It's Friday, August 28, 2020, just after market close in New York. This is the Real Vision Daily Briefing. I'm Ash Bennington joined shortly by Ed Harrison. But first, Real Vision editorial team's newest member, Haley Drasnan. Welcome to the Real Vision Daily Briefing,

Haley.

Thanks so much for having me on the Daily Briefing, Ash.

I'm super excited to be part of the Real Vision team.

Well, we're happy to have you here.

Tell us a little bit about how you found Real Vision. Sure. So I've been in the

journalism fields for the last nine years, you know, keeping my eye on markets and profiling

CEOs and executives and leaders and entrepreneurs. and you know the thoughtful conversations in-depth analysis and the community that you've built

you know covering financial markets and you know what what inspires investors.

Yeah so Haley let's just dive right in What stories are you looking at right now?

So right now you know I'm keeping my eye on what's making Tik-Tok tick right?

Walmart now jumping into the ring possibly partnering with Microsoft for a potential purchase of

Tic Talk US operations, you know, why?

I'm keeping my eye on consumer spending.

You know, we're seeing some gains this July now.

However, you know, we're also seeing

consumer confidence tumbling.

So what's going on there and a big question mark

on what the coming months will look like

given the hit to personal income nationwide

and the loss of those you know $600 weekly

unemployment benefit checks. Also keeping my eye on the European Central

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