A Square Deal; Delta Data; Infrastructure’s Road Ahead

Squawk Pod

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4.2 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Jack Dorsey’s Square is acquiring Australian buy-now-pay-later company Afterpay in a $29 billion deal that deepens its foothold in digital payments. Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb discusses potential booster vaccines to curb continuing illness, and he considers the CDC’s data delivery and transparency. Plus, Disney's latest box office debut is straight out of the jungle, and an infrastructure package could mean a smoother ride for road trippers in the years to come. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:05.0	This is Squawk Pod.
0:06.1	I'm C. M.C. producer Katie Kramer, today on our podcast.
0:10.1	Delta Rising, things could get worse before they get better.
0:14.0	Dr Scott Gottlie, former head of the FDA,
0:16.3	on getting vaccinations up and keeping them effective.
0:19.3	My guess is sometime by September, October,
0:22.1	we will be giving booster shots to older
0:23.8	individuals and certainly many compromise. A Square deal after pay worth
0:28.6	$29 billion to Square, another millennial-driven business making it big.
0:33.8	Is there hope putting some of my hope on the
0:36.6	what's after the millennials is that disease or something?
0:39.6	By now pay later is huge in mobile.
0:42.4	The idea that you don't pay a fee for doing this,
0:44.8	there's no such thing as a free lunch.
0:47.1	Those stories, plus the Senate works through the weekend
0:50.0	on an infrastructure deal.
0:51.2	Zoom bombing's legacy and Disney cruises to a big box office with its latest release.
0:56.7	I don't know. I saw the Rock's outfit and it was like, the costume rooms over there.
1:00.8	Go get me a safari outfit.
1:04.0	It's Monday, August 2nd, 2021. Squawk Pod begins right now.
1:09.0	Stand back you by in three, two, one, Q, please.
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