Steve Caplin asks us to believe that he and other electric cyclists are as fit as those who use leg power to pedal their bikes. He also looks at the huge IT problems caused by the Japanese Emperor abdicating next year, at Amazon banning customers who return too many items, at anonymised data that is far from anonymous, at a mass butter spreader and at a way of packing clothes more tightly in suitcases.
Guests: Steve Caplin
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Original Broadcast: Motley Fool Show
Want to keep up with the latest earnings updates from the States? Well join Chris Hill and the Motley Fool Radio Show team here on Share Radio, direct from Washington DC, for news, views and analysis of the US stocks that matter. In this week's show: Tesla’s dramatic week has Wall Street debating the company’s future; Superheroes rescue Disney’s 2nd-quarter report; Trade Desk’s stock soars on record revenue.; And Match Group shareholders feel the love.
Guests: Chris Hill
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Original Broadcast: The Week That Was
Ian Forrest of The Share Centre looks back at numbers from HSBC, Intercontinental Hotels Group and Cineworld and looks ahead to what we might expect when Kingfisher reports.
Guests: Ian Forrest
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James Cameron-Wilson looks at the re-energised UK box offce with Ant-Man and The Wasp sneakily managing to grab the No. 1 slot from Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! He also reviews two home releases, both of which he heartily recommends, Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One and Francois Ozon's L'Amant Double.
Guests: James Cameron Wilson
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Original Broadcast: The Bigger Picture
Economist Andrew Kenningham of Capital Economics discusses the world economy with Simon Rose. How big a deal is the burgeoning trade war? What will happen next? How healthy are the Chinese and American economies? Where do the risks lie? And how will the UK fare with the Brexit outcome still uncertain?
Guests: Andrew Kenningham
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Steve Caplin takes us to the coldest place in the universe (only 250 miles away), gives us the chance to try out an Iron Man-style flying suit and tells us about a new scheme for renting phone batteries, how the French are banning smartphones at school and how the bubble car is making a return. He also discusses a chess board which moves the pieces automatically, a website for calculating quantities for groups big and small and what's wrong with ant emojis.
Guests: Steve Caplin
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Want to keep up with the latest earnings updates from the States? Well, join Chris Hill and the Motley Fool Radio Show team here on Share Radio, direct from Washington DC, for news, views and analysis of the US stocks that matter. In this week's show: Apple reaches a trillion-dollar milestone; Baidu faces a Google-sized potential competitor; Blue Apron fails to deliver; And Red Robin and TripAdvisor lose altitude.
Guests: Chris Hill
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Original Broadcast: The Bigger Picture
Tim Evans of Middlesex University looks at the US/EU discussions on tariffs, at the arrival of "soundness signalling", at the demographic challenges being faced by some European countries and at the way in which governments are ignoring some of the more positive aspects of cryptocurrencies.
Guests: Professor Tim Evans
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Helal Miah of The Share Centre looks at recent announcements from BP, BAE Systems, Lloyds Bank and Next. He also looks ahead to what we might expect from HSBC, G4S, Prudential and Intertek.
Guests: Helal Miah
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James Cameron Wilson looks at a UK cinema box office that has suddenly caught fire, with Mission Impossible: Fallout knocking Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! off the Number One slot. As well as discussing this coming Sunday's one-day 50th anniversary re-release of Mel Brooks' The Producers, James also looks at the home release of the Todd Haynes' film Wonderstruck
Guests: James Cameron Wilson
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