The stock market saw a surprising 11% drop in a usually stable stock due to unforeseen factors such as market focus on streaming losses and decreased performance expectations for theme parks. This unexpected turn may lead to the intervention of an activist investor aiming for a board seat if the stock continues underperforming, following a pattern where activists initially lose but gain board seats if the stock doesn't recover within a year.
Kara and Scott are live at the Finance Forward Conference in Hamburg, Germany! They discuss TikTok's lawsuit against the U.S. government, as well as the latest earnings from Reddit and Disney. Then, Microsoft and OpenAI launch a $2 million fund to counter election deepfakes. Will that amount of money do anything to move the needle? Plus, Germany is the latest country to test a four-day work week. Could that actually improve productivity?
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