Today’s Unicorns Have Bigger Cumulative Losses than Amazon, Lost Money far Longer than Amazon, Still No Turnaround by Jeffrey Funk • Jul 5, 2021 • 117 Comments Just because Amazon was able to succeed does not mean others will. But they’re getting showered with money.
HSBC in Big Trouble in its Biggest Market, China by Nick Corbishley • Jul 4, 2021 • 106 Comments As HSBC pivots further to Asia and away from the West, its business in China gets more and more complicated.
Semiconductor Shortage Slams Auto Sales in June. Ford Swoons. Toyota, after Hoarding Chips, Blows Away GM for First Time Ever by Wolf Richter • Jul 3, 2021 • 153 Comments Toyota, pioneer of just-in-time inventory, goes: Hahahahaha…
The Weird Phenomena of “Labor Shortages” While 7.1 Million Fewer People Are Working by Wolf Richter • Jul 2, 2021 • 348 Comments The #1 weird phenomenon: The labor force.
It Gets Ugly in US Office Markets, Working from Home Shows Up by Wolf Richter • Jul 1, 2021 • 117 Comments Oil Bust Houston hardest-hit. San Francisco, once hottest US market, coddles up to it, followed by Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington D.C., Seattle, and Manhattan.