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Sep 2023
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Why Car Buying is About to Get Harder & ...

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Episode 148: Neal and Toby discuss the UAW strike and its effects across the auto industry and US economy. It looks like Hot Labor Summer goes into the Fall. Next, another big splash in the IPO market that has Wall Street buzzin'. Then, a look into why decades of maintenance deferments to Libya's dam could've prevented one of the most devastating floods in history. Plus, big corporations giveth and taketh: Delta raises the bar for its Sky Lounge and McDonalds says goodbye to soda fountains. Lastly, want to help out your favorite actors & writers? Make a bid.

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