Alongside your regularly scheduled episode, we're releasing this headlines companion - covering three of the biggest business news stories from around the world. There's so much happening around the world of business and hopefully this headline companion helps keeps you more informed. Tell us what you think of The Dive – email us at thedive@equitymates.com. Follow our Instagram here , or find out more here . ***** In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive ackn...
Sep 30, 2022•5 min
A four-day work week is gaining momentum. One of the most significant trials of this new way of working is taking place in Britain at the moment. And at the halfway point, the people involved are saying that productivity levels haven't fallen at all. The pandemic has accelerated hybrid and remote work trends, but has it accelerated the push for a four-day work week as well? Sascha and Darcy talk about this new development and what comes next. We’re asking our UK audience to help share our busine...
Sep 28, 2022•13 min
Alongside your regularly scheduled episode, we're releasing this headlines companion - covering three of the biggest business news stories from around the world. There's so much happening around the world of business and hopefully this headline companion helps keeps you more informed. Tell us what you think of The Dive – email us at thedive@equitymates.com. Follow our Instagram here , or find out more here . ***** In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive ackn...
Sep 28, 2022•5 min
The world’s best performing currency this year isn’t crypto - it’s the US dollar. If you turn on the news, you'll often hear about currency movements - but it's full of jargon, and it rarely talks about what that actually means . So today we wanted to talk about why it matters. Today Alec and Sascha talk about why is the US dollar is on a tear of late, and answer the question - why should we care about it? We’re asking our UK audience to help share our business news podcast – The Dive – with fri...
Sep 26, 2022•19 min
Alongside your regularly scheduled episode, we're releasing this headlines companion - covering three of the biggest business news stories from around the world. There's so much happening around the world of business and hopefully this headline companion helps keeps you more informed. Tell us what you think of The Dive – email us at thedive@equitymates.com. Follow our Instagram here , or find out more here . ***** In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive ackn...
Sep 26, 2022•5 min
Chess is embroiled in a cheating scandal. No, not the CHESS sponsorship of your share portfolio. Good old fashioned chess. So, how is chess a business story? Well, like many other sports - there’s huge prize money on offer. And since the Queen’s Gambit dropped on Netflix last year - the popularity of chess has taken off. There’s been a huge increase in global interest. And this story has rocked the chess world. Today Darcy and Sascha talk about what’s going on with this cheating scandal and what...
Sep 23, 2022•15 min
Alongside your regularly scheduled episode, we're releasing this headlines companion - covering three of the biggest business news stories from around the world. There's so much happening around the world of business and hopefully this headline companion helps keeps you more informed. Tell us what you think of The Dive – email us at thedive@equitymates.com. Follow our Instagram here , or find out more here . ***** In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive ackn...
Sep 23, 2022•6 min
We’re feeling the impacts of inflation and cost of living pressures. In the UK, inflation is at 9.9%, in the US it is 8.3%, in Australia it is 6.1%. We can hear you saying what does 6% or 9% mean? Essentially 9% inflation means that prices are up 9% or, put another way, your money buys 9% less. Because of this, we’re seeing strikes from unions across the world - airport workers in Germany, teachers in Norway, air traffic controllers in France. One industry that seems to be in the middle of strik...
Sep 21, 2022•16 min
Alongside your regularly scheduled episode, we're releasing this headlines companion - covering three of the biggest business news stories from around the world. There's so much happening around the world of business and hopefully this headline companion helps keeps you more informed. Tell us what you think of The Dive – email us at thedive@equitymates.com. Follow our Instagram here , or find out more here . ***** In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive ackn...
Sep 21, 2022•6 min
Most people are familiar with the clothing brand Patagonia. The outdoor clothing company was founded in 1973 in California and has expanded to hundreds of stores across tens of countries. Last week, headlines were made around the world, after the founder, Yvon Chouinard, announced he was giving away the company. That’s right. He didn’t sell it, he didn’t list it on the share market, he just gave it away and pledged its profits to help fight climate change. In a world of billionaires fighting for...
Sep 19, 2022•11 min
We're testing something new for The Dive this week. Alongside your regularly scheduled episode, we're releasing this headlines companion - covering three of the biggest business news stories from around the world. There's so much happening around the world of business and hopefully this headline companion helps keeps you more informed. Tell us what you think of The Dive – email us at thedive@equitymates.com. Follow our Instagram here , or find out more here . ***** In the spirit of reconciliatio...
Sep 19, 2022•5 min
Can you remember the last time you went to the cinemas? Are you struggling to think of the answer? Don't feel too bad. For many of us, the answer to that question is: "...it’s been a while”. And it’s starting to have an effect on the cinema industry. Earlier this month, Cineworld, the world’s 2nd largest cinema chain, declared bankruptcy, but the challenges for movie theatres spread far beyond that one headline… Today Darcy and Sascha talk about just how much trouble is the cinema industry is in...
Sep 16, 2022•14 min
One of the biggest events in cryptocurrency’s short history is happening this week. The Ethereum Merge. Now here at The Dive we’re certainly not crypto experts... we'd more describe ourselves as crypto curious. But there’s so much hype around this Merge, it's been hard to avoid the headlines. Today Sascha and Alec are joined by Tracey Plowman, from Crypto Curious, who helps them get their heads around this Merge... and why should we care about it? Listen to Crypto Curious here . We’re asking our...
Sep 14, 2022•20 min
This was a headline on the news last week - Kim Kardashian is starting a private equity fund. The star, best known for her 328 million Instagram followers and reality show Keeping up with the Kardashians, is getting into the space with her new venture Skky Partners. But this story doesn’t come out of the blue. It is actually in keeping with the changing nature of celebrity endorsements that we’ve seen in the past 10 years. So today we wanted to put the news in context and explain how Kim, and he...
Sep 12, 2022•17 min
Semiconductors - or microchips - are in everything. Whatever you’re using to find this podcast - it has a semiconductor. They are the brains of modern electronic devices and are necessary in communications, computing, healthcare, transport, energy… look… basically every industry. And this week, the US Government banned semiconductor companies from building factories or even selling to Chinese customers. Today Alec and Sascha look at why America put such a restrictive ban in place? And asked the ...
Sep 09, 2022•19 min
We often speak about the streaming wars on The DIVE, and this week we are seeing two of the biggest shows in TV history go head-to-head. In one corner we have, The Rings of Power, the prequel of The Lord of the Rings from Amazon. In the other corner we have, House of the Dragon, the prequel to Game of Thrones from HBO. Two fantasy epics, with epic budgets. And they have come to symbolise the big budget show from these streaming giants. In this episode of The DIVE Alec & Darcy discuss what th...
Sep 07, 2022•17 min
In April, Elon Musk signed a deal to buy the social media platform for $44 billion. Months later, he tried to walk away from the deal claiming too many fake accounts and Twitter has sued him to enforce the sale. As the court date gets closer, both sides are making moves. So we wanted to check in on the court case and keep up with what is happening. We’re asking our UK audience to help share our business news podcast – The Dive – with friends and family. You can join the referral program for free...
Sep 05, 2022•16 min
Did you hear? Movie star Ryan Reynolds and TV star Rob McElhenney have teamed up to buy a struggling British football team. How could this be a business story? Because behind the excitement of two American celebrities teaming up to buy a British football team (and the subsequent documentary they've made following the journey), this could turn out to be a great investment. Today Alec and Sascha talk about why two Hollywood stars would possibly buy a football team, and is this anything more than a...
Sep 02, 2022•16 min
McDonalds, Starbucks, Ikea. Or should we say... Uncle Vanya, Stars Coffee, IDEA? After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, many big western brands shut their operations in Russia and left the world’s eleventh largest economy. But these businesses were incredibly popular with the Russian people. Many of them were potent symbols of post-Cold War Russia, and became a part of the Russian people’s lifestyle and culture. Their abrupt closures left a gaping hole. But now the void is being f...
Aug 31, 2022•13 min
Student loan forgiveness made headlines around the world last week as US President Joe Biden announced executive action to forgive $240 billion worth of student loans over the next ten years. Plenty has been written about the merits of the policy. On one hand, we’ve heard about the hardships that many students with loans face and the way it affects new business creation and upward mobility of borrowers. But on the other, we’ve heard from those that have already paid off their loans about the unf...
Aug 29, 2022•17 min
Today we're talking about Mr Beast .'Who is he?', I hear you ask... He's a self-made YouTuber, who just reached 100 million subscribers. So today, Darcy and Sascha look at the business of Mr Beast and ask themselves - why should we care? What's his secret to viral videos, and just how much coin is he collecting for his internet fame? We’re asking our UK audience to help share our business news podcast – The Dive – with friends and family. You can join the referral program for free here: https://...
Aug 26, 2022•16 min
Bryce, Darcy and Alec join Sascha today and share the 3 biggest takeaways from earnings season so far. There is a new record for the most profitable company in the world, retail is feeling the pinch from inflation and Google still reins supreme. Listen to the Neom episode here . We’re asking our UK audience to help share our business news podcast – The Dive – with friends and family. You can join the referral program for free here: https://refer.fm/thedive and get rewarded for your sharing! Tell...
Aug 24, 2022•19 min
I’m not sure if you’re aware, there’s been a lot happening in the world of satellite internet recently. In late July, two of Europe’s biggest satellite internet operators - - announced a merger. Why? They said they want to better compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink. Then, Starlink was in the headlines after parts of one of their rockets crashed down to earth and landed in a paddock in rural Australia. Thankfully, no one was hurt. But it did get us thinking here at The Dive. For an industry that is...
Aug 22, 2022•21 min
Two reports released this week, one from Britain and a second from America, show just how much streaming services have disrupted broadcast TV. The first, from Britain's Office of Communications shows how viewing time of traditional broadcast TV has dropped off a cliff, especially amongst young people. The second, from Nielsen, found that in July Americans spent more time watching streaming services than cable TV - the first time this has ever happened. But the whole industry is in a state of flu...
Aug 19, 2022•19 min
WeWork. You might be familiar with the name - or seen signs in your city. Over the past decade, these coworking spaces appeared all around the world. The company soared to a $47 billion valuation... before crashing back to earth. After a failed stock market listing and a number of red flags, founder Adam Neumann was forced out. The books were written, Apple made the TV show, many people thought that was the end of the story. But this week, Adam Neumann made headlines again after raising $350 mil...
Aug 17, 2022•13 min
Domino’s Pizza is the largest pizza company in the world with more than 17,000 stores in 90 countries. But it was always going to be a challenge to conquer the home of pizza... Italy. Back in 2015, the company decided to try and take on the country and made big plans: 880 stores by the year 2030. But… fast forward 7 years later, Domino’s Italy has now declared bankruptcy. The conclusion, perhaps unsurprisingly, was clear. Italians didn’t like American-style pizza. Today Alec and Sascha ask the q...
Aug 15, 2022•15 min
Celebrities love cryptocurrency. Well, probably more accurately, celebrities are willing to endorse anything for the right deal. Reese Witherspoon, Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, LeBron James and Paris Hilton. There's a long list of celebrities who've been busy spruiking crypto. But most of these endorsements haven’t turned out so well.... Crypto markets are down over the past year - Bitcoin -47%, Ether - 40%, and many crypto-related companies have collapsed - 3 Arrows Capital, Celsius, TerraUSD. ...
Aug 12, 2022•16 min
We've read the headlines about 'miracle' weight loss drugs before. But this time it wasn't the title of a late-night infomercial, it was a headline in the Financial Times. It read: "A new ‘miracle’ weight-loss drug really works — raising huge questions" . Well, that got our interest. So as we read, we learned more that made us curious - Elon Musk has used Twitter to endorse the drug, Marc Andreesen (the billionaire co-founder of Netscape) has used it, and the company has just hired musician and ...
Aug 10, 2022•16 min
After 95 years, Disney may be losing control over Mickey Mouse. The world’s most famous mouse was first introduced to the world in the 1928 animated film Steamboat Willie. Over the following 94 years, Mickey has brought in more than $80 billion dollars to Disney through movies, merchandise, theme parks, live events, even cruises. But... on 1 January 2024 that is all slated to change. Mickey Mouse will enter the public domain. That is, unless Disney can stop it. Darcy and Sascha ask is Disney abo...
Aug 08, 2022•15 min
The case for reparations in women’s football. It's a big statement. Here at The Dive, we first thought it was just clickbait. So we reached out to the journalist Simon Kuper who penned this article for the Financial Times - ‘Women’s football: the case for reparations.’ With the success of England's Lionesses close in our rear view mirror, we wanted to explore this rich history of women’s football that we just were not aware of. Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski have a new edition of their book - ...
Aug 05, 2022•18 min
