ros: let's speak to bob o'donnell joining me from foster city in california.e me, you are not short of people telling you i told you so, it felt like the story was coming. guest: indeed. almost everybody predicted this was going to happen. to make excuses that something has somehow changed other than the share price, which is the obvious thing that has changed, since announcing the deal until now and then the regret that happened as a result of that, elon musk is a person that makes decision based on emotions clearly in a number of different areas and then sometimes learns to regret that. he's having to figure out way to deal with that. that's clearly what's happening here and it is a pattern we seen from him in the past. it's a pattern we are seeing now and it will play itself out in the future ros: help me understand peter's approach to this. why would it try to force someone or persuade someone to buy it if at person doesn't want it? guest: the primary reason is the amount of money he offered is significantly higher than anyone is ever going to pay for the

let's speak to bob o'donnell, from california. | to bob o'donnell, from california.icted this was going to happen, and to make excuses that something is somehow changed other than the share price, which is what the obvious thing that has changed since announcing the deal until now, and then they regret that happened as a result of that. elon musk is a precedent that mixed research and is based on emotions, clearly come in a number of different areas of his life, and then sometimes learns to regret that, and he is having to figure out a way to do do without. that is clear what is happening here, it is a pattern we have seen, and it is going to play itself out in the future.— in the future. and help me understand _ in the future. and help me understand what _ in the future. and help me understand what a's i in the future. and help me i understand what a's approach to this. why would it try and force someone or persuade someone to buy it if that person doesn't want to? the primary reason is because the amount of money he offered a significantly higher than anyone is eve

bob o'donnell is the ceo of tech knowledge. this research, a technology market research company. he says tech companies are adjusting their staff level because of their economy. tech companies who have big plans for the growth that they have been enjoying are finally realizing they need to readjust those plants as things have started to slow down. netflix laid off 300 people in june. google ceo announced on tuesday hiring will focus on engineering, technical and other critical rules. a leaked memo from facebook shows the social media company is looking to we doubt low performers. facebook, however, told kron 4, no layoffs that has nothing to do with the economy. it's just being, you know, used right now is an example of companies. >> even coming in those sorts of areas. o'donnell says he perceives tech companies continuing to focus on hiring only people with specialized skills. engineers, computer programmers, but operational people in advertising or marketing may get slashed things get a little tighter. what they're doing is they're saying, hey, maybe we need to look at this thr

bob o'donnell is the ceo of tech knowledge. this research, a technology market research company. he says tech companies are adjusting their staff level because of their economy. tech companies who have big plans for the growth that they have been enjoying are finally realizing they need to readjust those plants as things have started to slow down. netflix laid off 300 people in june. google ceo announced on tuesday hiring will focus on engineering, technical and other critical rules. a leaked memo from facebook shows the social media company is looking to we doubt low performers. facebook, however, told kron 4, no layoffs are planned. that has nothing to do with the economy. it's just being, you know, used right now is an example of companies. >> even coming in those sorts of areas. o'donnell says he perceives tech companies continuing to focus on hiring only people with specialized skills. engineers, computer programmers, but operational people in advertising or marketing may get slashed things get a little tighter. what they're doing is they're saying, hey, maybe we need to loo

bob o'donnell is the ceo of tech knowledge. this research, a technology market research company. he says tech companies are adjusting their staff level because of their economy. tech companies who have big plans for the growth that they have been enjoying are finally realizing they need to readjust those plants as things have started to slow down. netflix laid off 300 people in june. google ceo announced on tuesday hiring will focus on engineering, technical and other critical rules. a leaked memo from facebook shows the social media company is looking to we doubt low performers. facebook, however, told kron 4, no layoffs are planned. that has nothing to do with the economy. it's just being, you know, used right now is an example of companies. >> even coming in those sorts areas. o'donnell says he perceives tech companies continuing to focus on hiring only people with specialized skills. engineers, computer programmers, but operational people in advertising or marketing may get slashed list. things get a little tighter. what they're doing is they're saying, hey, maybe we need to

bob o'donnell is the ceo of tech knowledge. this research, a technology market research company. he says tech companies are adjusting their staff level because of their economy. tech companies who have big plans for the growth that they have been enjoying are finally realizing they need to readjust those plants as things have started to slow down. netflix laid off 300 people in june. google ceo announced on tuesday hiring will focus on engineering, technical and other critical rules. a leaked memo from facebook shows the social media company is looking to weed out low performers. facebook, however, told kron 4 no layoffs are planned. >> that has nothing to do with the economy. it's just being, you know, used right now is an example of companies even coming in those sorts of areas. o'donnell says he perceives tech companies continuing to focus on hiring only people with specialized skills. engineers, computer programmers, but operational people in advertising or marketing may get slashed things get a little tighter. what they're doing is they're saying, hey, maybe we need to look

committees also employed o'donnell's tech tactic that bob woodward, our famous of using. think about this, way if there are five people in the meeting at the white house, in administration you just need to to get the account of one of them. once the other four find out that that one person has spoken well suddenly, they will want to tell you there were count two. because they don't wanna let another recount stand that might make them look bad. former clinton advisor, george stephanopoulos, wrote about what it's like to be subjected to the quote, woodwork treatment. quote, he flashes a glimpse of what he knows, shaded in a largely negative light, with a hint of more to come, setting up a series of prisoners dilemmas in which each prospective source faces a choice. do you cooperate and elaborate in return, you hope, for learning more and earning a better portrayal -- for your boss and yourself? or do you call his bluff? if no one talks, there is no book. but someone, then everyone, always talks. as the january six committee has been doing the work using these tactics, we've

we have bob cabinet, uses energy and oil analyst, and an industry veteran. in berlin. we have thomas o'donnell, he is an energy and geopolitical analyst and also a consultant on global energy systems. and also in houston is josh young. he's the chief investment officer of bison interest. that's an investment firm focused on publicly traded oil and gas companies. a warm welcome to you all gentlemen, thank you for joining us today on inside story. there's obviously a big difference between crude oil, which we've been discussing at the price of and what you're actually paying at the pump in terms of price is what is actually to blame for the high prices that we're seeing. thomas, is it about refining or supply or both? it seems to me potentially both. well, i yeah, i think you hit the nail on the head and it also depends week to week, month to month. united states is running in a very high capacity with the refineries. as your story pointed out, the refining capacity is down, but the utilization is basically messed out. 9497 percent recently. but china, on the other hand, recently has been runnin