Stifel Bits

Summary

• Conan O'Brien stated he is the last human host of the Academy Awards before a WayMo robot takes over next year.
• Oscars viewership dropped 9% year-over-year to 17.9 million in 2026.
• The film Sinners received 16 nominations, the most ever for a single film, & won four awards.
• Approximately 40 million one-person households exist in the U.S. based on 2025 Census Bureau data.
• Amazon plans a 1-hour delivery service for hundreds of locations at $9.99 for Prime members & $19.99 for non-Prime members.
• The Journeymen Plumbers Local Union has dyed the Chicago River green for St. Patrick's Day for 64 years.
• Youth sports have become a massive industry with families spending tens of billions annually on travel teams, training, & uniforms.
• Only a tiny fraction of youth athletes play professionally, though sports build habits like preparedness, feedback handling, & teamwork valued by employers.
• Sweeney's Saloon in St. Paul offers free meals to lawmakers who bring someone from the opposite party.
• A goldfish named Blub earned a Guinness World Record for driving by swimming in a tank to control a custom car for over 40 feet in one minute.
• La Mer's $400 face cream uses biofermented kelp influenced by ocean sounds played during the process.
• Apple CEO Tim Cook dismissed retirement speculation, stating he cannot imagine life without Apple.
• Peloton is launching bikes & treadmills for gyms to accelerate its commercial push.
• Mastercard is expanding into stablecoins to allow instant retail purchases without a pending phase.
• Eddie Bauer expects to close nearly 200 stores in the U.S. & Canada following a failed sale effort.
• Amazon is slashing Postal Service volume by two-thirds as it shifts more deliveries to its own network.