Nvidia chips for China, frozen Russian funds, and a lot of self-checkout stealing
The Indicator from Planet Money
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4.7 • 9.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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On today’s episode: Nvidia chips OK’d for China, a sticky frozen Russian asset situation, and a lot of you seem to be stealing from self-checkout.
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| 0:00.0 | NPR. |
| 0:02.0 | This is the indicator from Planet Money. |
| 0:13.4 | I'm Daryan Woods. |
| 0:14.4 | I'm Waylon Wong. |
| 0:15.7 | And blessing us with his presence today, Stephen Bessaha. |
| 0:19.3 | Hey, happy to be here. |
| 0:21.2 | Woo! |
| 0:21.5 | Steven! |
| 0:22.3 | I thought, was that presents or presents? |
| 0:25.0 | Because I brought both. |
| 0:26.6 | It is the holiday season. |
| 0:28.5 | Thank you. |
| 0:29.4 | Is it Secret Santa in the office today and I didn't get the memo? |
| 0:32.4 | I am here with a bag full of indicators. |
| 0:36.1 | Oh! |
| 0:37.3 | Because it's... |
| 0:38.8 | Indicators of the week. |
| 0:41.7 | On today's show, we have... |
| 0:43.5 | Nvidia chips being sent to China. |
| 0:46.1 | Cash for Ukraine, maybe? |
| 0:48.1 | And sticky fingers at the checkout aisle. |
| 0:50.6 | That's all after the break. |
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