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Job Market Comes Roaring Back & Ring Ad Sparks Mass Surveillance Fears

Morning Brew Daily

Morning Brew

Business, News, Business News

4.43K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Episode 778: Neal and Toby recap the latest jobs report of January, which showed the US added 130,000 jobs. Then, the missing case of Nancy Guthrie has sparked a debate over privacy as the FBI recovers a Ring camera footage with the help from Google. Also, Switzerland is weighing a vote to put a 10 million population limit. Meanwhile, Neal shares his favorite numbers on the big money in today’s economy, NYC private schools, and a Stanford experiment.  Learn more about FlavCity at https://go.shopflavcity.com/mbds  Sign up for our monthly trivia! https://mbdtrivianight-feb2026.splashthat.com/  We’d love to hear from you! https://www.morningbrewbreakroom.com/c/r/MBDS?display=mbdailyshow 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://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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0:06.3

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0:11.8

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0:35.3

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0:41.4

Good morning, Brew Daily Show. I'm Neil Fryman.

0:46.0

And I'm Toby Howell. Today, rings Super Bowl ads spark spheres of mass surveillance.

0:52.1

Then the jobs market appears to have roared back to life. It's Thursday, February 12th.

0:57.0

Let's ride. Here's a business lesson you won't find in the textbooks.

1:00.0

When the going gets tough, hand out free socks.

1:03.0

Yesterday, McDonald's, which had been on the struggle bus for most of the past couple of years,

1:08.0

reported a 6.8% U.S. sales boom in its fourth quarter,

1:12.0

thanks in large part to its limited edition Grinch Meal, which included a pair of colorful

1:17.1

socks. CEO Chris Kamsinski told analysts that for one week in December, McDonald's was the

1:22.9

biggest seller of socks in the world. Toby, did you snag a pair? I did it, but the scale of McDonald's

1:29.1

is unfathomable. During the first few days of the campaign, they sold about 50 million pairs,

1:34.3

50 million pairs of socks. This is a burger company. Also, I found some more McDonald's,

1:39.3

fun facts, courtesy of Harris on X, who works for the market research firm Corridor, McDonald's serves 70 million

1:47.1

customers every day, and 80% of the population visits at least once a year in their largest

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