Ep. 156: Apple will be producing their MacBooks in Vietnam starting in 2023.  Elon Musk is actively searching for a new Twitter CEO.  Amazon avoids multibillion-dollar fine as it reaches EU antitrust settlement.  Wells Fargo to pay $3.7 billion settlement with CFPB over customer abuses.  Finally, Democrats' Senate Majority PAC plans to return $3 million from donations from the former FTX executives.    

Ep. 155: Avatar: The Way of Water opens up at $134 million just missing the expectations for opening weekend.  Meta could face $11.8 billion fine as EU charges tech giant with antitrust rules.  Epic Games has to pay $520 million in fines to the FTC settlement.  Senator Warren believes that Musk failed to meet his legal duties due to the Twitter takeover.  Finally, reports say that Global coal use is on course to hit an all-time high this year.  

Ep. 154: Goldman Sachs is planning to cut up to 8% of its employees starting in January.  Elon Musk sells a large chunk of his Tesla shares.  BP invest 13.53 million in a "rapidly deployable" solar tech company.  East Coast ports are winning on domestic trade over the West Coast ports.  Finally, the U.S. slaps restrictions on Chinese chipmakers and other companies due to national security worries.  

Ep. 153: ABM deploys Knightscope Autonomous Robots in a major parking facility.  Avatar: The Way of Water could bring in a $175 million box office opening.  There was heavy trading that drove a mystery rally 60 seconds before there was a CPI hit.  Senate banking hearing is set to take aim at FTX which is considered to be the biggest Ponzi scheme in history.  Finally, Congress considered a crypto consumer protection bill right before FTX collapsed.       

Ep. 152: Twitter suspends account that was dedicated to tracking Elon Musk private jet.  Delta expects 2023 earnings to nearly double thanks to a high demand for travel.  London stock exchange suffer IPO drought as fund raising plunges down 90%.  Morgan Stanley upgrades its growth outlook for China for the coming year.  Finally, Lawmakers unveil bipartisan bill that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S.  

Ep. 151: Knightscope signs the biggest contract in company history.  United Airlines is buying 100 Boeing Dreamliners to replace aging wide-body jets this is at the time when it's being reported that hotel and airfare are on the decline due to cooling demand.  Nuclear fusion just passed a major milestone after generating more energy than was used to create the reaction.  Electric Ford F-150 Lighting named MotorTrend truck of the year.  Finally, China is bringing a case to the WTO against the United States on its sweeping chip export curbs.    

Ep. 150: Amgen to buy Horizon Therapeutics in 26.4 billion deal.  Microsoft to buy a 4% stake in the London Stock Exchange as it inks a 10 year cloud deal.  LinkedIn has a fake account problem as well and LinkedIn believes that real users will help solve the problem.  Chinese police arrest a gang that had laundered $1.7 billion in crypto even when Beijing had crackdowns.  Finally, Democratic lawmakers are accusing big oil companies as "greenwashing" and that oil companies are not becoming green fast enough.  

Ep. 149: Grocery delivery firm Getir is buying out Gorillas which will lead to industry consolidation.  Walmart backed up fintech called One is looking to compete with buy now, pay later companies.  Marijuana industry sales slow down since the pandemic surge.  GM battery plant workers vote to unionize and join the UAW.  Finally, China and Saudi Arabia leaders meet in Riyadh where they discussed the importance of making the oil market stable.    

Ep. 148: Saudi Arabia reports a surplus in its budget for the first time in 10 years due to higher oil prices.  Apple supplier Foxconn reportedly helped persuade China to loosen the Covid rules that the nation had.  The FTC is suing Microsoft in order to stop them from buying out Activision Blizzard.  House passes $858 billion defense bill that is said to scrap military Covid vaccine mandate.  Kevin O'Leary says he lost a $15 million payday from a crypto firm and the SEC issues new guidance requiring companies to disclose any cryptocurrency risks that they have.        

Ep. 147: Southwest Airlines is reinstating its dividend after nearly three years as travel demand rebounds.  FDA is expected to decide on the Pfizer RSV vaccine by May of 2023 for older adults.  Morgan Stanley cuts iPhone shipment by 3 million more units while at the same time Apple announces plans to encrypt iCloud backups.  McDonald's hopes to get more business by offering 50-cent double cheeseburgers by getting customers to use their mobile app.  Finally, National Security is concerned about a TikTok-US deal in the making.