Commercial Awareness with Watson’s Daily business and financial news

In this episode, Amy and I talk about the big High Court decision that will affect insurers and claimants alike and a new direction for Spotify

In this episode, Amy and I talk about the scandal surrounding electric truck maker Nikola and the future for Arm

In this episode, Amy and I talk about Oracle “winning” in the fight for TikTok and Apple’s reveal without the new iPhone

In this episode George and I talk about what we think are the most impactful stories in today’s Watson’s Daily. India vs China tech or who could be the next Tesla?

In today’s edition, George and I talk about an escalation in the Apple vs Epic Games, Tencent’s investment in Voodoo and the relative lack of IPOs in the London market #WeAskWatson

In this episode, George and I talk about the potential impact of private equity firms getting access to government loans and whether Epic Games’ move against Apple could signal something bigger...

In this week’s roundup, I talk about some tech skirmishes, EV developments and real estate trends

In this episode, George and I talk about office property trends and the impact of working from home in industries including transport and construction. We also talk about the impact this can have on younger employees.

In this episode, George and I are in agreement for once about the BP story in today’s Watson’s Daily. We discuss what’s going on for BP but also what the wider implications are for offices around the world

Today, George and I discuss the merits of Amazon potentially turning malls into distribution centres and why traditional banks still seem to hold all the cards...

This episode covers Trump and tech, TikTok, more gloom on the UK high street and some of the latest coronatrends #Watson’sWeekly

In this episode, George and I discuss our favourite stories from today’s Watson’s Daily.

In this episode I talk with George about advances in the TikTok story and continued nightmares in the travel sector

Today, we talk about TikTok and what’s going on with Trump, Microsoft and ByteDance...

Big Tech got a telling off this week by Congress, Trump got shirty about TikTok, BoJo announced fast food ad bans and working from home continues to affect out daily lives and outlook.

George and I pick out what we think are the most impactful stories of the day. Who wins today? Apologies for my sound quality - we’ll get it right soon 😀

Today, George and I are sparring about our favourite stories. Are predictions of the death of European tourism overdone vs record highs for the gold price. Who wins today??

This is a first attempt at a DAILY podcast! In the #WeAskWatson series, I am asked/challenged about my favourite story of the day. Slightly rough, but it’s a start 😜 Today, I’m talking about the significance of the sudden travel restrictions and George is talking about the fast food ad ban

This week was pretty dramatic for Europe, Tesla qualifies for the S&P500, TikTok faces uncertainty and the “coronatrends” continue...

In this episode, we see the EU cutting GDP growth forecasts, India vs China and Sunak’s stimulus. We also look at consumer and retail trends, a clampdown on Big Tech and the impact of WFH.

In this edition, I talk about China vs Hong Kong, Putin’s triumph and the UK’s pent-up spending power. I also look at Main Street and High Street retail performance and some big tech dramas.

This was a week of slow turnarounds, cautious lockdown easing and Wirecard nightmares...

In this episode, I give you the latest on what’s going on in the US, China and Europe and some interesting developments in tech, pharmaceuticals and financials - among other things.

Here is my overview of some of the week’s key business and financial news stories. We look at what’s going on in the US, Europe and oil, how the US and UK consumers are feeling, how planes and cars are faring and other exciting developments for Airbnb, Ocado and food delivery consolidation.

This was a week of US protests that spread around the world, Europe continued with bailout efforts, car sales were on the rise (but for how long?) and the NYSE and NASDAQ signalled listing changes that could have MAJOR repercussions...