We're linking stories of Amazon and Johnson & Johnson fighting the government, the government fighting Chinese companies, Boeing fighting for its CEO, and investors fighting for Aramco to an era of corporate entitlement (and xenophobia). Also, Damion covers a list of "top ten business trends of the 2010s" that was really just a list of one thing: tech. Finally, Matt Makes himself some indexes to serve the market's worst impulses.

Uber and Lyft have assault-y problems. But the bigger problem might be the closing window of regulatory arbitrage that is their drivers-aren't-employees thing. Business Pants starts celebrating the next decade and the decade that was with a focus on regulators for the 10 to come - how many assets CAN we strand? And Matt Makes a list of board anniversaries, including the Board of Director Highlander celebrating a "two diamond and an emerald" anniversary on three different boards with one surprising twist.

France's tech tax, trade and tech wars with China, tariffs in Brazil... all red herrings for the war for your data? Plus, CEOs are dropping like flies - a listener wants to know how much it costs and do investors care? Then a big huge bag of rapid headlines. Finally, the most regretted college majors: feel free to apply to Free Float Media!

The end of an era at Google/Alphabet as Sundar Pichai takes over a company with so many future liabilities, it hurts our brains to think about. Also, almost every investment bet in 2019 worked! So what do we need analysts for again? Finally, Matt Makes some CEOs disappear looking at turnover numbers.

News throughout China including Huawei moving to Canada, DNA processing, TikTok gets sued, and Alibaba makes a mint (again). Then Jack Dorsey is moving to Africa, to which the board responded with crickets. And finally Matt Makes himself a list of fake public companies.

Amazon wins Black Friday! Just as long as you don't work there. What is the Dow Jones anyway? Should we care? And a Japanese department store backs away from "menstruation" badges for women. But Matt wonders what other badges our coworkers should wear?

Papa John is back after eating 40 pizzas in 30 days. Mark Zuckerberg convenes his all-white all stars. TikTok fear is getting into capex. Cows wear VR goggles because it's better than being outside. And Matt finds a new inequality: the data value inequality gap.

Google fires 4 employees who happened to be union activists. MSCI releases ESG Ratings for free, but confuses markets with a marble company. Why wait until Friday for Black Friday. Cybertruck, robot dogs, and peak beef are coming. And Matt tells you how much your data is actually worth to you.

Sacha Baron Cohen tells emperor Mark Zuckerberg he has no clothes. Tesla unveils its pickup truck, but is the target demo urban anime cowboys only? Damion's Beware Black Friday PSA. TD and Schwab merge, but free trades might not be free. And Matt takes a stab at understanding the value of social media data.

Impeachment be damned, Trump and industries tangle, including Facebook and Juul. More CEOs fall to MeToo than ever - and are still all replaced by men. A mailbag question about ESG and small business. And Matt Makes a guess at the value of your data that you're giving away.