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Wall Street Breakfast

Fed chair pick—today?

Wall Street Breakfast

Seeking Alpha

Business News, News, Business, Investing

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Trump administration prepares for Warsh Fed chair nomination, reports. (00:16) GrubHub going after rivals by removing fees on orders over $50. (01:02) Apple (AAPL) edges up after Q1 revenue jumps 16% on record iPhone sales. (02:07)

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0:00.0

Welcome to Seeking Alpha's Wall Street Breakfast, where we cover the top news for investors every morning.

0:07.6

It's good to be with you on this Friday, January 30th, the final day of the trading month.

0:13.7

I'm Julie Morgan.

0:15.6

The Trump administration is preparing for the president to name a new chair of the Federal Reserve.

0:21.7

Reports say that President Trump will nominate Kevin Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell.

0:26.9

President Trump told reporters on Thursday evening that he plans to announce his pick to lead

0:32.3

the U.S. Central Bank this morning.

0:34.6

It is important to note that earlier in the day on Thursday at a cabinet meeting,

0:39.3

the president said he would announce the pick next week. Warsh, who has long been among the

0:44.3

favorites for the Fed position, is considered a relatively hawkish choice. If nominated and confirmed,

0:50.8

he would succeed Powell, whose term ends in May. We're taking a deeper look at this

0:55.6

story in the Wall Street Breakfast newsletter. The link to sign up is in the show notes section.

1:01.8

Grubhub is removing service and delivery fees on restaurant orders over $50. The new policy is already

1:08.8

in place for some users, but a broader launch is set for February 2.

1:13.6

With free delivery already offered to paid subscribers, Grubhubhub hopes that with this new policy,

1:19.8

consumers will switch from DoorDash and Uber Eats. Both companies charge a delivery fee of as

1:25.6

much as $8 along with a 10 to 15% service fee.

1:29.7

Also, Uber Eats charges another $2 for orders below $10.

1:34.7

Grubhub is also hoping to avoid checkout abandonment,

1:38.5

in which customers drop large orders with high delivery fees.

1:42.7

DoorDash carries 71% of this market. Uber eats 23% and Grubhub only 4%.

1:50.6

The news briefly weighed on shares of Uber Technologies and DoorDash, though both recovered modest losses and were higher at Thursday's close.

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