Tag: Haven
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Amazon Is Reshaping Healthcare
Amazon (tkr: AMZN) is one of four firms working to reshape the healthcare landscape along with Walmart (tkr: WMT), Alphabet (tkr: GOOG) and Apple (tkr: AAPL). Amazon has established positions in key strategic areas of the healthcare market including healthcare services and insurance (via its Haven joint venture with Berkshire Hathaway and J.P. Morgan) as…
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Technology, Healthcare and Structural Unemployment
The employment statistic that has concerned us most over the past number of years is the labor force participation rate which stood at only 61.7% as of last week’s Employment Situation Summary. Our view is that the labor participation rate will only shrink over time as the global economy continues to become more Technology and…
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Alexa: Amazon’s Ambient, Ubiquitous OS
Alexa is shaping-up to be the ambient, ubiquitous Operating System that will underpin our lives. Amazon’s AI platform is powered by a fleet of smart home devices, automobiles, in-store experiences (Wholefoods, Amazon Go), ecommerce activity and physical commerce. Below are a few noteworthy items. For a more holistic perspective see our article The Three Rings…
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Apple Will Have A New CEO Within 5 Years
Apple will have a new CEO within 5 years. You may thank Apple CEO Tim Cook and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Microsoft shares flat-lined from 2001 to 2013 during a series of flubs including being late to the Internet, late to mobile, late to the cloud, late to AI, slow to capitalize on the…
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Apple’s Strategy – The Good, The Bad & The Retro
When speaking or writing about Apple we have spent much of the past 18 months beating up on the iPhone. Yesterday’s “Apple Event” didn’t engender confidence in the firm’s content strategy. Anchored by a curated, walled garden approach, Apple’s strategy seems mired in the early 2000’s at a time when young people have migrated to…
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