Sara Blakely’s Heel-Sneaker Hybrid 12/13/24

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CNBC

Business News, Investing, Business, News

4 • 494 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

President-elect Trump has reportedly invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington for his inauguration next month. CNBC Beijing Bureau chief Eunice Yoon says it’s unlikely that Xi will attend, but shares her insight on Trump’s China policy, including the threat of tariffs and his stance on Taiwan. Next, Spanx founder Sara Blakely has a new venture: a high-heeled sneaker called “Sneex.” The self-made billionaire discusses her entrepreneurship journey and inspiration, from shapewear to shoes. Plus, Amazon reportedly plans to donate $1M to Trump’s inauguration, higher egg prices are back, just in time for the holidays, and mysterious drone sightings continue over New Jersey. Eunice Yoon - 15:35 Sara Blakely - 23:38 In this episode: Eunice Yoon, @onlyyoontv Sara Blakely, @sarablakely Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:03.0	Hi, I'm CNBC producer Katie Kramer.
0:07.0	Today on Squawk Pod.
0:09.0	Spanx founder Sarah Blakely.
0:11.0	She's added high heels to her business portfolio.
0:15.0	I wanted to see if I could invent a comfortable stiletto.
0:18.0	And I started 10 years ago. It was a side hustle.
0:21.7	Turns out she's pulled it off.
0:23.8	I've had men pull off the side of the road here in New York and yell like, love your shoes.
0:29.2	And what U.S. relations with China will look like in President Trump's second term, CNBC's
0:34.5	Eunice Yunn reports.
0:36.2	Trump has message before that he is willing to negotiate on Taiwan, for example.
0:40.6	But is he really because he has Mike Walts or he has Marco Rubio who are very hardline?
0:47.4	Plus, Jeff Bezos writing a big inauguration check.
0:51.3	Higher egg prices are no yoke.
0:53.7	And alien drones all over New Jersey. The mysterious something. inauguration check, higher egg prices are no yoke, and...
0:54.4	Alien drones all over New Jersey.
0:57.1	The mysterious somethings flying over the Garden State.
1:00.4	We know it's not bad, but we don't know what it is.
1:02.2	We don't know what it is, but don't worry about it. It's fun.
1:03.9	So weird.
1:05.6	It's Friday, the 13th Lucky Us.
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