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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Feb 14, 2022 • 19min
Episode 402: Rising cybersecurity costs vs Lithuania/China/EU…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Alina and I talk about even more pressures on businesses in terms of rising cybersecurity costs as well as the consequences of China’s stance on Lithuanian imports on Europe…
Feb 11, 2022 • 45min
Episode 401: Here’s our roundup of some of the week’s big stories…#WatsonsWeeklyRoundup
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about nuclear fusion, oil industry windfall taxes and luxury…
Feb 11, 2022 • 18min
Episode 400: Cars as batteries vs Britishvolt’s latest success…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about how EV owners could make money from the National Grid and how Britishvolt is attracting some high-profile customers…
Feb 10, 2022 • 20min
Episode 399: Maersk’s success vs Bosch and re-skilling the workforce…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about Maersk surfing the wave of MASSIVE demand and how Bosch is putting its money where its mouth is regarding the reskilling of its workforce to transition expertise to EVs in the future…
Feb 9, 2022 • 20min
Episode 398: Apple’s new service vs Tui’s optimism…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about Apple’s new functionality and whether Tui is getting a bit over-optimistic about its prospects for the second half…
Feb 8, 2022 • 20min
Episode 397: rising meat prices vs rising prices everywhere! #WeAskWatson
In this episode, Lauren and I talk about meat, meat alternatives and rising prices across the board!
Feb 7, 2022 • 21min
Episode 397: NFT push-back and Peloton’s potential takeover…
In this episode, Lauren and I talk about problems facing NFTs and how Peloton might benefit from being acquired by a big company after rumours emerged about Amazon and Nike being interested…
Feb 5, 2022 • 46min
Episode 396: Here’s our roundup of some of the week’s big stories…#WatsonsWeeklyRoundup
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about Spotify, PayPal’s nightmare, Facebook’s prospects and how to solve the cost of living crisis.
Feb 4, 2022 • 21min
Episode 396: Turkey’s inflation problem vs Nintendo’s potential…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Elif and I talk about the unique take Turkey’s president Erdogan has on how to combat inflation and the potential of Nintendo in light of recent gaming developments.
Feb 3, 2022 • 23min
Episode 395: impact of the NSIA on start-up investment vs Britishvolt’s recycling plans…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Apolloniya and I talk about the implications of the National Security and Investment Act on business investment and Britishvolt’s plans to recycle Li-ion batteries from cars and consumer electronics…
