Watson’s Weekly 25-03-2023

This is an amalgamation of the “best bits” of the daily weekday newsletter/blog woven together to form a concise and coherent view on the things that matter in the commercial and economic news of the week. 

THE COLOURED HIGHLIGHT REFERS TO THE EDITION WHERE THE STORY APPEARED IN WATSON’S DAILY. Clicking on the day will take you to the appropriate edition of Watson’s Daily.

IN BIG PICTURE NEWS...

This was a week where Xi Jinping went to Moscow, UBS rescued Credit Suisse and TikTok took a lot of flak…

IN ENERGY NEWS…

IN CRYPTO NEWS…

IN OIL NEWS…

  • Commodities consultancy Wood McKenzie published a report that said oil prices could hit $90 a barrel sometime this year thanks to China’s reawakening from its zero-Covid hybernation and thirst for oil to power its growth.

IN FINANCIALS SECTOR NEWS...

OVERALL…

IN US BANKING NEWS…

IN EUROPEAN BANKING NEWS…

IN OTHER FINANCIALS NEWS…

IN TECH NEWS...

IN AI NEWS…

IN TIKTOK NEWS…

IN OTHER TECH NEWS…

IN CAR-RELATED NEWS...

IN CONSUMER AND RETAIL NEWS...

IN CONSUMER TRENDS…

IN RETAIL NEWS…

IN OTHER NEWS...

AND IN UPDATES FOR WATSON'S YEARLY...

  • Watson’s Yearly 2022/23: coming shortly…

BANTER

My favourite “alternative” story this week was actually the video of Jordan Belfort of Wolf of Wall Street fame explaining the concept of sales. I’m not a fan of his or the way he acted but this is a brilliant explanation 👍

 

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