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2 Feb 2024

Stop with the corporate jargon.

Source: Corporate rebels

1 Feb 2024

Greece is the third country in Europe, after italy and spain, to see energy security affected by Houthi attacks to tankers in the Red Sea.

At least 3 Qatari LNG cargoes have been cancelled over the last days, impacting the Greek prospects of becoming a gas hub in europe. Source: Francesco Sassi

1 Feb 2024

In 2004, Priceline $BKNG acquired Booking.com for $100 million.

Over the last 12 months, http://Booking.com generated ~$20 billion in revenue! Source: Finchat

31 Jan 2024

BREAKING: UPS, $UPS, to cut 12,000 jobs after what its CEO called a "difficult and disappointing" year

The company has stated that they are looking to cut $1 billion of annual costs. UPS stock was down 6% after the announcement. Over the last 3 months, layoffs have quickly spread from technology companies to just about every industry. Shipping is now the latest industry to feel the pain. Note that UPS announcement takes place 6 months after the famous 170k salary package announcement by UPS who was at the time desperate to find new drivers. Time flies... Source: The New York Times, The Kobeissi Letter

31 Jan 2024

Discipline vs. Talent

Source: Yasin Arafeh

30 Jan 2024

Royal Caribbean’s "Icon of the Seas" has set sail on its maiden voyage. It’s five times the size of the Titanic.

Source: Jon Erlichman

30 Jan 2024

Elon Musk said that the first human patient has received a brain implant from his startup Neuralink Corp.

A significant step forward for the company that aims to one day let humans control computers with their minds. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Musk said that the patient is recovering well, and that initial results of the procedure were promising. Source: Bloomberg

30 Jan 2024

JUST IN: Fidelity has marked up the value of its shares in X by 11% during the month of December, according to a new disclosure

Usage of X is currently at an all time high of 384 billion user seconds per day. It is also believed that the launch of Elon Musk's AI company, Grok, has helped increase valuation. X is currently the #2 news app on the App Store. Source: The Kobeissi Letter

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