Spirit Airlines on its Deathbed? & July Inflation Remains Sticky
Episode 647: Neal and Toby recap July’s inflation report that shows CPI ticked up from June. Then, Elon Musk accuses Apple of preferential treatment of OpenAI in its App Store vs. other AI companies…mainly Grok. Also, Spirit Airlines and Kodak are knocking on death’s door as it struggles to stay in business. Meanwhile, Cracker Barrel is trying to revamp its restaurants to appeal to younger customers and not everyone is happy about it.
00:00 - The Sphere of Oz
3:30 - Sticky inflation
8:30 - Elon v. Apple & OpenAI
12:45 - Spirit’s demise
14:50 - Kodak’s dire straits
17:40 - Cracker Barrel…
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