From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. It's Mason, August 11th. Here's what I'd flag before the open. Let's get into it. First, from lesoosten1. Futurist ETF(FUTR) Rocket Lab($RKLB) Q2: Earnings Report. Revenue: $234.1 million, representing a 62% year-over-year increase and beating consensus estimates of approximately $231 million. Segment Breakdown: Product revenue reached $181.3 million, while Service revenue hit $52.7 million. Earnings Per Share (EPS): -$0.08, missing the consensus estimate of -$0.06 to -$0.07. This slight miss was directly attributed to $8.6 million in transaction costs related to the company's recent strategic acquisitions. Net Loss: Narrowed to $49.3 million, an improvement from a loss of $66.4 million in the same quarter last year. Next. Second, from Mish Talk. Are Hourly Earnings Rising Too Slowly to Cause Inflation?. That’s the claim by two prominent names. I respectfully disagree. The lead chart shows the percent change in hourly earnings for producti

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. It's Mason. August 10th. Five things on the tape worth your attention this morning. Let's get into it. First, from Morning Brew. Berkshire is finally dipping into its mountain of cash. When Greg Abel took over as Berkshire Hathaway CEO this year, he inherited two things: oracle-sized shoes to fill and a massive pile of cash. This past quarter, he took both in a new direction by going on a multibillion-dollar spending spree: - At the end of Q1, Berkshire had $397 billion in cash on hand. - By the end of Q2, that had shrunk to $365.5 billion, the company announced as it reported earnings on Saturday. Bye, bye, buy: During his last few years as CEO, Warren Buffett held onto cash like a broken vending machine. Next. Second, from The Daily Upside. Morgan Stanley Just Undercut Ethereum, Solana ETF Markets. Ethereum and solana exchange-traded funds just got a little cheaper. Morgan Stanley joined the fray of issuers offering crypto products that

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. Mason, August 9th. Quick read on what moved overnight — five stories, no fluff. Let's get into it. First, from Morning Brew. You probably can’t afford these nannies. Movies would like you to believe nannies are carrying magical bags, refurbishing curtains into dresses, or donning prosthetic noses to trick their ex-wife into letting them see the kids. In reality, they are in England in white gloves and tiny brown hats, studying how to duck and weave away from paparazzi while pushing a stroller. Norland College is the premier early-education school for nannies and au pairs for the ultrawealthy. Next. Second, from Inc.com. Berkshire Hathaway’s Rare Spending Spree Turns Heads on Wall Street. A strong earnings report reveals that new CEO Greg Abel dipped into Warren Buffett’s $380 billion cash reserve to buy back stock, boost Berkshire’s stake in Alphabet, and pursue one of its biggest acquisitions in years. One weak spot: GEICO. Up next. Third

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. It's Mason. August 8th. Five things on the tape worth your attention this morning. Let's get into it. First, from Forbes Business. Blakely, Pease Tie In Night One Thriller At 2026 U.S. Gymnastics Championships. Skye Blakely and Claire Pease tied for the lead on night one at the 2026 U.S. Gymnastics Championships — with Bullock and Rivera close behind — setting up a fierce battle for the title on Sunday in Phoenix. Next. Second, from Entrepreneur. The 15-Minute AI System That Keeps Your Million-Dollar Goal on Track (Beginner Friendly). AI is quietly giving solopreneurs a chief of staff. Here’s how to build yours (no staff, no code). Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. - The 15-minute, no-code setup that turns one Google Sheet and one set of instructions into your own AI chief of staff. - The daily system that reads your sales, traffic and leads, chooses the highest-value move and keeps you focused until it is done

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. It's Mason, August 7th. Here's what I'd flag before the open. Let's get into it. First, from Bloomberg · Markets. FTSE 100 Live: Stock Futures Ease as Middle East Uncertainty Persists. Next. Second, from The Daily Upside. Vistra Earnings Offer Window Into Power Generation Ramp-Up for AI Data Centers. Beneath the obvious AI hyperscaler stocks — Meta, Nvidia and so on — lies another layer of trades: the energy companies providing the power AI needs to, for instance, edit your ex out of the family photo. Vistra, one of the leading US power generators, reports this morning as it builds out capacity to meet the demand of AI giants. Rival power provider Constellation Energy meanwhile boosted its forecast for the year yesterday after reporting $7.5 billion in second-quarter sales. Up next. Third, from pristinecapital. 📊TRLV Earnings Incoming!. +12.50% YTD return for TRLV as of June 30, 2026. Andrew’s note in the memo says the past year felt like

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. Mason, August 6th. Quick read on what moved overnight — five stories, no fluff. Let's get into it. First, from Business Insider. X's product chief is stepping down to 'take a breather' after a year of running the app '24/7'. - Nikita Bier, X's head of product, is stepping down. - Bier said he'll continue working as an advisor for X. - Running the app has been a "24/7" job, Bier said, and it's time for "a breather." Nikita Bier, X's head of product, is stepping down from the role after a year at the job. "Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to pass the torch and demote myself to my natural state: a poster," Bier wrote in an X post on Wednesday. Next. Second, from Bloomberg · Markets. FTSE 100 Live: UK Stock Futures Rise on Middle East Optimism. Up next. Third, from Bloomberg · Markets. Zurich Insurance Earnings Boosted by Global Data Center Demand. And then. Fourth, from stockquakes. StockQuakes - AI Stock Analyzer - 5000 Stocks Daily. *PAID =

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. It's Mason. August 5th. Five things on the tape worth your attention this morning. Let's get into it. First, from Business Insider. MyPillow's Mike Lindell is stepping down after 22 years as CEO. - Mike Lindell is stepping down as CEO of MyPillow. - He founded the company in 2004. - He's giving up control to run for governor of Minnesota. MyPillow's Mike Lindell is stepping down as CEO after 22 years on the job. Lindell, a Trump ally, said on Facebook on Tuesday that he'd made one of the "biggest decisions" of his life: stepping down as CEO to dedicate all his "time and energy" to his campaign for Minnesota governor. "Minnesota deserves my full attention, and that's exactly what I'm giving it. I'm all in, and I can't wait to earn your vote," Lindell said on Facebook. Next. Second, from Morning Brew. SpaceX tops estimates in 1st earnings report. SpaceX’s first earnings report since it went public in June wasn’t out of this world, but it was

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. It's Mason. August 4th. Five things on the tape worth your attention this morning. Let's get into it. First, from Bloomberg · Markets. FTSE 100 Live: UK Stock Futures Rise, Pound Eases on Busy Earnings Day. To continue, please click the box below to let us know you're not a robot. Please make sure your browser supports JavaScript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading. For more information you can review our Terms of Service and Cookie Policy. For inquiries related to this message please contact our support team and provide the reference ID below. Block reference ID:7fee7b62-8fc9-11f1-93c7-870113c38e80 Get the most important global markets news at your fingertips with a Bloomberg.com subscription. SUBSCRIBE NOW Next. Second, from The Daily Upside. Can SpaceX’s First Earnings Call Ease Pressure from Looming Lockup Expirations?. Even a killer earnings report may not be enough to help SpaceX stock escape the gravitational

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. Mason. August 3rd. Markets desk — five stories, watch the tape, ignore the noise. Let's get into it. First, from Bloomberg · Markets. FTSE 100 Live: UK Stocks Poised to Lag as Oil Falls on Iran Optimism. To continue, please click the box below to let us know you're not a robot. Please make sure your browser supports JavaScript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading. For more information you can review our Terms of Service and Cookie Policy. For inquiries related to this message please contact our support team and provide the reference ID below. Block reference ID:52875a32-8f01-11f1-90ff-1b1cece79a10 Get the most important global markets news at your fingertips with a Bloomberg.com subscription. SUBSCRIBE NOW Next. Second, from The Daily Upside. Wall Street Looks to Zillow, Rocket Mortgage Earnings for Clues on K-Shaped Housing Market. It turns out that in Las Vegas, the house doesn’t always win. At least, not in this r

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. Mason, August 2nd. Quick read on what moved overnight — five stories, no fluff. Let's get into it. First, from Bloomberg Politics. Anwar’s Bloc Loses Control of Another Malaysian State in Setback. To continue, please click the box below to let us know you're not a robot. Please make sure your browser supports JavaScript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading. For more information you can review our Terms of Service and Cookie Policy. For inquiries related to this message please contact our support team and provide the reference ID below. Block reference ID:8bd9fd0c-8e36-11f1-ba0c-cdb6abfc3172 Get the most important global markets news at your fingertips with a Bloomberg.com subscription. SUBSCRIBE NOW Next. Second, from Fast Company. Your high performer is checked out. Now what?. One of the most difficult things to do as a manager is to deal with an employee who just isn’t feeling it and remains unmotivated for a long