Finshots Daily
Finshots
A daily 5-min podcast explaining the most important finance and business happenings in plain English. India focused.
Episodes
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Jun 9, 2021 • 4min
When the internet went down yesterday, sort of
In today's episode we talk about the recent internet outage and the kind of economic impact it can have
Jun 8, 2021 • 5min
How Covid is now threatening to disrupt the Electronics Industry?
In today's episode we talk about how Covid may exacerbate the global semiconductor shortage
Jun 7, 2021 • 5min
NARC—The last hope?
In today's episode we talk about why there's so much riding on the government's latest project, the National Asset Reconstruction Company
Jun 5, 2021 • 6min
The Auto Nightmare continues
In today's episode we talk about automakers and the horrible month they just had.
Jun 4, 2021 • 5min
How to wage a war against junk food?
In today's episode, we talk about Nestlé's confession, unhealthy food and new labelling guidelines
Jun 3, 2021 • 5min
Ransomware-as-a-service?
In today's episode we talk about the latest cyberattack on JBS and try to quantify the impact they might have on large businesses
Jun 2, 2021 • 5min
Should we stop the 5G rollout?
In today's episode we talk about Juhi Chawla's lawsuit against 5G and the evidence surrounding the adverse health effects associated with cellular technology
Jun 1, 2021 • 5min
Why do people have many many babies?
In today's episode we talk about fertility rates, China's three child policy, and why is it so hard to optimize population levels
May 31, 2021 • 4min
Why did Amazon buy MGM Studios?
You can buy almost anything on Amazon.
And Amazon can buy almost anything it wants — Which is why it should come as no surprise that they just went ahead and bought MGM ((Metro Goldwyn Mayer) — the iconic Hollywood studio for a whopping ~$8.5 billion.
So in today’s episode, we look at the deal and ask — “What is Amazon trying to do with its latest acquisition”
May 29, 2021 • 6min
Why is the stock market not reflecting current economic realities?
In today's episode we talk about a rather interesting theory that’s now trying to explain why stock markets continue to rise despite gloomy economic prospects.
