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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Mar 1, 2023 • 25min
Episode 660: M&S’s new thing vs Meta’s ad recovery…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Ines and I talk about M&S’s new customer offering and how Meta is managing to stage a recovery in advertising…
Feb 28, 2023 • 22min
Episode 659: the green investment fight vs the potential end of TikTok…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Ines and I talk about the raging debate on green investment incentives in the US that are frustrating the EU and UK as well as what might be the beginning of the end for TikTok…
Feb 27, 2023 • 21min
Episode 658: robot lawyers vs AI copyright trickiness…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Ines and I talk about robot lawyers helping with contracts and whether AI-generated artwork should be protected by patent…
Feb 26, 2023 • 35min
Episode 657: Peter & Ralph's Weekly chat (w/c 20th February 2023)
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about the latest developments in Ukraine, the Great British Salad Shortage and thoughts on the metaverse...
Feb 24, 2023 • 23min
Episode 656: China as peacemaker vs AI-powered WPP…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Lacie and I talk about China’s self-styled role as potential peacemaker in Ukraine and what WPP’s AI-powered success means…
Feb 23, 2023 • 25min
Episode 655: The new plan for Japan’s aging demographic…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Lacie and I talk about the Japanese PM’s new plan on how to address the tricky problem of Japan’s falling birth rate…
Feb 22, 2023 • 27min
Episode 654: hydrogen vehicles vs Apple envy…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Lacie and I talk about why it’s important to keep pushing with hydrogen power and how Apple is beating Android…
Feb 21, 2023 • 20min
Episode 653: Morrisons price cuts vs tech quitting China…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Lacie and I talk about Morrisons paltry discounts and why China is dividing tech…
Feb 20, 2023 • 23min
Episode 652: B Corp shenanigans vs the property crash on the metaverse…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Lacie and I talk about what’s going on with ESG credentials and why no-one wants to buy property on the metaverse…
Feb 17, 2023 • 20min
Episode 651: Microsoft AI in a pickle vs where’s the metaverse gone…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about how AI is currently far from perfect and why we aren’t talking that much these days about the metaverse…
