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 19, 2020 • 16min
Episode 59: Big Tech in for a tough time vs vegan burgers/discs/tubes...#WeAskWatson (with Tash)
In this episode, Tash and I talk about how Big Tech is likely to face a tough few years whoever wins the US presidential election as well as the European decision due this week on whether words like “burger” and “sausage” can be used to describe meat-free alternatives...
Oct 16, 2020 • 24min
Episode 58: Here’s my roundup of the week in a new format...#WatsonsWeeklyRoundup
In this episode I chat with Emily about some of the key business and financial markets news of the week.
Oct 16, 2020 • 18min
Episode 57: Will dodgy accounts scupper the Asda deal vs Ford’s EV cop-out...#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Emily and I talk about Deloitte’s potential impact on the EG Group’s proposed purchase of Asda and what Ford’s recent actions on carbon credits says about vehicle emissions. We also get an unwelcome interruption...
Oct 15, 2020 • 16min
Episode 56: WeWork and working from home plus a bit of BTS...#WeAskWatson (with Emily)
In this episode, Emily and I talk about WeWork reducing rents, whether WFH will be permanent and just how much Big Hit Entertainment relies on K-pop superstars BTS
Oct 14, 2020 • 18min
Episode 55: Amazon takes over the world vs the demise of cinemas...#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Rob and I talk about Amazon’s ongoing expansion and what that could mean as well as what lies in store for cinemas...
Oct 13, 2020 • 14min
Episode 54: Apple’s new toys vs a teeny weeny stimulus package for India...#WeAskWatson (with Rob)
In this episode, Rob and I talk about that warm fuzzy feeling when you get a new phone AND how India’s small stimulus could give foreign companies an opportunity to get a better foothold in a market with huge potential
Oct 12, 2020 • 19min
Episode 53: The future of apparel retailing vs the EU fighting Big Tech...#WeAskWatson (with Emily)
In this episode, Emily and I talk about the future of apparel retailing and whether the EU really can stand up to Big Tech
Oct 9, 2020 • 1h 51min
Episode 52: The future of railways and the mess in Spain...#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Elif and I talk about the survival of UK railways and the impact of coronavirus uncertainty in Spain...
Oct 8, 2020 • 16min
Episode 51: Trump’s “cure” and the newest thing in whisky...#WeAskWatson
In today’s episode, Elif and I talk about the relative merits of antibody-based coronavirus treatments and how a new invention could completely change the whisky industry...#WeAskWatson
Oct 7, 2020 • 15min
Episode 50: Facebook vs Turkey...#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Elif and I discuss what’s going on with Facebook in Turkey and what the implications might be...
