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Cracking the predictions book

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Reuters

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4.458 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2015

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Breakingviews' volume of prescient insight for 2016 includes forecasts about M&A, oil, interest rates, the Olympics, Star Wars booty and much more. Ren Holding and Antony Currie pick their favorites. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Some fun, some food, it's all inside this Happy Meal.

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Until the 2nd of February from 11am includes one pre-selected book or toy whilst it's last.

0:20.0

The views expressed on this podcast are those of the participants, not of Reuters News.

0:30.2

Welcome to the Views Room, a weekly podcast brought to you by Reuters Breaking Views.

0:34.3

I'm Rob Cox, the editor of Breaking Views, coming to you from Zurich, Switzerland, the land of cows, chocolate, gold bars, and neutrality. So Tuesday night's U.S. presidential

0:43.7

debate was really just a mess. Donald Trump blustered over Joe Biden repeatedly, and really

0:48.8

there was almost nothing to glean on the future of U.S. economic policy or any policy whatsoever.

0:55.2

So I talked to Anna Shemansky, who stayed up late, watching and writing on the debate, wrote a piece for us that

0:58.9

was widely read. It tells you there's extraordinary interest in the U.S. election, of course,

1:03.2

but not a lot of hope after watching this shambolic 90 minutes. But dear listener, do not despair.

1:09.2

There are two more coming up.

1:13.8

Plus, the vice presidential debate, so tune in.

1:18.3

On a lighter note, I traveled to Milan this week and caught up with our columnist Lucy Yucca.

1:25.6

She wrote a pretty interesting piece on why Italy's Sierra A soccer club should accept a deal from CBC Capital to sell 10% of itself.

1:29.5

Essentially, the bio is designed to quell squabbling among the 20 teams in the league, bolster media rights, and make Italian soccer great again. Next week,

1:35.2

we'll know whether the owners of clubs like Juventus and Lazio also agree with Lisa. Anyway,

1:40.7

give it a listen. Anna Schimamansky, good to hear from you.

1:46.4

Good to see you.

1:47.3

You're in Brooklyn, but you got a taste of Cleveland on Tuesday night when you listened and

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