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Stormont weather: elections in Northern Ireland

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The Economist

News & Politics, News

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Voters in the UK head to the polls for local elections tomorrow. In Northern Ireland, a party that does not want the country to exist appears poised to win the largest number of seats. Why a Nebraskan company’s annual general meeting has become known as “the Woodstock of capitalism.” And how the art of cattle trading is getting a 21st century makeover.

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0:00.0

There are five million small businesses in Britain.

0:02.8

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1:05.8

Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist.

1:09.0

From London, I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

1:11.5

And in New York, I'm John Fastman.

1:14.1

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

1:20.2

The annual general meetings of publicly traded companies let shareholders interact with executives.

1:25.9

They're often dull affairs of little interest to the general public.

1:29.3

But one, held last weekend in Omaha, Nebraska, has become the woodstock of capitalism.

1:35.3

And most of the staggering number of cattle sales in India still happen the old-fashioned way at crowded chaotic chaotic markets. But startups are swiftly moving into the business,

1:48.4

making it easier and safer for buyers, for sellers, and for the cows.

1:57.6

But first.

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