Black Friday Hits $11B in Sales & Australia Bans Social Media for Kids Under 16

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🗓️ 2 December 2024

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Episode 465: Neal and Toby recap the long holiday weekend with Black Friday sales reaching $10.8B thanks to online shopping. Then, Australia became the first country to fully ban social media for children under the age of 16. Next, Trump issues a warning to BRICS nations if they don’t commit to the US dollar. Plus, Coffee futures reach a new high. Meanwhile, the buyer of the $6.2M banana wants to buy more bananas, but the kind gesture lands with a thud. Also, the stock market and “Moana 2” are the weekend’s winners. Lastly, news you need to know for the week ahead. Download the Yahoo! Finance App (on the Play and App store) for real-time alerts on news and insights tailored to your portfolio and stock watchlists. Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app. Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here: https://link.chtbl.com/MBD Watch Morning Brew Daily Here: https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow 00:00 - 'Whamageddon' 03:45 - Black Friday Sales 06:50 - Australia Social Media Ban 10:00 - Trump Tariffs and BRICS Nations 12:45 - Coffee Prices Increase 15:25 - Banana Art Update 19:50 - Winners of the Weekend 25:45 - Week ahead Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.0	Good morning, Brew Daily Show. I'm Neil Fryman. And I'm Toby Howell. Today, what are Bricks
0:36.5	countries and why do they want to move off the U.S. dollar?
0:39.4	Then Black Friday shopping numbers are in and it looks like we all needed a little retail therapy
0:44.1	this year.
0:45.2	It's Monday, December 2nd.
0:47.0	Let's ride.
0:52.5	We are so back. Welcome everyone to the best stretch of the year, that time between Thanksgiving and Christmas with all the lights, holiday markets, nutmeg smells, and music.
1:04.0	And speaking of music, I just want to say good luck to everyone participating in Whamageddon.
1:09.1	If you haven't heard of this, it's an annual challenge
1:11.5	in which players try to avoid hearing last Christmas by WAM from December 1st yesterday through
1:18.2	Christmas Eve. Toby, this seems impossible. It seems impossible, but let's get into some specifics.
1:24.4	There is an official WAMageddon site, and it lays out some rules you need to follow. The first two are just the
1:29.1	objective of the game, and then two,
1:31.3	the time frame of the game, as you mentioned,
1:33.4	December 1st, the 24th.
1:35.2	But the third rule is the most important.
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