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Aug 2023
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US Debt Rating Gets Downgraded & How Ube...

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Episode 116: Neal and Toby discuss Fitch downgrading the US debt rating from AAA to AA+, citing how close Congress was to defaulting on the debt ceiling as well as the insurrection. The guys also go through their biggest takeaways from yesterday's earnings reports and get into how Uber is finally making money. Plus, which independent film has raked in more money than Mission Impossible and MrBeast is taking legal action against the company making his burgers. And finally the medical lawsuit that reached settlement after more than 70 years.

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