Microsopt is doing its best to make sure that its acquisition of activision blizzard goes through without a hitch. i don't think they're loking to jump into the video streaming world just yet. We saw last quarter that they brought in revenue, but their profitability was worse than expected due to freight and transportation costs. And so i think that's going to be one to really watch to see, well how is that change over the past quarter? How are consumers reacting to these hippoglobal problems that we're seeing?
Can a $1.9 trillion company still be a dark horse? Microsoft beats the odds and wins the Netflix ad business.
(0:21) Maria Gallagher discusses: - How Microsoft being "agnostic" helped it beat Google and Comcast - Netflix purposefully timing this news ahead of next week's earnings - Why she's focused on the ripple effects of Target's upcoming report
(9:13) Ricky Mulvey and Rick Munarriz discuss Celsius Holdings, an energy drink company with triple-digit growth.
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Host: Chris Hill Guests: Maria Gallagher, Rick Munarriz Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl
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