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Inflation Uptick Complicates Rate Cut & Pokémon Cards a Hot Investment?

Morning Brew Daily

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🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Episode 669: Neal and Toby tackle the inflation report which shows a slight uptick in August, further complicating the Fed’s clear sign to lower interest rates. Then, Paramount Skydance makes an audacious cash bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. Also, Trump signs a memo to crackdown on pharmaceutical ads. Meanwhile, Pokémon cards have been the surest bet in the last 2 decades. Plus, the turnaround plan under Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol has proven to be much tougher than he hoped for. Finally, life on Mars?? Check out https://www.indeed.com/brew for more 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. Check out our newest show Marketing Brew Weekly! Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.swap.fm/l/mbd-note⁠⁠⁠  Watch Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:22.9

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0:28.2

successful campaigns this holiday shopping season and beyond. Head to contentful.com

0:33.1

slash black Friday. That's contentful.com slash black Friday.

0:39.2

Good morning, daily show. I'm Neil Freyman. And I'm Toby Howell. Today, a blockbuster

0:45.1

burger could bring Paramount Plus and HBO Max into the same family, which could get more awkward

0:50.3

than the White Lotus brothers. Been tired of direct-to-consumer drug advertisements, see if a

0:55.1

ban is right for you. It's Friday, September 12th. Let's ride. Good morning and happy Friday. I know

1:07.2

a lot of you are ready for this week to be over, but anyone living in London is downright

1:11.8

desperate. That's because a strike by tube workers has shut down the underground since Sunday,

1:17.4

causing commuting chaos. Specifically, a lot of people who don't have much practice riding

1:22.1

e-bikes are now riding e-bikes, leading some Londoners to compare their commutes to the Tour de France.

1:28.4

The surge in strike lists, as they're known, has been great for the company Lime, which reported

1:33.4

a 74% increase in total e-bike trips on Wednesday morning compared to the week before.

1:38.7

But it's been a stressful challenge for everyone else.

1:41.8

First, even securing a Lime bike when everyone's scrambling for them

1:45.0

and then making sure you get to your destination safely amid the swarm. I was just in London for

1:50.3

that wedding and then Copenhagen right after and it is night and day the difference between

1:54.8

the cycling cultures. The Danes are whipping around the streets, but you feel safe because

1:59.7

you know everyone grew up riding a

2:01.6

bike and they're good at it. London, on the other hand, deeply unnerving cycling culture,

2:06.6

wrong side of the road, minimal bike lanes, and then there's just this general sense of

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