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Short Seller Hindenburg Closes Up Shop & Bezos Enters the Space Race

Morning Brew Daily

Morning Brew

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4.42.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Episode 499: Neal and Toby talk about the sudden closure of famous (or infamous) short-seller firm Hindenburg Research. Then, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has officially entered the space race as it sends its first rocket into orbit. Meanwhile, MBAs are looking like they’re losing their prestige as even Harvard MBAs are having a tough time landing a job post-college. Plus, Nintendo is the Stock of the Week, while UnitedHealth Group is the Dog of the Week. Finally, Scott Bessent, Zyn, Tubi, and Duolingo are in the headlines.  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. Checkout public.com/morningbrew for more Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here: https://link.chtbl.com/MBD Watch Morning Brew Daily Here: https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC.  Alpha is an AI research tool powered by GPT-4.  Alpha is experimental and may generate inaccurate responses.  Output from Alpha should not be construed as investment research or recommendations, and should not serve as the basis for any investment decision. Public makes no warranties about its accuracy, completeness, quality, or timeliness of any Alpha out. Please independently evaluate and verify any such output for your own use case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:28.0

Good morning, Brew Daily Show.

0:30.4

I'm Neil Fryman.

0:31.3

And I'm Toby Howell.

0:32.3

Today, more MBA grads are on the job hunt months after graduation.

0:36.9

Has the degree permanently lost its luster?

0:39.6

Then the founder behind the infamous shortseller Hindenburg Research is shutting the firm down.

0:45.8

It's Friday, January 17th.

0:47.9

Let's ride.

0:53.0

We lost a couple of legends yesterday.

0:56.4

Visionary director David Lynch died at 78.

0:59.7

He was beloved for his surrealist, eerie depictions of American life in works like Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, and Blue Velvet.

1:07.7

Many have tried to copy his style, but as our colleague, Jen Walsh, put it so eloquently,

1:13.1

no one has matched his freak since. Lynch's family announced his death on Facebook,

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