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This Week in Review βοΈ : Elon Musk continues his reign | Squid Game is the Biggest Show Ever | South Korean TV in the spotlight | This Classic Dessert gets a revamp | Spooky Season Mania takes over |
Quick Bites:
Tesla π : Tesla hits $1 trillion market cap for the first time.
This comes right after car rental giant- Hertz says it will order 100,000 electric vehicles.
Tesla's stock price is so high it Hertzπ
PS. Customer bios in the cloud would mean any Tesla you rent is setup as soon as you get in. Damnπ―
Tesla's market cap makes it the 1st car manufacturer and the 6th company in history to hit $1trn in market cap.
Elon Musk's net worth has also surged by a whopping $36bn, extending his reign as the World's Richest Person, Bloomberg reports.
Our Thoughtsπ‘:Β On another note, insidersΒ speculateΒ TeslaΒ is considering to add Food & Drink service options to its charging stations after the company filed a trademark in "restaurantΒ services".
Hmm.. A drive-through cheeseburger could def be a retro-style solution to charge EVs! π
PS. If it isn't vegan, the Bay Area crowd is gonna roast ElonΒ π
Entertainment πΊ : Netflix claims 142mn households globally watched its mega-hit "Squid Game" in its first month, a statistic it called "mind-boggling".
PS. 142mn is 66% of the streaming platform's total user base... Damn these numbers are unreal π₯
Key Highlights from Netflix's Q3 Earnings:
π‘Squid Game is Netflix's #1Β program in 94 countries
π‘NetflixΒ co-CEO Ted Sarandos claims there's βa very good chance itβs going to be our biggest show everβ
π‘132mn peopleΒ have watched atleast 2 minutes of the show
π‘87mnΒ have finished the entire seriesΒ
π‘The show has crossed $900mn in value while it just cost a mere $21mn to produce
We're in the 2 minute camp. Not impressed π
Netflix has managed to find strong foothold in South Korea at a time when many Korean films have resonated strongly with users in the US.
This is primarily as they share the theme of class struggle and survival; Train to Busan, Burning and most famously, Parasite.Β
According to the director, the show's narrative reflects the "competitive society" we live in today. "This is a story about losers,Β those who struggle [..] while the winners level up."
Our Thoughtsπ‘:Β Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-huk wrote the TV show's 1st draft a decade ago. After 10 years of redrafts + 6 lost teeth from the stress of filming (yep, that really happened), it has created $900mn in value.
Alternatively, Hwang could've invested that same amount in Tesla back in 2010 and could've cashed out today at +$3bn given Tesla's compound growth rate is of +45% annually.Β
Lessonπ‘: Hollywood.is.a.bottomless.pit
WFH π» : What the "corporate" world doesn't understand- for driven people, their profession is more than their monthly paycheck. It's about purpose, flexibility and mobility.
The pandemic has not only made WFH the 'new normal' but it's also boosted the remote work paycheck.
The truth is-Β you can make a lot of money working from your home.Β
Personally, we didn't need a global pandemic to witness the end of the American dream.
As soon as Brooks Brothers' bankruptcyΒ filing last year, it was clear to us that yoga sweats killed millennials long before Covid hit town!
Remote jobs rose to nearly 15% of all job listings that pay $80,000 or more in the USΒ and Canada, according toΒ high paying jobs-listing site 'Ladders'.Β
This figure was a mere 4% in early 2020.
βThe commute from your bedroom is here to stayβ
-Ladders CEO Marc CenedellaΒ
The industries paying the most in remote work include finance, accounting, legal, insurance, retail and consumer goods.
Our Thoughtsπ‘:Β Tbh, we're all for being remote but #WFHΒ has def blurred the boundaries between work and personal space!Β
However, aΒ well-balancedΒ dietΒ of fries & 10 expressos a day hasΒ def helped!
*leaving McDonalds*
Food πͺ: Baking Expert 'Dorie Greenspan' reinvents the Chocolate Chip Cookie, Bloomberg reports.
Afterall, everyone needs a classic chocolate chip cookie recipe in their repertoire!
In her terrific new cookbook 'Baking with Dorie', Greenspan unveils her unique secrets in whipping up the perfect sweet. She has already written 13 books mainly devoted to desserts.
Six of the book's recipes are specifically for cookies, including a Mary Dodd Maple Bacon version and a "World Peace Cookies 2.0" version, Bloomberg reports.
The one recipe that especially stands out from her cookbook is of Caramel Chocolate Chunk Cookies.
Caramel is perfect for a holiday splurge- and Greenspan's recipe is decadent in every sense of the word, pairing a buttery base and a deep-gooey center!Β
βBaking at home was a necessity during the pandemic but audiences were limited. Now is a time of pleasure for bakers. We bake to share. And we have more people to share with.β
-Greenspan in her interview to Bloomberg
Our Thoughtsπ‘: As we step into the festive season this 2021, it's helpful to have such renowned bakers revamp our cookie arsenal!
We're over serving our Grandma's Almond Biscotti! Been a damn decade π
Art πΌ : Picasso auction rakes in over a $100mn.Β
Sotheby's auctioned 11 works by Pablo PicassoΒ at the MGM Bellagio resort in Las Vegas last weekend, for aΒ total of $108 million, ARTnews reports.
Sothebyβs veteran auctioneer Oliver Barker ledΒ the sale, which lasted only 45 minutes.
Image Courtesy: Sothebys
Key Highlights, according to ARTNews:
π‘The work which fetched the highest price was the 1938 portraitΒ Femme au BΓ©ret Rouge-Orange, which depicts Picassoβs muse Marie-ThΓ©rΓ¨se WalterΒ (shown below).
π‘Four bidders wrestled for the work.Β It eventually went for a final price of $40.5mnΒ premium. 30 years ago, the same workΒ sold at auction for $880,000.
π‘A colorful portraitΒ Homme et EnfantΒ (1969) sold for $24.4mnΒ
π‘A still life painting,Β Nature morte au panier de fruits et aux fleursΒ (1942), soldΒ for $16.6mnΒ to a bidder on the phone with Sothebyβs head of private sales David Schrader
π‘Another large sale wasΒ Buste dβHommeΒ (1969) which sold for $9.5mn
Quicker Bites:Β
Indians can travel to Singapore from today.
Friends actor James Michael Tyler dies aged 59.
Canada unveils travel vaccine passport- starting November 30, you can't fly without it.
Delta-plus variant raises global concern.
Sudan's PM is under house arrest after a military force occupied his house.
Colombian drug trafficker 'Otonier' has been captured, Government says.
WHO: 115,000 health workers died of Covid since pandemic began.
India has administered +1bn Covid vaccines.
Ryan Gosling is set to play Ken in Margot Robbie's 'Barbie' movie.
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