsoft is laying off 10,000 employees and Amazon is laying off 18,000 employees. Party City is filing for bankruptcy with plans to restructure its debt. Finally, David Solomon admits that Goldman took on too much, too quickly in the consumer business.
Ep. 162: Morgan Stanley shares jump 6% as bank earnings top estimates. Roblox pop after the December update shows an increase in bookings. ABB chairman is optimistic that the global chip shortage is coming to an end. Unilever's CEO believes that prices have not peaked. Finally, Apple's CEO Tim Cook requests and receives a 40% pay cut after the shareholder vote.
Ep. 161: American Airlines shares jump after airline hikes revenue and profits. The luxury car maker Lucid produced more vehicles in 2022 than they expected for the year. Swiss company that works with Microsoft says that they have removed CO2 from the air and placed it underground. Ubisoft sinks on news that seven-year low after slashing guidance and canceling games as well. Finally. Walmart strikes a deal with Salesforce to sell more of its tech to other retailers.
Ep. 160: Bed Bath & Beyond jumps 50% to lead a 'nonsense' rally in meme stocks. Crypto exchange Binance plans a 15%-30% hiring spree in 2023. FTX has recovered $5 billion worth of liquid assets. Barclays cuts Apple's price target from $144 dollars to $133 dollars. The West's oil war against Russia is starting to take its toll but there are calls for tougher measures still.
Ep. 159: Bed Bath & Beyond reports wider-than-expected losses and there is a chance that they could be filing for bankruptcy. Babies R Us is attempting a comeback by opening a store in the American Dream mall. Coinbase is going to slash 20% of its workforce in a second major round of job cuts. Microsoft is reporting that they plan to invest $10 billion in ChatGPT. Finally, Capella Space raises $60 million fund by billionaire entertainment exec Thomas Tull.
Ep. 158: Knightscope signs 4 new contracts for 8 machines to start off the year and Knightscope is also announcing its plan for a post-CASE Acquisition and plan toward profitability. Tesla breaks into America's bestselling cars list for 2022 while trucks continue to dominate. Elon Musk's attorney is aiming to move the trial from California to Texas. Goldman Sachs is cutting up to 3,200 employees starting this week.
Ep. 157: Knightscope receives 5 new contracts as it continues to grow. Google estimates Microsoft's cloud business is actually losing. Elon Musk tries to explain why Tesla shares are tanking. Goldman Sachs believes that Japan will start tightening rates. Finally, there is a chance that investments are to potentially flow back into China's tech giants as they avoid delisting from the U.S. stock exchange.