RIP Spirit Airlines & GameStop Wants to Buy eBay for $56B

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🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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#837: Spirit Airlines shuts down, leaving thousands of travelers stranded. GameStop prepares a takeover bid for eBay. Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel leads its first annual shareholder meeting in the post-Buffett era. The Savannah Bananas have a record-breaking night at Kyle Field. Finally, what to know in the week ahead. Explore connectivity solutions that can transform your business at https://www.att.com/smallbusiness 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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0:31.0	Good morning brew daily show.
0:31.9	I'm Neil Fryman.
0:32.9	And I'm Toby Howell. Today and it was all yellow.
0:35.0	We pay tribute to the now defunct Spirit Airlines.
0:38.0	Then GameStop is trying to buy eBay?
0:40.6	It's Monday.
0:41.7	May the fourth view with you.
0:43.4	And let's ride.
0:49.0	Good morning.
0:50.4	Well, this was sad news.
0:51.8	Ask Jeeves is no longer.
0:54.1	On Friday, Jeeves and his home website
0:55.8	Ask.com announced they were shutting down after almost 30 years of answering your questions
0:59.9	on the internet. Before there was, let's consult Claude, or I'll ask chat, there was Jeeves,
1:05.2	a web 1.0 avatar of an English butler who first appeared in 1996. Asked Jeeves was popular
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