Snacks Daily show

Snacks Daily

Summary: Digestible financial news. Get smarter fast with an entertaining breakdown of our top 3 business stories in 15 minutes. Pairs perfectly with your commute, workout, or morning oatmeal ritual. Hosted by Jack Kramer and Nick Martell.

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 McDonald’s jumps 6% to record high, Harley gets hated on by Millennials, and Lime’s launching a scooter store | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1220

McDonald’s is going through the “biggest makeover in its history” and that’s got investors to pump the stock up to its highest point ever. Lime’s the $1.1B e-scooter unicorn that sneakily revealed it’s opening a physical store. And Harley-Davidson keeps on struggling, despite a huge new effort to become relevant to you.

 Harry’s kills the women’s “pink tax,” Hasbro blames Toys ‘R’ Us (for everything), and 1 big update on “Quitaly” | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1223

The death of Toys ‘R’ Us has a huge impact on the toy industry, so Hasbro’s blaming them and desperately trying to make 1 big shift. Direct-to-consumer razor icon Harry’s just launched a women’s line called Flamingo that’ll end an annoying commercial practice. And 100 episodes after we first told you about Quitaly, we’ve got a big update on what’s up with Italy’s beef with the European Union.

 Skechers record quarter, Venmo’s new debit card powers PayPal 9%, P&G is our “Comeback of the Day” | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1148

Venmo’s got a fancy new physical debit card that’s powered its best quarter ever for PayPal. Skecher’s enjoyed its best quarter yet thanks to a strategy of being anti-trend (in every way). And Procter & Gamble’s all over your parents’ bathroom -- and it’s our “Comeback of the Day” for getting growth back.

 Unilever bets big on “healthy ice cream,” secretive Palantir preps for $40B IPO, and Square unveils sexiest product yet | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1146

From Ben & Jerry’s to Dove soap, Unilever owns everything in your house -- And to boost quarterly sales it’s going hard after “innovative” ice cream. Square just created the coolest looking payments product for every small business. And Palantir’s the secretive data firm that serves the CIA and FBI as clients -- now it’s prepping for a $40B IPO.

 Beyond Meats vegan burgers preps IPO, Sears surges 57% on hope, and the Bonobos founder’s leading 2 lingeries acquisitions for Walmart | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1118

Bankrupt last week. Surging this week. Sears shares popped after a secret phone recording from the CEO’s town hall meeting. Beyond Meats is the first alt-meat, plant-based food to IPO, and it just announced which banks will lead it. And Bonobos’ founder is leading the acquisition of two direct-to-consumer lingerie brands for Walmart.

 Uber IPO could have $120B valuation, Netflix earnings dominate with 137M users, and Goldman & Morgan Stanley stocks pop | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1144

Uber hosted a bunch of banks to chat about its 2019 IPO plans and valuation -- apparently its value’s jumped 67% to $120B. Netflix’s growth rate keeps growing, and it created a funky chart about its Instagram cred. And Goldman and Morgan Stanley stocks both popped because this summer's was big for tech IPOs, and these banks led them

 Beer ingredients get hit, US deficit surges 17%, and Handy bought by Angie’s List for secret sum | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1168

Hold our beer. A new business and climate report shows that barley prices will get hit hard this century, and that’s even worse for brew-glomerates. The US government’s deficit jumped big (that’s not good) by 17% to $779 billion. And our acquisition of the day is Handy, the gig economy cleaning app, which got snagged by Angie’s List’s so it can own future Millennial homebuyers.

 Millennials eradicate American cheese, JPMorgan dominates bank earnings, and Snap gets a prescription | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1124

Snap’s stock is down 65% since its IPO, so we’ve got a prescription for its 3 diagnoses. Big banks kicked off the 3rd quarter earnings season, so we check out why JPMorgan’s so hot right now. And Millennials aren’t killing American cheese -- we’re eradicating it. And that’s caused cheddar cheese prices to hit record lows.

 Allbirds hits $1.4B, Walmart hooks up with PayPal to become a bank network, and why the Dow dropped 5% in 2 days | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1067

For 25M unbanked Americans, Walmart’s about to become their bank thanks to an epicly large new partnership with PayPal. Direct-to-consumer shoe phenom Allibrds raised $50M to hit a $1.4B valuation. And we break down the main reason stocks just dropped big: interest rates. We tell ya all about them.

 Apple/Netflix/Snap/Costco/Walmart/AT&T all just dominated streaming video, “Unicorn of the Day” Smile Direct Club hits $3.2B, and 126-year-old Sears on the bankruptcy brink | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1069

No joke. This was the biggest day for the media industry all year -- Apple, Netflix, Snap, Walmart, Costco, AT&T, and a newbie all had disruptive news. Smile Direct Club’s valuation surged to $3.2B as it replaces your braces (and orthodontist). And after 126 years, Sears may be finally calling it quits.

 Google’s new “Home Hub” and selfie phone, Starbucks’ $1B activist investment, and Papa John’s surges 10% | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 994

The finale of tech product season wrapped up -- Google’s got a camera-free mini-bot “Home Hub” for your home and a freaky new phone. Papa John’s surges 10% on rumors the hedge fund behind Wendy’s wants a piece. And Starbucks snags $1B from activist investor Bill Ackman because he’s got a thing for coffee.

 Facebook’s video chat device/spy for your home, Birchbox snags Walgreens beauty investment, and Walmart’s new streaming service | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1061

Perfect timing. And by perfect we mean terrible. Just as it’s “recovering” from more data scandals, Facebook unveils a video chat device for your home. Drugstore chain Walgreens invested in Birchbox to get its beauty game up. And Walmart’s new streaming service wants to take over everywhere that’s not a city.

 Toys ‘R’ Us’ ain’t dead yet, the best Jobless rate since ‘69, and a blockchain wine investment by Overstock | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1050

Cancel the auction -- Toys ‘R’ Us’ creditors cut the bankruptcy plans short and are relaunching the company instead. Overstock.com is so desperate that its venture arm just invested in a blockchain wine company to fix fake wine. And the September Jobs Report hit a record low unemployment rate that’s a wine for wages (and stocks).

 China plants spy chips in US servers, Hershey’s innovates impulse chocolate, and Constellation Brands jumps 5% for crushing liquor | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1123

This one’s huge -- Reports revealed that China’s got a secret government unit embedding US servers with spy chips. Hershey’s online sales shockingly surged 30% thanks to 2 new innovations to get you splurging on chocolate online. And liquor legend Constellation Brands enjoyed double-digit sales growth along with its pot investments.

 Tencent Music’s 800 million user IPO, Target’s biggest strategy move of 2018, and Microsoft’s non-event event | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1074

Tencent Music’s got nearly 1 billion users and wants to IPO in NYC -- We think Spotify could learn from its karaoke app. Target’s fighting the retail-pocalypse by partnering with the companies disrupting it. And Microsoft is our sad story of the day after its lame mid-week event didn’t impress. Anyone.

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