Month: June 2024

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The Journal. - Shein: Fast Fashion, Slow IPO

The fast-fashion giant hoped to have a splashy U.S. public offering this year. WSJ's Shen Lu explains how the divide between Beijing and Washington got in the way.


Further Reading:

- Shein Promised to Have a Big U.S. IPO. Its China Roots Got in the Way. 

- Fast-Fashion Giant Shein Files to Go Public 


Further Listening:

- Shein Took Over Fast Fashion. Then Came the Backlash. 

- The Mysterious CEO Leading Shein to an IPO 


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Motley Fool Money - We Can Fix You, Southwest

Elliott Management amps up the activist activity, and puts Southwest’s leadership and board on notice. 


(00:21) Asit Sharma and Dylan Lewis discuss:


- Why Elliot Management is looking to shakeup leadership at Southwest after taking a 10%+ stake in the airline.

- Nvidia’s stock split, and why this one may matter more than most.

- The new names in the S&P 500 – Crowdstrike, KKR, and GoDaddy – and what they say about the state of the market. 


(17:57) Are the world’s tallest buildings ego-projects or promising investment opportunities? Ricky Mulvey talks with economist and skyscraper expert Jason Barr, about the state of “supertalls” and how China’s building boom is leading to an increase in homeowners without homes.


Companies discussed: LUV, NVDA, CRWD, KKR, GDDY, RHI, CMA, ILMN


Host: Dylan Lewis

Guests: Asit Sharma, Ricky Mulvey, Jason Barr

Producer: Ricky Mulvey

Engineers: Dan Boyd


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CoinDesk Podcast Network - MARKETS DAILY: From Consensus 2024 | How Blockchain Technologies Can Empower Financial Institutions

The latest price moves and insights with Shift Markets CEO Ian McAfee and Roger Bayston, Executive Vice President and Head of Digital Assets at Franklin Templeton.

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Today's episode is sponsored by BitGo.

Roger Bayston, Executive Vice President and Head of Digital Assets at Franklin Templeton, and Shift Markets CEO Ian McAfee joined CoinDesk Live at Consensus 2024 to discuss institutional adoption of crypto and how blockchain technologies empower financial service providers.

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This episode was co-hosted by Jennifer Sanasie and Helene Braun. “Markets Daily” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Victor Chen, alongside Senior Booking Producer Melissa Montañez. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.

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Federalist Radio Hour - The Constitution-Paved Path To Repair America

Yuval Levin, the director of social, cultural, and constitutional studies at the American Enterprise Institute and founder and editor of National Affairs, joins Emily Jashinsky to outline the biggest problems plaguing the divided American political system and discuss how the Constitution can remedy them. 

You can find Levin's book, American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation—and Could Again, here. 

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - GEN C: Live from Consensus: Memes & Money

From the Consensus stage, we explore the rise of meme coins and the financialization of cultural ideas through blockchain technology.

In this episode, we feature a panel from Consensus moderated by Camilla McFarland with artist Rhett Mankind, marketer Liz Hagelthorn, talent representative Chris Jacquemin, and investor Derek Edwards to discuss the emergence of meme coins, the tokenization of cultural concepts and the potential impact of this trend on art, celebrity and the monetization of ideas. This episode was recorded live at Consensus 2024 in Austin, TX.

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"Gen C" features hosts Sam Ewen and Avery Akkineni. Executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced by Uyen Truong. Our theme music is "1882” by omgkirby x Channel Tres with editing by Doc Blust. Artwork by Nicole Marie Rincon.

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The Bulwark Podcast - Bill Kristol: Tuberville’s Policy Is the Same as Trump’s

Tommy Tuberville's know-nothing appeasement of Putin lines up exactly with where the ex-POTUS is—Biden should be making Trumpworld squirm over that fact. Plus, the antisemitic white nationalists who could be back at the White House next year, the far-right's momentum in Europe, and the curious case of why Trump would be reluctant to release the Epstein file. Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Strange News: Atlanta’s Water Disaster, Google’s AI Search, Soaring Rental Prices

Atlanta's water disaster prompts a conversation about the conspiracies that led to it and the larger threat of crumbling infrastructure across the US. Google's AI search is pretty terrible. One company may be to blame for America's soaring rent prices. All this and more in this week's strange news segment.

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Focus on Africa - How does a seat at UN Security Council benefit Somalia?

Somalia was recently elected by the United Nations General Assembly to be a member of the 15 member U.N.Security Council. This is for a two-year term starting next year. What does Somalia bring to the top table at the UN?

Also, how huge quantities of gold are being smuggled out of Africa

And we meet the Ghanaian dance duo Afronita and Abigail who wowed a talent show in Britain.

Presenter: Charles Gitonga Technical Producer: Ricardo McCarthy Producers: Bella Hassan, Rob Wilson, Yvette Twagiramariya, Daniel Dadzie, Emmanuella Alausa and Nyasha Michelle Senior Producers: Karnie Sharp and Paul Bakibinga Editors : Alice Muthengi and Andre Lombard