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Spruce Short Selling Oatly; Netflix Playing the Game; America Tackling Equity
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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Jul 15, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Activist short seller Spruce Point Capital Management is accusing Oatly of shady accounting and greenwashing, claiming the stock is up to 70% overvalued. Spruce Point Founder and CIO Ben Axler explains his short position on the oat milk brand and defends the allegations. Netflix is making moves to enter the gaming space, but not without some watch list and content suggestions from Joe Kernen. Plus, the National Urban League is out with its annual “State of Black America” report. President and CEO Marc Morial and report co-author and Johns Hopkins professor Dr. Lisa Cooper discuss the intersection of racial equity, opportunity, and public health after 16 months of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Released:
Jul 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Life, Travel, & Security After a Pandemic: U.S. retail sales have plummeted as Americans cut back spending on non-essential items. Chinese businesses are largely up and running again, although CNBC Beijing Bureau Chief Eunice Yoon says life in the aftermath of the coronavirus looks very different from life before it. Mobile phones generate unique barcodes of health and travel data, and hazmat suits and temperature checkpoints are part of the country’s new normal. CEO of touchless airport security company CLEAR explains handsfree travel technology and health data collection in a post-Covid world. Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun is facing some backlash after he said that a major airline carrier may not survive the Covid crisis. CNBC’s Phil Lebeau discusses airline leadership and how lawmakers are now getting involved in the effort to socially distance plane passengers. Pilot Dennis Tajer, spokesman for the Allied Pilots Association, is calling for concrete guidance from the FAA and the Departmen by Squawk Pod