Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst for E-Commerce Poonam Goyal breaks down data for Black Friday and the outlook for Cyber Monday sales. Dr. Ariel Cohen, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, shares his thoughts on the Israel-Hamas cease-fire. Nora Bavey, Co-Founder of Unconventional Ventures, discusses investing in tech startups with diverse founding teams and founders. And we Drive to the Close with Mace McCain, Chief Investment Officer at Frost Investment Advisors.
Hosts: Carol Massar and Bailey Lipschultz. Producer: Paul Brennan. 

Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst for E-Commerce Poonam Goyal breaks down data for Black Friday and the outlook for Cyber Monday sales. Dr. Ariel Cohen, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, shares his thoughts on the Israel-Hamas cease-fire. Nora Bavey, Co-Founder of Unconventional Ventures, discusses investing in tech startups with diverse founding teams and founders. And we Drive to the Close with Mace McCain, Chief Investment Officer at Frost Investment Advisors. Hosts: Carol Massar and Bailey Lipschultz. Producer: Paul Brennan.

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Strong Black Friday Online Spending Bodes Well for Season

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During an all-hands meeting at Apple in January, an employee asked about a spate of executive moves. The company’s chief operating officer recently retired, the chief financial officer and general counsel took smaller roles as a way to prepare for their own retirements, and in a single week in December its heads of artificial intelligence, user interfaces and environmental initiatives all announced their departures.While part of the exodus was related to Apple Inc.’s well-documented struggles in AI, it also reflected a logical transition at a company that turns 50 on April 1. 

Apple stock has made everyone at the top of its org chart fabulously wealthy, and many are entering the stage of life that often inspires people to prioritize finally spending some time with their families instead of the next generation of iPhones. In his response to the employee’s question, Tim Cook, the company’s 65-year-old chief executive officer, struck an atypically reflective tone. “When people get to a certain age, some,” he said, “are going to retire,” letting the word “some” hang out there in a way that suggested he wasn’t talking about himself, drawing laughter from the audience. “The thing we have to do is make sure that Apple moves on” and reaches the “next level and the next level and the next level.” Cook added that he spends “a lot of time” thinking about “who’s in the room” in 5, 10 and 15 years. “I am obsessed with this.”

Cook, who’s run Apple since taking over from co-founder Steve Jobs in 2011, probably doesn’t expect to be in the room himself for another 15 years. While he’s given no indication of an imminent transition, he’s made it clear he wants his heir to come from within the company so he can serve as a mentor. The central candidate is John Ternus, senior vice president for hardware engineering, who oversees development of the devices that generate roughly 80% of Apple’s revenue. At 50, Ternus is also younger than many of the company’s other senior leaders, meaning he could be in the top job longer.

Ternus has spent about half his life at Apple. He cut his teeth developing computer monitors, oversaw product design for the original iPad and eventually took over development of the Mac. Since getting the top hardware engineering role in 2021, he’s overseen an expansion in Apple’s product lineup, improving quality and focusing on functional improvements around battery life, performance and connectivity. Earlier this month, when Apple held an event in New York to announce the MacBook Neo, a $599 laptop, it was Ternus, not Cook, who did the big reveal. The next day, Ternus also appeared on Good Morning America to talk up the device, the type of media appearance Cook has generally done himself.

Today's show features:
Mark Gurman, Bloomberg News Managing Editor for Consumer Tech
Onur Ant, Bloomberg News, Middle East & North Africa Managing Editor 
Jayati Bharadwaj, Head of FX Strategies at TD Securities
Siddharth Phillip, Bloomberg News Chief Correspondent for Global Aviation on recent issues surrounding US airlines

The people, companies and trends shaping the global economy. Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: <a href="http://bit.ly/3vTiACF">http://bit.ly/3vTiACF</a>. During an all-hands meeting at Apple in January, an employee asked about a spate of executive moves. The company&rsquo;s chief operating officer recently retired, the chief financial officer and general counsel took smaller roles as a way to prepare for their own retirements, and in a single week in December its heads of artificial intelligence, user interfaces and environmental initiatives all announced their departures.While part of the exodus was related to Apple Inc.&rsquo;s well-documented struggles in AI, it also reflected a logical transition at a company that turns 50 on April 1. Apple stock has made everyone at the top of its org chart fabulously wealthy, and many are entering the stage of life that often inspires people to prioritize finally spending some time with their families instead of the next generation of iPhones. In his response to the employee&rsquo;s question, Tim Cook, the company&rsquo;s 65-year-old chief executive officer, struck an atypically reflective tone. &ldquo;When people get to a certain age, some,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;are going to retire,&rdquo; letting the word &ldquo;some&rdquo; hang out there in a way that suggested he wasn&rsquo;t talking about himself, drawing laughter from the audience. &ldquo;The thing we have to do is make sure that Apple moves on&rdquo; and reaches the &ldquo;next level and the next level and the next level.&rdquo; Cook added that he spends &ldquo;a lot of time&rdquo; thinking about &ldquo;who&rsquo;s in the room&rdquo; in 5, 10 and 15 years. &ldquo;I am obsessed with this.&rdquo; Cook, who&rsquo;s run Apple since taking over from co-founder Steve Jobs in 2011, probably doesn&rsquo;t expect to be in the room himself for another 15 years. While he&rsquo;s given no indication of an imminent transition, he&rsquo;s made it clear he wants his heir to come from within the company so he can serve as a mentor. The central candidate is John Ternus, senior vice president for hardware engineering, who oversees development of the devices that generate roughly 80% of Apple&rsquo;s revenue. At 50, Ternus is also younger than many of the company&rsquo;s other senior leaders, meaning he could be in the top job longer. Ternus has spent about half his life at Apple. He cut his teeth developing computer monitors, oversaw product design for the original iPad and eventually took over development of the Mac. Since getting the top hardware engineering role in 2021, he&rsquo;s overseen an expansion in Apple&rsquo;s product lineup, improving quality and focusing on functional improvements around battery life, performance and connectivity. Earlier this month, when Apple held an event in New York to announce the MacBook Neo, a $599 laptop, it was Ternus, not Cook, who did the big reveal. The next day, Ternus also appeared on Good Morning America to talk up the device, the type of media appearance Cook has generally done himself. Today's show features:
<ul>
<li>Mark Gurman, Bloomberg News Managing Editor for Consumer Tech</li>
<li>Onur Ant, Bloomberg News, Middle East &amp; North Africa Managing Editor&nbsp;</li>
<li>Jayati Bharadwaj, Head of FX Strategies at TD Securities</li>
<li>Siddharth Phillip, Bloomberg News Chief Correspondent for Global Aviation on recent issues surrounding US airlines</li>
</ul>

Apple's Heir Apparent Steps Into the Spotlight

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The US charged Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw, a co-founder of Super Micro Computer Inc., with illegally diverting Nvidia Corp.-powered servers to China in violation of US export controls. Liaw and two others allegedly sold the hardware to a Southeast Asian company and coordinated for its ultimate shipment to Chinese customers, and they made efforts to evade scrutiny by auditors from both Super Micro and the US government. Super Micro said it is cooperating with US authorities and has put Liaw and another defendant on administrative leave, and the company stated that the alleged conduct “is a contravention of the company’s policies and compliance controls”.

For more Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec speaks with Bloomberg Legal reporter Bob Van Voris.

The US charged Yih-Shyan &ldquo;Wally&rdquo; Liaw, a co-founder of Super Micro Computer Inc., with illegally diverting Nvidia Corp.-powered servers to China in violation of US export controls. Liaw and two others allegedly sold the hardware to a Southeast Asian company and coordinated for its ultimate shipment to Chinese customers, and they made efforts to evade scrutiny by auditors from both Super Micro and the US government. Super Micro said it is cooperating with US authorities and has put Liaw and another defendant on administrative leave, and the company stated that the alleged conduct &ldquo;is a contravention of the company&rsquo;s policies and compliance controls&rdquo;.
For more Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec speaks with Bloomberg Legal reporter Bob Van Voris.

Super Micro Co-Founder Charged With Smuggling Chips to China

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