Food for Thought

TVQE

Date: 2084-08-20 By: Pierre Cote

Channel[98] OTQ/Seattle Date: 2084-08-20 By: Pierre Cote [English Subtitles]

"Good evening, and welcome to another episode of Food for Thought. Tonight we have long time friend of the show Carleton Moreau. Toronto made a big splash in the international news yesterday, with the food riots and the explosive rise of MeFeed phenom Eric Taylor Jr. What are some of the consequences that we can expect Carleton?"

"Thanks for having me Pierre. The biggest impact will be immense political pressure on mayor Ford and premier Chow to increase food subsidies. The most immediate impact will be the partial collapse of the local retail grocery market. The Siderno Grocery group lost millions of nuyen of fresh produce and additional millions in related retail operations. ET Transport lost millions of nuyen with the destruction of a dozens of high tech refrigerated trucks. Their stock price has plummeted"

"You've been pessimistic about ET Transport for some time Carleton, do your funds have a position?"

"My personal fund had a substantial short position which I cleared today. I can't discuss the OPM fund of course."

"What about Eric Taylor Jr.? At the same time his family firm is having a disaster, videos of him in dubious circumstances and...rather bizarre clothing explode across the matrix."

"Well it's not for me but basically it taps into anti corporate sentiment. As you know that is a very lucrative market segment. One of my companies, Kasual Korner AR Design Studio has an Eric Taylor Jr. casual overlay subscription for only 50 nuyen a month."

"Couldn't resist could you Carleton. For TVQE I am Pierre Cote."