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The Intelligence from The Economist

Continental breakfast: European elections

The Intelligence from The Economist

The Economist

News, Global News, Daily News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Europe’s voters have shown they are not happy with traditional parties. But even as the Brexit Party surged in Britain, populists across the continent found elections to the European Parliament tougher than expected, while the Green Party made a strong showing, buoyed by climate concerns. Despite being "asset-light", some tech companies need property to keep expanding. That’s good news for real-estate investment trusts. And quinoa is the grain getting a new lease of life.

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0:00.0

Climb the ladder, get your name on the door and acete at the table,

0:04.0

for it is there that decisions are made and deals are closed.

0:08.2

But the rules of business and society have changed.

0:12.0

The new corridors of power now lead from your kitchen to the study.

0:16.9

And just as workplaces are being redefined, so too are HR rules and legal liabilities.

0:24.1

Will you regard this as a barrier or an opportunity?

0:27.4

Transformation is the law of tomorrow.

0:31.1

Discover what you can do with it today at Mishkond.com.

0:37.4

Mishkond Arrayan, its business, but its personal.

0:46.2

Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

0:49.4

I'm your host Jason Palmer. Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events

0:54.3

shaping your world.

0:58.4

In lots of places, shopping centers and high streets aren't the vibrant scene they once were.

1:05.6

Online shopping has chipped away at foot traffic and the value of commercial premises.

1:10.8

But many tech firms still need real estate and the investors providing it are increasingly

1:15.9

a hot property.

1:18.5

For a while there, quinoa was the must-have grain, an exotic South American import with serious

1:24.3

health credentials. But then the quinoa bubble burst.

1:28.1

Now it's making a comeback in part on American farms.

1:31.5

You'll soon see more of it in processed foods.

1:38.3

But first,

1:43.1

the second largest democratic exercise in the world has concluded.

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