{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/a4c5de36-8260-4222-8e38-ff997dc73436/63f79139743d620011f26535?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Companies and Markets show: A travel boom and semiconductor wars","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9b44742e856e989985776/1677168222382-3eb20ee1acf7aea449dadc16402cc720.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>On this episode of the Companies and Markets show, Dan Jones hosts Chris Akers for a discussion of the hotel group's IHG and Whitbread following their latest results.</p><p><br></p><p>Next up, what does a recession mean for semiconductor stocks?&nbsp;Arthur Sants discusses off the back of his long-read this week: Chip Wars.</p><p><br></p><p>And finally, our panel has a brief discussion of takeover offers for UK companies - are the likes of Devro, Dignity, and Aveva being lowballed?</p><p><br></p><p>Dan Jones hosts Mark Robinson, Chris Akers, and Arthur Sants.</p><p><br></p><p>Timestamps</p><p>00:00-00:55 - Introduction</p><p>00:55-10:36 - IHG and Whitbread</p><p>10:36-27:22 - Semiconductor wars</p><p>27:22-30:35 - UK takeover offers</p><p>30:35-end - Outro</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Investors' Chronicle"}