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Dec 2023
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Your Wages Are Catching Up to Inflation ...

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Episode 212: Neal and Toby discuss how gas prices and wage rates have impacted the latest inflation report. Plus, Netflix posts viewer data from every show for the first time ever and Tesla says they have the right to sue anyone who attempts to re-sell a Cyber Truck. Next the guys get into Choice Hotels' hostile takeover of Wyndham, and what is the latest with Adam Neumann's latest 'utopian' apartment project. And finally, who is going to their company Holiday party?

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