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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Dec 10, 2023 • 38min
Episode 841: Peter & Ralph's Weekly Chat (w/c 4th December 2023)
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about Spotify's massive headcount reduction and what the company could do to grow its business in the future...APOLOGIES - the sound is a bit weird at the beginning for some reason but it gets better pretty soon 👍
Dec 5, 2023 • 51min
Episode 840: Peter & Ralph's Weekly Chat (w/c 27th November 2023)
In today's episode, Ralph and I talk about positive uses for AI, what comes next for X after Elon Musk's outburst and how AI may affect the future of work (according to the government).
Dec 1, 2023 • 22min
Episode 839: PwC’s new AI chatbot vs Robinhood in the UK…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about PwC’s new AI chatbot and the prospects for Robinhood launching in the UK…
Nov 29, 2023 • 23min
Episode 838: Secondhand marketplaces vs Barclays sacking clients…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about the increasing popularity of secondhand marketplaces and why Barclays sacking clients isn’t all that shocking…
Nov 27, 2023 • 19min
Episode 837: Indian coal mining vs why the Bank of England’s forecasts are so rubbish…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Marta and I talk about India’s plans to increase coal mining activity and why the Bank of England has been so rubbish with its economic forecasts…
Nov 26, 2023 • 41min
Episode 836: Peter & Ralph's Weekly Chat (w/c 20th November 2023)
In this week's episode, Ralph and I talk about the Autumn Statement and the shenanigans at OpenAI. Apologies that the sound isn't top notch for this episode.
Nov 23, 2023 • 22min
Episode 835: OpenAI thoughts vs reaction to the Autumn Statement…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Julia and I talk about what’s next for OpenAI and some thoughts on the Autumn Statement…
Nov 22, 2023 • 20min
Episode 834: the Deliveroo decision vs the scandal at Binance…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Julia and I talk about the latest decision on employees/contractors at Deliveroo and Binance’s money laundering founder…
Nov 21, 2023 • 14min
Episode 833: More OpenAI drama vs Fisker looking dodgy…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Julia and I talk about the latest on OpenAI and Fisker looking a bit shaky…
Nov 20, 2023 • 24min
Episode 832: Halfords’ rejects an offer vs the high drama at OpenAI…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about Halfords rejecting an offer and the leadership shenanigans going on at OpenAI! I’ve never seen anything like this before!
