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Friday links: a personalized answer
CompaniesCharter Communications ($CHTR) and Cox Communications are merging. (cnbc.com)Meta's ($META) Facebook and Instagram are increasingly scam-filled. (wsj.com)How big an additional opportunity is experiences for Airbnb ($ABNB)? (platformaeronaut.com)AppleApple ($AAPL) made a strategic mistake. (spyglass.org)Apple ($AAPL) is never going to make iPhones in the U.S. (sherwood.news)AICan you trust xAI with your prompt? (thezvi.substack.com)How AI is changing the practice of radiology. (nytimes.com)AI has killed the college essay. (readtrung.com)QatarQatar Airways is buying up to 210 new Boeing aircraft. (axios.com)Qatar has reportedly been trying to get rid of its fleet of 747s for some time now. (forbes.com)How Qatar has spent money to buy influence in the U.S. and elsewhere. (wsj.com)EconomyKeep an eye on housing construction. (bonddad.blogspot.com)The many problems with consumer surveys. (ritholtz.com)Despite all the talk, remote work isn't in decline. (crr.bc.edu)Why the stock market matters for policy making. (scottsumner.substack.com)Earlier on Abnormal ReturnsPodcast links: privacy protections. (abnormalreturns.com)What you missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)Longform links: constitutional obstacles. (abnormalreturns.com)Don't miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)Mixed mediaEarly movies about the dangers of the Internet weren't all that far off. (fastcompany.com)AMC ($AMC) A-List members never shut up about it. (wsj.com)Cartoon Networks is in (deep) trouble. (bloomberg.com)
Companies
- Charter Communications ($CHTR) and Cox Communications are merging. (cnbc.com)
- Meta's ($META) Facebook and Instagram are increasingly scam-filled. (wsj.com)
- How big an additional opportunity is experiences for Airbnb ($ABNB)? (platformaeronaut.com)
Apple
- Apple ($AAPL) made a strategic mistake. (spyglass.org)
- Apple ($AAPL) is never going to make iPhones in the U.S. (sherwood.news)
AI
- Can you trust xAI with your prompt? (thezvi.substack.com)
- How AI is changing the practice of radiology. (nytimes.com)
- AI has killed the college essay. (readtrung.com)
Qatar
- Qatar Airways is buying up to 210 new Boeing aircraft. (axios.com)
- Qatar has reportedly been trying to get rid of its fleet of 747s for some time now. (forbes.com)
- How Qatar has spent money to buy influence in the U.S. and elsewhere. (wsj.com)
Economy
- Keep an eye on housing construction. (bonddad.blogspot.com)
- The many problems with consumer surveys. (ritholtz.com)
- Despite all the talk, remote work isn't in decline. (crr.bc.edu)
- Why the stock market matters for policy making. (scottsumner.substack.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Podcast links: privacy protections. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Longform links: constitutional obstacles. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Don't miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)
