Commercial Awareness with Watson’s Daily business and financial news
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.
Latest episodes
Jul 14, 2023 • 17min
Episode 754: BP’s renewables commitment vs the war for content on social media…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Adam and I take a look at BP’s latest renewables deal and how a war for social media content is breaking out…
Jul 13, 2023 • 20min
Episode 753: More property nightmares vs AI chatbots regurgitating their own garbage…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Adam and I talk about ongoing property nightmares and how AI chatbots could be in danger of regurgitating their own content…
Jul 12, 2023 • 17min
Episode 752: Toyota’s hydrogen fuel cells and Amazon vs Europe…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Adam and I talk about Toyota’s hydrogen fuel cells and how Amazon is trying to wriggle out of obligations laid down in the forthcoming Digital Services Act legislation…
Jul 11, 2023 • 23min
Episode 751: Disney theme park slowdown vs the call to reduce wage demands…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Adam and I talk about a slowdown for Disney’s theme parks and why Hunt’n Bailey are asking for us not to be so “greedy”…
Jul 10, 2023 • 18min
Episode 750: Saudi Arabia in sport vs Shein aiming for Amazon…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Adam and I talk about the money that Saudi Arabia is putting into sport and how Shein is stretching its wings…
Jul 9, 2023 • 45min
Episode 749: Peter & Ralph's Weekly Chat (w/c 3rd July 2023)
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about why interest rates are taking so long to calm inflation, China's retaliation on chips that created such a stir and Toyota's ground-breaking discovery on solid-state EV batteries that could change the whole landscape...
Jul 7, 2023 • 17min
Episode 748: AI in recruitment vs a potential repeal of EU law…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Karina and I talk about how AI in recruitment might be about to change and how Chancellor Hunt could be on the verge of making a massive post-Brexit change to a law that had a huge effect on investment banks and investors…
Jul 6, 2023 • 16min
Episode 747: Authors take on AI vs the Threads launch…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Karina and I talk about Authors taking OpenAI to court and Twitter-killer Threads actually gets launched…
Jul 4, 2023 • 20min
Episode 746: China’s chip response vs the new Twitter-killer
In this episode, Karina and I talk about China’s latest response to sanctions and how Threads could be a major threat to Twitter…
Jul 3, 2023 • 20min
Episode 745: UK consumer trends vs crypto miners repurposing…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Karina and I talk about what UK consumers are spending their money on (and what they’re NOT spending their money on) and how some crypto miners are switching to AI…
