In 2021, Tamar Veatch won millions of dollars in a sweepstakes competition run by Publishers Clearing House, the company best known for delivering oversized checks to winners. But then last April, Publishers Clearing House went bankrupt. WSJ’s Akiko Matsuda explains why the company went under, and what it means for winners like Tamar. Jessica Mendoza hosts.
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May 2023
PepsiCo’s New Healthy Diet: More Potato Chips and Soda
For years, big food and beverage companies like PepsiCo leaned hard into launching new, healthy food products. But recently, PepsiCo has decided to double down on its flagship chips and soda and is looking to make those products healthier. WSJ's Jennifer Maloney explains what it ... Show More
16m 15s
Dec 2024
The case against legal sports betting
Sports betting is a costly mistake, says addiction researcher Charles Fain Lehman. He and NBA great Danny Green discuss how it's changed sports for the worse, and whether there's a way to fix it.
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25m 38s
May 2025
How a CEO’s Faked Results Led to a $300 Million Wipeout
In late 2018, five years after launching fish-feeding company eFishery, Gibran Huzaifah found himself all out of cash. To save his business, the CEO started plugging fake numbers into financial reports. The brighter picture drew hundreds of millions of investor dollars. But his h ... Show More
16m 39s
Feb 2022
Markets Enter February, AT&T Slumps on Planned Dividend Cut and WarnerMedia Spin-off, UPS Leads Earnings Gainers and Tom Brady Announces Retirement
On the first trading day of February Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber discussed what's ahead for the markets after a January to forget for the bulls. On the earnings front, shares of UPS surged on upbeat results, guidance and a 49% dividend hike -- while Exxon Mobil p ... Show More
43m 34s