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Oct 2022
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Prof G Markets: Twitter’s Path to Super ...

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This week on Prof G Markets, Scott discusses three things Elon Musk should do to increase shareholder value if the Twitter deal goes through. He then shares his thoughts on how creative branding helped a canned water company land a $700 million valuation. And in this week’s Unpack, we check in on the state of the U.S. Housing Market. 

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Twitter

Liquid Death

St. Louis Fed Housing Data

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