Neil Freiman

We saw this with what happened with drones.

Earlier, I think it was in December, they the U.S.

government did something very similar with foreign made drones.

And then all of these companies applied for exemptions and a couple of them were actually granted exemptions.

That's one of the reasons that Netgear stock is going crazy is because they think there's going to be an exemption and critics of this policy.

And there are many.

say this looks a lot like a shakedown like we've seen from the United States government during the Trump administration.

Like, remember when they banned NVIDIA from selling AI chips to China, said it was all about national security.

And then all of a sudden it was actually OK unless NVIDIA pays 25 percent of the proceeds to the United States government.

So they think that they're so the critics of this policy saying we're going to see something very similar.

All these exemptions that are going to come perhaps will come with some sort of payment or

gift to the Trump administration to make sure that they can sell in the United States.

But yeah, as a consumer, this is definitely something to watch.

We all buy routers and need them to have fun at home.

Let's run to the finish with some final headlines.

First round is on your banker friend at happy hour.

The average Wall Street bonus came to a record $246,900 last year, up 6% from 2024, according to the New York State Comptroller.

The total bonus pool came to $49.2 billion, a 9% jump from the year before and also a record.

Wall Street has been living large thanks to volatile markets and a resurgence in dealmaking following Trump's inauguration.

But one thing to note, bonus on Wall Street doesn't really mean bonus the way the rest of us use it.