Shares of up ten % this week after second quarter results were better than expected. An activist investor, elliot management, has taken a two billion dollar stake in the company. Do you think part of that is going to include an announcement of who the new c o is going to be? Or do you thinkit gets pushed off a little bit further? I think howard scholtes is in this top spot for at least mainder of this year, if not maybe into next year by a meaniful amount.
The U.S. private sector has added nearly 6 million jobs in the past year.
(0:30) Jason Moser and Matt Argersinger discuss: - The unemployment rate falling to 3.5% - Demand for cold beverages driving Starbucks' latest quarter - PayPal getting back to basics - MercadoLibre's blowout earnings - The latest from Cloudflare, Zillow, and Twilio
(19:45) Jason and Matt analyze Amazon buying iRobot for $1.7 billion in cash, as well as: - Simon Property Group's latest results - Uber's record revenue in the 2nd quarter - eBay's surprisingly profitable business - Two stocks on their radar: Procore Technologies and Stanley Black & Decker
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Stocks discussed on the show: SBUX, PYPL, MELI, NET, Z, ZG, TWLO, AMZN, IRBT, SPG, UBER, EBAY, CMG, HD, PCOR, SWK
Host: Chris Hill Guests: Jason Moser, Matt Argersinger Engineer: Dan Boyd
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