About this episode

The episode discusses GameStop's $56 billion offer to acquire eBay, along with a Journal investigation into prediction markets and President Trump's new plan for the Strait of Hormuz.

Plus: A Journal investigation finds prediction market bets offer worse odds than Vegas Slots. And, President Trump announces a new plan for opening the Strait of Hormuz. Daniel Bach hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Daniel Bach

Topics covered

• GameStop
• eBay
• business news
• financial markets
• politics
• investigations

Keywords

• GameStop
• eBay
• prediction markets
• Vegas Slots
• President Trump
• Strait of Hormuz
• business news

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Organizations: GameStop, eBay, The Wall Street Journal

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