It's our final episode for the year. Since launching at the end of April, we’ve released 149 episodes, written a quarter of a million words in notes, won Best Business Podcast at this year’s Australian Podcast Award, and been downloaded hundreds of thousands of times - by you. It’s Wednesday, the 21st of December, so we revise - what are the biggest business stories of the year? To learn more and revisit these episodes: Why house prices are cooling in the world’s hottest property markets Has gro...
Dec 21, 2022•16 min
This is a blanket apology for all retail workers. There is only one thing more iconic than Santa when it comes to Christmas - that's Mariah Carey’s best-selling hit "All I Want For Christmas." The song tops charts around the world at this time of year. Today Alec and Sascha unpack the numbers behind this song, and look at other holiday hits throughout the ages. We’re asking our UK audience to help share our business news podcast – The Dive – with friends and family. You can join the referral pro...
Dec 19, 2022•18 min
The FIFA World Cup wraps up in Qatar this weekend. France will take on Argentina in a heavyweight battle. Off the pitch, perhaps the most significant moment happened two days before the whole tournament kicked off, when Qatar and FIFA decided to ban the sale of alcoholic beer at stadiums. This took the event’s major beer sponsor, Budweiser, by surprise. The company had to pivot its marketing strategy on the spot. Today Darcy and Sascha discuss how Budweiser managed this change of events. We’re a...
Dec 16, 2022•18 min
In late November, nationwide protests broke out across China as unrest over the government’s zero-covid policy reached breaking point. President Xi’s insistence on maintaining a strict Covid-zero policy resulted in years of intermittent lockdowns and harsh restrictions in China. As the rest of the world gradually opened, China remained firmly shut. In the past month however, as cases spiked and people dreaded further lockdowns, we witnessed the biggest protests in China since Tiananmen Square in...
Dec 14, 2022•17 min
Some things are just meant to be in conflict. Tom and Jerry, Jim and Dwight, Millennials and Boomers. For as long as Millennials have had bank accounts they’ve complained about the Baby Boomers generation. So when a certain stat did the rounds in the office it got us talking. And when we asked you what we should talk about - this was the clear winner. So, here’s the stat out of the United States: In 1989, when boomers were the age of millennials today, they owned 21.3% of total US wealth. In 202...
Dec 12, 2022•18 min
If your office is anything like ours, it's been obsessed with a new artificial intelligence chat bot that can do some pretty crazy things. Write a personal reference? Done Write me a meal and exercise plan? Done Draft an email to Elon Musk inviting him to come on to the Dive? Done Write a catchy rap song based on personal details of my life? Done While we’ve been having a lot of fun playing around with this chat bot, it also made us think about the future of work. Could many of our jobs be repla...
Dec 09, 2022•17 min
When you want to download an app onto your phone, there are really only one place you go on your phone. And depending on what phone you own - it's either Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store. You might not be aware, but every time you pay for an app or make a purchase within the app, Apple and Google take a 30% cut. And that is becoming a growing point of frustration for other tech companies. They are getting sick of Apple and its dominance. This frustration is being displayed publicly by t...
Dec 07, 2022•19 min
Imagine you've just bought your dream car. It's a new BMW that you’ve been saving up for all your life - and it's set you back a tidy $80k. The obvious first step is to take a long drive! After all, the weather is beautiful, and this is the best way to experience the drive! Life is pretty good. Then you start to feel a little chilly, so naturally you go to turn on the in-built seat warmers for a little extra comfort. Suddenly, this dream turns into a nightmare. The display screen flashes a sign ...
Dec 05, 2022•19 min
It’s Friday night. You’ve had a long week at work. And you’ve decided to treat yourself to some takeaway. You choose Thai. Then it occurs to you - there are so many Thai restaurants in the world! The obvious answer is that Thai food is good. There’s no denying that. But there’s more to it than that. For the past 20 years, Thailand’s government has been running a Global Thai program with the goal of expanding the number of Thai restaurants around the world. Today Alec and Sascha ask - why does th...
Dec 02, 2022•18 min
In the next few years, we’re going to see huge changes in the world of farming. At least according to the world’s biggest farm supply company - Deere and Co, or John Deere, as you're probably more familiar. Earlier this year, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the company unveiled a self-driving tractor. In their most recent earnings announcement, the company said we would see fully autonomous farming for certain crops by 2030. Today Sascha and Darcy started wondering about a world o...
Nov 30, 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. In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout A...
Nov 30, 2022•5 min
Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Once just American retail traditions, they've now become truly global. But before you log on and take advantage of the discounts, here’s a stat for you to keep in mind: only 1 in 7 Black Friday deals offer a genuine discount! Crazy! That finding came out of the UK from product review website Which.co.uk. It certainly got us talking and looking deeper into the world of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Today Darcy and Sascha ask - are the savings we find on Black Frida...
Nov 28, 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. In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout A...
Nov 28, 2022•5 min
In just one minute, 140 babies will have been born, and on the 15th November - one of those babies became the 8 billionth person on earth. It took us until 1804 to reach 1 billion people, but we added the other 7 billion in the 218 years following. The world’s population growth has been staggeringly fast in the past two centuries, but the rate of growth has now started to decline. Two years ago, the population growth rate fell below 1% per year for the first time since the 1950s. Today Alec and ...
Nov 25, 2022•20 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. In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout A...
Nov 25, 2022•6 min
Last week, food delivery app Deliveroo stopped taking orders in Australia. Its British parent company said it wasn’t generating enough money, leaving Deliveroo Australia without any backing to continue operating. But Deliveroo isn’t the only food delivery company to fail or downsize recently. Voly and Send also went bust this year. GoPuff, Gorillas and Getir are all cutting staff in search of profits. Today Sascha and Darcy talk about why food delivery companies are collapsing, and ask themselve...
Nov 23, 2022•17 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. In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout A...
Nov 23, 2022•6 min
The Football, or Soccer, World Cup has kicked off in Qatar. For 2 weeks the world’s attention will be trained on Qatar as the world’s best players compete for the ultimate national prize - winning a World Cup. But equal to the attention focused on the pitch, is the climate surrounding this event. There’s been a lot of media commentary at Qatar’s human rights record, at the migrant labour used to build these new football stadiums, and how they ultimately won the right to host the world cup in the...
Nov 21, 2022•29 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. In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout A...
Nov 21, 2022•4 min
Taylor Swift has been forced to cancel her Eras Tour ticket sale to the public after historic demand for tickets caused Ticketmaster’s site to be completely overwhelmed. It was Swift’s first tour in five years. Ticketmaster verified 1.5 million fans for pre-sale, but was inundated with 14 million visits to the site. With such demand, resale markets went crazy. With some screenshots showing Taylor Swift tickets for tens of thousands of dollars. The Swifties weren’t happy. But this certainly isn’t...
Nov 18, 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. In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout A...
Nov 18, 2022•4 min
New data released by the Australian Tax Office has revealed that almost a third of large companies paid zero corporate tax in Australia in the 2020-21 financial year. In those almost 800 strong list are the likes of Glencore, Qantas, ExxonMobil, Chevron, and more. Despite massive profits, many multinational companies that report large profits to the sharemarket manage to avoid paying much tax, if any at all. Today Darcy and Sascha ask - how do profitable companies avoid paying tax and what are g...
Nov 16, 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. In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout A...
Nov 16, 2022•5 min
Environmentally conscious Australians were shocked last week when a major recycling program supported by our two major supermarkets - REDcycle - announced they were pausing operations. For years, REDcycle has been Australia’s only way to recycle household soft plastics - you know that mixture of plastic shopping bags, food wrappers and other packaging. That soft, scrunchable plastic that too often just ends up in landfill, on the side of the road or on waterways. But Australians are not alone he...
Nov 14, 2022•20 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. In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout A...
Nov 14, 2022•6 min
The cryptocurrency market is in meltdown after the collapse of FTX, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges. In 2022, it felt like we'd already seen the worst... several crypto companies went bankrupt in the first half of the year. And after months of subsequent price falls, it felt like stability had returned to the market. But this has now all been shattered. The collapse of FTX has even been described as crypto’s Lehman Brothers moment. In the aftermath, Bitcoin was down 25% and Ether dow...
Nov 11, 2022•18 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. In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout A...
Nov 11, 2022•6 min
Earnings season. It’s that time of year when publicly traded companies tell the public how they’re going. How much they’ve sold, did they make a profit, and what their plans are for the future. We’ve just got through earnings for the third quarter - that is July to September this year. With thousands of companies listed in America, and tens of thousands listed around the world there’s a lot to be across. Way too much for us to get our heads around. Today Sascha is joined by members of the Equity...
Nov 09, 2022•18 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. In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout A...
Nov 09, 2022•5 min
There is a global competition heating up over where you work and where you retire. Indonesia, Thailand, Greece and Portugal are among a raft of countries hoping to draw in digital nomads and wealthy retirees by extending visas for up to a decade for those who want to reside there. It comes after tourism and immigration took a major hit through the pandemic. And many workers and businesses were forced to quickly adapt to working from home arrangements. Today Bryce and Sascha look at why many coun...
Nov 07, 2022•14 min
