6 Most Important Things in Business Today

By Douglas A. McIntyre Updated Mar 13, 3:29PM EDT · Published Aug 13, 5:06AM EDT

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The Turkish currency continued to falter. According to Reuters:

Turkey’s lira pulled back from an overnight record low of 7.24 to the dollar on Monday after the central bank pledged to provide liquidity and cut lira and foreign currency reserve requirements for Turkish banks.

The announcement came after Finance Minister Berat Albayrak said authorities would start implementing an economic action plan on Monday morning, following Friday’s lira crash, which has spread to global markets.

Google continues to plan a return to the Chinese market. According to The Wall Street Journal:

By working with local players, Google is building the case that it is boosting the country’s economy. “Chinese authorities want to support domestic champions as much as possible,” said Mark Natkin, managing director at Beijing-based industry researcher Marbridge Consulting.

Google’s existing relationships could also provide customers-in-waiting for additional services it sells, like cloud hosting and business apps.

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A mattress e-commerce company plans to open physical stores. According to The Wall Street Journal:

Online mattress seller Casper Sleep Inc. plans to open 200 of its own stores in the next three years, expanding across North America to stave off competition from dozens of internet copycats.

Casper CEO Philip Krim said the stores will help the startup move from a brand known for its mattresses-in-a-box to a place to buy all types of sleep products. “Customers aren’t always in the market for a mattress, but everyone cares about how they sleep,” he said.

Saudi Arabia could provide money for a private buyout of Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA). According to Bloomberg:

Elon Musk’s attempt to take Tesla Inc. private will receive added scrutiny this week as the electric carmaker’s board meets with advisers to assess a proposal that’s drawn interest from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund.

The Saudi Kingdom’s Public Investment Fund is working to be part of any investor pool that emerges to take Tesla private, people with knowledge of the fund’s plans told Bloomberg News on Sunday. The fund, which recently built a stake just shy of 5 percent, is exploring how it can be involved, the people said on condition of anonymity.

President Trump boasted about the effects of his battle with Harley-Davidson Inc. (NYSE: HOG). According to CNBC:

President Donald Trump renewed his war of words with iconic U.S. motorcycle maker Harley Davidson on Sunday, denouncing the company’s plan to shift some production abroad and appearing to back consumers that have called for a boycott.

In a series of early morning posts on Twitter, the president said that people looking to stop buying Harleys was a “great” development, adding that other companies were moving to produce in America.

Russia says it will sell more U.S. debt as trade friction between the two nations grows. According to CNNMoney:

Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told Russian state television network Russia One on Sunday that Russia will continue decreasing holdings of Treasuries in response to sanctions.

Between March and May, Russia’s holdings plummeted by $81 billion, representing 84% of its total US debt holdings.

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About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.