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Skip! Fed Speak’s Latest Buzzword 6/01/23
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Reserve’s buzzword of the week: “skip.” Fed officials have signaled a plan to hold steady on interest rates in June, but urging the...
Debt Ceiling Deal Clears Hurdle & CEOs Visit China 5/31/23
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The long-awaited debt ceiling deal advances to the House floor, after a narrow vote in the House Rules Committee. President Joe Biden and House Speake...
On the Hill, Under the Sea, & In the Trillion Dollar Club 5/30/23
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lawmakers have reached a tentative debt ceiling deal; founder of Punchbowl News Jake Sherman explains who’s satisfied, who’s still on the fence, ...
Bonus: Oscar Munoz: Turnaround Time 5/29/23
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
United Airlines’ former CEO Oscar Munoz writes what he calls the longest love letter to United employees in his business memoir “Turnaround Time.”...
Ford & Tesla Team Up & TikTok’s American Data 5/26/23
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ford has teamed up with Tesla; Ford CEO Jim Farley explains what’s next in America’s road to electric vehicles. An investigation from The New York...
U.S. Rating Downgrade, The War of “Woke” & The AI Chip Boom 5/25/23
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A warning from the Fitch credit rating agency about U.S. debt added fresh urgency to ongoing debt ceiling negotiations between the White House and con...
Sticky Inflation, MDW Travels, & Netflix Sharing No More 5/24/23
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Inflation could be stickier than the markets expected, warns Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon. THL Partners Co-CEO Scott Sperling agrees, suggesting t...
AI Gone Viral & Senator Ted Cruz on Debt 5/23/23
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An AI-generated image went viral on Twitter, sending a ripple through the markets as investors considered its authenticity. CNBC’s Steve Kovach disc...
Fed President Neel Kashkari, Funemployment, & Boos at B.U. 5/22/23
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
10 days away from the debt ceiling deadline, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet to negotiate. Minneapolis Fed President ...
Bank Crisis Cleanup & the Morality of WFH 5/19/23
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk says remote work is a moral issue; CNBC’s Jon Fortt explains both sides of the worker’s moral compass. Simon Johnson, MIT professor and ...
Organized Retail Crime & AI: Bad for Humanity? 5/18/23
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Retail shrinkage is hitting the bottom line for major retailers like Target, Home Depot, and Walmart. National Retail Federation CEO Matt Shay explain...
SI Cover Model Martha Stewart, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, & House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries 5/17/23
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As debt ceiling discussions in DC near their default deadline, Squawk Pod delivers two conversations with two of the four debt ceiling negotiators: Ho...
U.S. Oil Buys & Home Depot’s Demand Problem 5/16/23
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In DC, the Senate Banking Committee is prepared to hear testimony from former Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank executives. Senator J.D. Vance (...
Paul Tudor Jones: “Fed could declare victory over inflation now” 5/15/23
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tudor Investment founder and founder of the Robin Hood Foundation Paul Tudor Jones shares his perspective on the economy and the Fed’s rate hiking ...
“Chief Twit” Calls It Quits, & Cybersecurity in the Age of AI 5/12/23
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk has announced his plan to step aside as Twitter CEO, and has hired NBCUniversal global ad chief Linda Yaccarino to take his place. CNBC’s...
24-Hour Trades with Robinhood CEO & the Art Market’s $2B Week 5/11/23
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Robinhood has announced 24-hour trading on some stocks and ETFs on weekdays, becoming the first brokerage to offer customers the feature. CEO Vlad Ten...
FTC Chair Lina Khan, AI Workforces, & Debt Ceiling Drama 5/10/23
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Trade Commission is on alert for the ways that rapidly advancing artificial intelligence could be used to violate antitrust and consumer p...
Squawk Pod Reports: Weekend with Warren Buffett Part 3 5/9/23
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, and CNBC are at the annual Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. At this year’s Woodstock (or ...
Squawk Pod Reports: Weekend with Warren Buffett Part 2 5/8/23
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
CNBC is at the annual Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, with Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. It’s Woodstock for capital...
Squawk Pod Reports: Weekend with Warren Buffett Part 1 5/8/23
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
CNBC is at the annual Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, with Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. It’s Woodstock for capital...
Squawk Pod Reports: Weekend with Warren Buffett 05/06/23
06 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
CNBC is at the annual Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, with Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. It’s Woodstock for capital...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: ChatGPT & Building a New World 05/05/23
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After a meeting at the White House with fellow tech CEOs, OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman discusses his effort to build a product that “works for the w...
Another Hike, Congressional Stock Trading, & Clothing Labor in China 05/04/23
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Fed has hiked rates again. Chair Jerome Powell announced the quarter point increase and suggested a pause in the tightening cycle may be coming so...
Fed Day, Alzheimer’s Treatment, & Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) 05/03/23
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s treatment donanemab proved to significantly slow progression of the disease in its latest clinical trial. Eli Lilly CEO D...
A Hollywood Strike, a Warning in Washington, & Uber on the Road to Profit 05/02/23
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Washington, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned that the U.S. could hit the debt ceiling by June 1st, much earlier than expected. At Uber ...
First Republic’s Failure 05/01/23
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the third bank failure since March and the second largest bank failure in U.S. history, First Republic’s assets have been seized and auctioned....
Big Oil’s Record Profit with ExxonMobil CEO; Tech’s Week of Results 04/28/23
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
ExxonMobil reported record profits for its latest quarter. CEO Darren Woods discusses oil prices and how his company’s profits complicate its relat...
Activision Blizzard CEO & a Debt Bill ‘DOA’ 04/27/23
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The day after Britain’s regulator, the UK Competition and Markets Authority, blocked Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Activision C...
Big Tech’s Big AI Race & Illumina CEO’s Proxy Fight 04/26/23
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Microsoft and Alphabet have reported strong financial results, but as CNBC’s Steve Kovach reports, investors were only listening for big tech’s ...
Investing Legend Peter Lynch & Media’s Talent Shakeup 04/25/23
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Famed investor Peter Lynch shares his tips for a successful portfolio. After turning Fidelity’s Magellan Fund into one of the most successful mutual...
Reports Ramp Up, Jeff Shell Steps Down, & Ethical Investing 04/24/23
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A colossal week for corporate earnings awaits: a third of the S&P 500 and nearly half of the Dow report quarterly results over the next 5 days. JPMorg...
Death of the Blue Checks, Disney vs. DeSantis and CEOs Around the World 04/21/23
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has called for a “constructive” and “healthy” relationship between the United States and China, in spite of c...
Kevin Hart, Tesla’s Bottom Line, & A ‘Swift’ Pass on FTX 04/20/23
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Actor, comic, investor, and entrepreneur Kevin Hart discusses his new tequila brand, Gran Coramino, with partner and CEO of Global Brand Equities, Jam...
Fallout for Fox, AI in the Markets, & News at Netflix 04/19/23
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Fox Corp. has agreed to pay $787.5 million to Dominion Voting Systems to settle a defamation lawsuit over false claims that Dominion’s machines swa...
Apple’s Bet on India; U.S. Tensions in China & in Congress 04/18/23
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Fresh off his own trip to Taiwan and China, New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman discusses the complicated cultural and financial ...
Ryan Reynolds, Nuvei, & Bank Earnings Begin 04/17/23
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In his latest business venture, actor, producer, and entrepreneur Ryan Reynolds has invested in fintech company Nuvei. Reynolds and his new partner Nu...
Fed Voting Member Austan Goolsbee & Formula One’s CEO 4/14/23
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
President of the Chicago Federal Reserve Austan Goolsbee considers which economic data reveals the most about the American economy. Goolsbee discusses...
Palantir CEO Alex Karp & Amazon CEO Andy Jassy 4/13/23
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tech entrepreneur Alex Karp discusses how AI like ChatGPT fits into Palantir’s data analytics and machine learning. At the Leadership Summit in Kiaw...
Warren Buffett in Japan, Part 3 4/13/23
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett is in Tokyo for the first time in 11 years. This special three-part series delivers Becky Quick’...
Warren Buffett in Japan, Part 2 4/12/23
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett is in Tokyo for the first time in 11 years. This special three-part series delivers Becky Quick’...
Warren Buffett in Japan, Part 1 4/12/23
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett is in Tokyo for the first time in 11 years. This special three-part series delivers Becky Quick’...
AI Arms Race with Google’s former CEO & Warren Buffett’s Stake in Japan 4/11/23
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Schmidt, Google’s former CEO and chairman, discusses the AI arms race in China and in the U.S., as well as the Future of Life Institute’s v...
David Rubenstein, Super Mario, & Mifepristone 4/10/23
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Carlyle Group co-founder and co-chairman David Rubenstein considers how the banking crisis of today compares to that of 2008. In a wide-ranging conver...
Bonus Episode: The March Jobs Report 4/7/23
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. economy added 236,000 jobs in March, and the unemployment rate ticked down to 3.5%. Joe Kernen, Becky Quick, and Andrew Ross Sorkin break dow...
Weekend Movies, Tax-Fueled Movers, & “Master Plan 3” 4/6/23
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
President Macron is meeting President Xi, Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is meeting President Tsai, and CNBC’s Eunice Yoon has the pulse of Beijing ...
Robots Are Coming! with Reid Hoffman 04/05/23
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For better or worse, the age of AI has arrived! LinkedIn co-founder, ‘Masters of Scale’ podcaster, and OpenAI investor Reid Hoffman co-founded AI ...
“The Crisis is Not Yet Over.” Economic Warnings, Disney’s Drama, & Google Goes Lean 04/04/23
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon delivers a direct warning in his annual letter: “The current crisis is not yet over.” Joe Kernen, Becky Quick, and...
A Match in the Ring & a Debt Limit Showdown 4/3/23
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
UFC parent Endeavor is taking a majority stake in World Wrestling Entertainment, spinning off UFC and WWE into a new company. CNBC’s Alex Sherman, ...
Trump's Hush Money Indictment & Fed Inflation Gauge Cools 3/31/23
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a grand jury for hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels just before the 2016 election. It ...
Pushing Pause on AI & Bank Failures; Who’s to Blame? 03/30/23
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
House lawmakers tore into top U.S. bank regulators at congressional hearings this week about how Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapsed prac...
Failure to Fill: America’s Drug Shortage 03/29/23
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Antibiotics and generics are in short supply, and it’s affecting every demographic in the U.S. CNBC’s Senior Science & Health reporter Meg Tirrell...
Oscar Health Handoff, Trouble Brewing for Binance, & Disney’s Cost Cuts 03/28/23
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The CFTC has filed a complaint against Binance, alleging that the crypto exchange violated federal law. Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-C...
Matches Made in Crisis, Tim Cook in Beijing, & Losses at the Saudi National Bank 03/27/23
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
First Citizens will buy Silicon Valley Bank’s deposits and loans, prompting a stock rally in regional banks. Lawmakers are gearing up to question F...
TikTok’s Grilling & Europe’s Banking Contagion 03/24/23
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lawmakers grilled TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew on data, the platform’s relationship with Chinese owner Bytedance, and content moderation. Stanford Univ...
Hike #9, Winning AI, & the SEC’s Celebrity Targets 03/23/23
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Reserve announced a rate hike of 25 basis points, its ninth consecutive hike in the last year. Chair Jerome Powell softened his tone on t...
Lloyd Blankfein: Market Stability & Fed-spectations 03/22/23
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In an extended interview, former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein discusses the fine line for Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell, who prepares to s...
Time for a Time Out? Former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh 03/21/23
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
JPMorgan is advising First Republic on strategic alternatives, after JPM and 10 other banks announced a $30B deposit into the embattled bank. Trea...
An Emergency Swiss Rescue, A Liquidity Crunch, & ‘We Love NYC’ 03/20/23
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Swiss government has helped broker a deal for UBS to acquire its embattled rival Credit Suisse in an “emergency rescue” to curb global contag...
The Week That Was: A Bank Crisis, IRS Records, & The Next Fed Decision 03/17/23
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin digest the chaotic week that was: banks in crisis, markets in tumult, and the Fed under pressure. Lazard’s Peter O...
A Swiss Lifeline, the Rate Hike Risk, & Threatening TikTok 03/16/23
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Credit Suisse gets a lifeline! CNBC’s Geoff Cutmore reports on the Swiss Central Bank’s backstop for banking contagion, and CNBC’s Steve Liesma...
Banking Contagion: U.S., Europe, & Larry Fink’s Warning 03/15/23
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After the collapse of Silicon Valley and Signature banks and the subsequent regional bank crisis in the US, European banks are now rattling the globa...
Delta’s Demand, Inflation’s Rise, & the Repercussions of a Rescue 03/14/23
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Reserve’s next rate hike is around the corner–or is it? The latest inflation report, last month’s Consumer Price Index, came in hot...
Near Miss: A Bank Collapse and a Crisis Averted 03/13/23
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Did we dodge the bullet? Federal agencies on Sunday approved plans to safeguard depositors affected by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday...
Jobs, Gun Sales and the Silicon Valley Bank Failure 03/10/23
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Job creation decelerated in February but was still stronger than expected despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to slow the economy and bring down ...
Salesforce Debuts Einstein GPT & JP Morgan Sues Jes Staley over Jeffrey Epstein Ties 03/09/23
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Salesforce is the latest tech powerhouse to join the ChatGPT mania, now offering Einstein GPT. The offering draws on OpenAI’s technology that’s t...
The Economic Balance: Powell's Warnings, Biden's Tax Plan, and Buffett's Bet on Oil 03/08/23
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testified to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee and warned that interest rates may rise h...
Banning TikTok? And How to Survive a Pandemic 03/07/23
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The move to ban foreign technology – including TikTok – gains traction in Congress. Sen. Mark Warner (D) Virginia describes his new bill, to take...
Speaker Kevin McCarthy and this Week’s Great Expectations 03/06/23
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
President Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget proposal will be released later this week, intensifying the debt limit fight between the President and Cap...
The War on ESG and Apple’s Artificial Intelligence 03/03/23
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Senate voted to overturn a Labor Department rule that permits fiduciary retirement fund managers to consider ESG factors in their investment decis...
Tesla’s Master Plan, A CLEAR Travel Picture, An ESG Vote 03/02/23
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tesla investors were unimpressed by the company’s presentation at this week’s investor day. CNBC’s Phil Lebeau recaps the stock reaction and inv...
Competing with China, Capping Insulin Costs, & CEOs Speaking to Shareholders 03/01/23
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the first meeting of a new House committee on U.S. competition with China, lawmakers displayed a rare show of bipartisanship. CNBC’s Eamon Javer...
Target CEO Brian Cornell & Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon 02/28/23
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two important interviews: First, Target CEO Brian Cornell discusses his company’s fourth quarter results and what they indicate about consumers, t...
A Hard Landing, A Missing Yacht, & Warren Buffett’s Latest Letter 02/27/23
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After digesting a hotter-than-expected personal consumption expenditures price index, the markets closed out their worst week so far in 2023. The PCE...
Wall Street’s Talent Pipeline; The Ozy Implosion 02/24/23
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a special Squawk Pod “Reporter’s Notebook,” CNBC’s Frank Holland discusses the AltFinance Fellowship, a talent acquisition program that br...
The Crux of Tech Freedoms & Slips in the Supply Chain 02/23/23
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In two big tech cases this week, the Supreme Court considers reinterpretations of Section 230, the heart of a “free” internet. Tech investor and P...
Mike Pence, Former Vice President: 2024, Social Security, & China 2/22/23
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In an extended interview, former United States Vice President Mike Pence discusses the 2024 Presidential race, U.S. competition with China, and the cu...
The Great Russian Business Retreat, Costs of Hybrid Work, & Family Flight Plans 2/21/23
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nearly a year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Biden is in Kyiv and Poland. Yale School of Management’s Senior Associate Dean for Le...
Lessons for Norfolk Southern Rail; Searching for Bao Fan; Betting on Gambling 2/17/23
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two weeks after a train derailment in Ohio resulted in a hazardous chemical spill, the responsible railway Norfolk Southern, the EPA, and the Biden ...
Squawk Pod Reports: Berkshire Hathaway's Charlie Munger 2/16/23
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Charlie Munger, a shareholder and board member for The Daily Journal, spoke at the newspaper’s virtual annual meeting on Wednesday. The meeting feat...
Hot Takes from Charlie Munger, Hot PPI Data from Labor, & a Hot Debt Warning from the CBO 2/16/23
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger, a shareholder and board member of the Daily Journal Corporation, spoke at this year’s virtual Daily...
Pharrell’s New Shoes, Biden’s New Economic Lead, & EV’s New Ports 2/15/23
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After his dramatic takeover, Elon Musk aims to name a successor at Twitter before the end of 2023. Musk has also announced that thousands of Tesla’...
Cracking Open Coke & Spilling Media’s Meanest Secrets 02/14/23
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The New York Times columnist Jim Stewart is out with a new book chronicling the manipulations and secret machinations of Sumner Redstone’s final yea...
The Super Bowl and UFO’s: How Was Your Weekend? 02/13/23
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII! Not everyone was watching for the big game, though. Most of this year’s...
Gensler’s Crypto Warning and Hulu, Possibly for Sale 02/10/23
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Disney CEO Bob Iger’s apparent openness to selling Hulu marks a stark reversal in strategy for the company. Iger said Thursday that “everything is...
Woz on AI, Disney’s “Significant Transformation” & How Billionaires Save on Their Tax 02/09/23
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Disney says it will slash 7,000 jobs from its workforce and plans to cut $5.5 billion in costs, including $3 billion in content savings. CEO Bob Iger ...
Biden’s State of the Union, Uber’s CEO, & The Bing Bot 02/07/23
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
President Biden delivered his State of the Union address to a lively congressional audience. Joe Kernen, Becky Quick, and Andrew Ross Sorkin break do...
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Activision’s Bobby Kotick, & AI Wars 02/07/23
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a this super-sized episode, Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) sits with Joe Kernen at the Capitol for an extended interview ahead of ...
Twitter’s Trend, Rating the Rate Hikes, & A Busted Balloon 02/06/23
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot down by the U.S. military over the weekend, as tension between both countries escalates. Member of the Counc...
A Payroll Pop, Starbucks Sales, & Big Oil Buybacks 2/3/23
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a surprisingly strong report, the Labor Department revealed the U.S. economy added 517,000 jobs in January 2023, and an unemployment rate drop to ...
Ray Dalio: Believing the Fed, the Brink of War, & Cash! No Longer Trash 2/2/23
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates 25 basis points in its eighth hike since March 2022. Bridgewater founder and billionaire hedge funder R...
Cathie Wood’s Best Month Ever: 2023 Bets on Tech, Crypto, & AI 2/1/23
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ark Invest CEO and CIO Cathie Wood shares her big investing ideas for 2023 after her flagship fund reported its best month ever. Ark Innovation ETF n...
ExxonMobil’s Record Profit, EV Price Wars, & Thwarting the ‘Texas Two-Step’ 01/31/23
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
ExxonMobil reported a record breaking $55.7B profit for 2022. CEO Darren Woods discusses the results and global oil policy, and warns that gas prices...
Market Macro, An Auto Alliance Reset, & Asia’s Tech Moves 01/30/23
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ahead of this week’s Fed meeting, jobs data, and tech earnings results, head of US Equity and Quantitative Strategy at BofA Securities Savita Subram...
Tech’s Troubles: Intel, TikTok, Layoffs, & MSG Security 01/27/23
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Universities and the U.S. government have heightened scrutiny on TikTok, exploring bans of the China-based app. Foreign affairs columnist for The New...
Starwood Capital’s Barry Sternlicht: Buybacks, Job Cuts, Rate Hikes, & ‘Rich-cession’ 01/26/23
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In an extended interview, Starwood Capital Chairman and CEO Barry Sternlicht offers his outlook on a recession timeline, the Fed’s rate raising play...
Musk’s Trial, Microsoft’s Guidance, & Mike Pompeo’s Foreign Policy Reflections 01/25/23
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tesla’s CEO is under oath this week, after shareholders sued him for his tweets in 2018. Axios business editor Dan Primack breaks down Elon Musk’...
‘On the Ticket’: Swifties, Antitrust, & Amazon Rx 01/24/23
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two months after the Taylor Swift-Ticketmaster debacle, the Senate Judiciary Committee is conducting a hearing on competitiveness in the ticketing in...
Haircuts in Tech, Activists at Salesforce, & Debt Ceiling Drama in DC 01/23/23
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Congress is working to find a bipartisan path to averting a debt default; the U.S. has hit its borrowing cap of $31.4T, and it’s up to lawmakers to...
Squawk Pod Reports from Davos: Moderna’s Stephane Bancel 01/21/23
21 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a special episode of Squawk Pod, Joe Kernen, Becky Quick, and Andrew Ross Sorkin are at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where they’...
Squawk Pod Reports from Davos: will.i.am 01/20/23
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a special episode of Squawk Pod, Andrew Ross Sorkin is at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he spoke with philanthropist and 7-...