Ep. 47: Teen Wolf - Alpha Dog Apple, Job Preview And Technology Takes Over

Published: July 29, 2017, 6 p.m.

b"This week, we're talking earnings again.\\xa0 We've gotten some big companies reporting recently.\\xa0 Last week alone, we got results from Facebook, Amazon and the parent of Google.\\n\\nBut this week is the big dog.\\xa0 The alpha tech company.\\n\\nThat's right: Apple is reporting.\\xa0 So we're taking a Teen Wolf-inspired look at leader of the Wall Street pack.\\xa0 And because we're old, we're inspired by the 1985 Michael J. Fox movie and not the MTV TV show.\\n\\nSorry kids...\\n\\nEarnings aren't the only thing out this week...we're also going to get one of the biggest economic reports.\\n\\nThe government is scheduled to release its monthly jobs data.\\xa0 We'll take a look at the labor market and how the employment report could affect interest rates.\\n\\nAnd as always, we howl at some of Wall Street's more obscure moons.\\n\\nThis week, in honor of Apple, we've got a series of stories about technology taking over our lives.\\xa0 We've got a company in Wisconsin that's installing chips into their workers.\\xa0 We've got federal regulators trying to get oversight of parts of the cryptocurrency market.\\xa0 Meanwhile, we have a Singapore company trying to tie your Visa card with BitCoin.\\xa0 And Delta Airlines is testing the use of fingerprints instead of boarding passes."