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Market Explainer sets out to be irreverent, humorous and authentic; while informing the listeners about the dynamic evolution that is rapidly happening in the business marketplace. The podcast explains four business news stories delivered with concise and biting commentary.

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The Franchise – Ep 76

Recorded Live on 11/15/2022 Subway is replacing workers with machines. Smartest decision theyve made since hiring Jared: https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/14/business/subway-grab-and-go-fridges/index.html A little late to the party?: https://www.al.com/life/2022/11/mike-tyson-evander-holyfield-team-up-for-holy-ears-an-edible-cannabis-product.html Another billionaire promises to...

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It’s Layoff Season – Ep 75

Recorded Live 11-09-2022 1. Meta is laying off more than employees than Elon and no one cares a: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/09/meta-to-lay-off-more-than-11000-thousand-employees.html b: https://fortune.com/2022/11/08/elon-musk-twitter-paywall-could-sound-the-death-knell-experts-warn/ 2. Nice. Apple can afford it: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/former-apple-employee-admits-to-defrauding-tech-giant-of-17-million-over-seven-years/3933835/ 3....

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Let That Sink In! – Ep 74

Recorded Live 10-31-2022 LET THAT SINK IN – Elon closes Twitter deal. First time in Market Fire history we were wrong. Last time also: https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/29/23430332/elon-musk-twitter-reportedly-ordered-company-wide-layoffs; https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/30/23431931/twitter-paid-verification-elon-musk-blue-monthly-subscription ; https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/jack-dorsey-bluesky-social-app-twitter-050005805.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr ;...

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The Rent is too Dang High! – Ep 73

Recorded Live 10-26-2022 Bloomberg: Musk Tells Bankers He Plans to Close Twitter Deal on Friday: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-25/musk-tells-debt-bankers-he-plans-to-close-twitter-deal-on-friday Rent is staying wild fam: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-25/nyc-is-priciest-for-us-rents-while-boston-passes-san-francisco?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=twitter-moments&utm_content=wealth Ye lost Billionaire status. Is this all...

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The Patagonia Tax Scam – Ep 72

Recorded on 10/21/22 Patagonia’s Founder says he is giving up ownership to help fight the climate crises. Pretty sure its a tax avoidance scheme – https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/14/business/patagonia-ownership/index.html ; https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-15/patagonia-billionaire-who-gave-up-company-skirts-700-million-tax-hit?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_content=business&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_source=twitter Super...

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We’ll Do it Live – Ep 71

Recorded on 10/17/22 Ye is buying Parler – https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/17/tech/kanye-west-ye-parler/index.html Elon wants to Turn Twitter into X – https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/06/technology/elon-musk-x.html Genius entrepreneur cuts catalytic converters to pay warrants – https://wreg.com/news/local/man-tells-police-he-was-stealing-catalytic-converters-to-pay-warrants/ Liquid...

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