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Bloomberg Businessweek

A Standoff in the Battle for Spirit Airlines

Jul 19, 2022
28:54

Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg Opinion Deals and Industrials Columnist Brooke Sutherland discuss Spirit Airlines continuing to postpone the shareholder vote on its proposed merger with Frontier while it struggles to persuade investors to ignore a competing offer from JetBlue. Bloomberg Economics Chief Economist Tom Orlik shares the details of the Big Take story Rich Chinese Worth $48 Billion Are Struggling to Flee Covid Zero. Bloomberg News Antitrust Reporter Leah Nylen explains how an internal memo reveals that Meta Platform’s top executives were more worried about the threat posed by its own products than by other social-networking and messaging services. And we Drive to the Close with Jon Baranko, CIO of Fundamental Investments at Allspring Global Investments.
Hosts: Tim Stenovec and Katie Greifeld. Producer: Paul Brennan. 

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