Sunday, May 21, 2023

Stories We'll Be Talking About This Next Week -- May 21, 2023

Locator: 44706NEWS.

Cava: Mediterranean restaurant; to go public; IPO announced.

Cash 'n Carry: willing to pause. Link to WSJ.

  • out front, is Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari the most recognizable member on the Fed?

Debt ceiling:

  • talks not going well;
  • most concerning: 
    • GOP leadership not able to frame “their” message;
    • Do the GOP even have a message?
    • do MAGA Republicans see blood in the water?
  • 14th Amendment; section 4.

Putin's War: indications things may not be going well for Ukraine. Has the tide changed?

PGA: USA championship. LIV players made it watchable.

NASCAR: 4:30 p.m. CT today. 

NBA

  • might Denver sweep LAL and LeBron?
  • tonight, Heat leads Boston Celtics in series, 2 - 0; third game tonight 
    • later: at start of 4th quarter, 93 - 63, Miami up by 30 points; looks like a sweep

Travel:

  • airlines will end paper tickets; link to WSJ. Just a matter of time.
  • big story: Alaska Airlines will replace ticket-printing kiosks with iPad luggage-tag printing only;
  • airlines looking to charge as much as $25 to print a paper ticket
  • won't affect "print-at-home" travelers

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A Musical Interlude

Video. I think Google/YouTube will block this -- force you to go to YouTube and may not end up on the video, so here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNKrBQCzQOI

AAPL: the headset.

  • the biggest challenge: to make sure folks understand the target audience for this new device
  • spoiler: it’s not your or me!

A trifecta

  • Amazon: AOC -- "I was right."
  • Disney: Ron -- "Here, hold my beer."
  • Bud: Mike -- "No, hold my Bud." [Link to The WSJ: "How Bud Lite Blew It."]

Southern Surge:

  • not much being reported;
  • hardly a national story; regional story at best;
  • in fact, it's down to cities and counties
  • all that talk about Title 42 -- just talk?

Trump goes woke? On Disney? Link to WSJ.

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We'll End With This 

Where I would rather be today.

Route 66. Oatman, AZ. 

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7VgR7cYVIQ


And finally, lunch while watching the PGA.

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