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Michaels Stages a Crafty Comeback & Americans Don’t Read Anymore

10 Jul 2026 · 31 min · Episode 886

#886: SK Hynix is slated to begin public trading on the Nasdaq as a company that has seen its stock pop more than sevenfold in due to the AI memory chip crunch. The NYC Midtown building partial-collapse scare has given pause to investors who thought it was supposed to be a boom-time for the office-to-residential revolution. Stock of the Week: Arts & crafts store Michaels is seeing success under private equity owner Apollo thanks to the demise of its competitors. Dog of the Week: Reading literacy in the US is sadly low. Finally, Claude launches its own version of “Wrapped.”

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