Commercial Awareness with Watson’s Daily business and financial news
Peter Watson
Watson’s Daily is the newsletter that improves your COMMERCIAL AWARENESS. In this podcast, the writer of Watson’s Daily talks about the week’s news and its implications. Peter Watson is an ex-stockbroker (13 years at 4 different investment banks in London and Tokyo) who advised some of the world’s biggest financial institutions on the UK, European and Japanese stock markets. He uses this experience to break down and explain key business and financial markets news in an approachable way! He also does the occasional podcast on career-related matters an ex-headhunter.
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Oct 29, 2025 • 23min
Episode 952: Is AI just used as an excuse for job cuts?
In this episode, Emma Dulinkova and I talk about Amazon's decision to cut 14,000 jobs and whether companies are just using AI as an excuse to sack people they were going to cut anyway...
Oct 19, 2025 • 53min
Episode 951: Weekly with Ralph - Superapps vs Driverless taxis in London...
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about the potential for superapps and whether driverless taxis will work in London (and what that might mean).The chat about superapps was prompted by a story this week about OpenAI's chief pursuing this with increasing functionality of ChatGPT and Elon Musk's previously-stated desire to make a superapp along the lines of WeChat in China.The chat about driverless taxis was prompted by Waymo coming to London. It'll be in competition with Wayve/Uber and, of course, black cabs among others...
Oct 12, 2025 • 50min
Episode 950: Weekly with Ralph - Bubbles and the London market...
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about bubbles in gold, bitcoin and AI as well as the sad decline of the London stock market as a global financial force...
Oct 9, 2025 • 40min
Episode 949: Weekly with Ralph - TrumpRx and grief AI
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about Trump's new pharma-portal (is it actually as good as it sounds?) as well as the moral and practical implications of AI in grief tech...This episode was recorded on Sunday 5th October 2025
Oct 9, 2025 • 22min
Episode 948: Weekly with Ralph - US trade tariffs and insulting your boss
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about the latest goings-on with US trade tariffs and whether insulting your boss is a sackable offence...This episode was recorded on Friday 5th September 2025
Aug 10, 2025 • 47min
Episode 947: Weekly with Ralph - Trump loading the bases and how to value OpenAI
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about Trump tightening his grip on the Fed and how stellar valuations are being justified for OpenAI...
Aug 3, 2025 • 46min
Episode 946: Weekly with Ralph - Trump vs Powell and why VPNs are suddenly so popular...
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about Trump's latest assault on the Fed chief and why VPNs are suddenly so popular!
Jun 29, 2025 • 22min
Episode 945: ONS failure vs Xiaomi's impressive new car
In this episode, Duncan and I look at the ONS's ongoing failure and Xiaomi's amazing new car launch...
Jun 22, 2025 • 24min
Episode 944: Tricky booze vs Musk's super-app
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about Pernod Ricard's woes and Musk's desire for X to become a super-app...
Jun 18, 2025 • 24min
Episode 943: Starbucks's China crisis vs whether AI really does make you stupid!
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about what Starbucks should do about its declining business in China and whether AI really does make you stupid (an MIT study says it does!)...
