Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.

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

And in New York, I'm John Fassman.

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

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

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

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

And most of the staggering number of cattle sales in India still happen the old-fashioned

way at crowded chaotic markets.

What startups are swiftly moving into the business, making it easier and safer for buyers,

for sellers, and for the cows.

First,

Tomorrow elections are being held across the United Kingdom.

In England, Scotland, and Wales, voters will decide who to elect to local authorities.

In what's being seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Boris Johnson's rocky premiership.

But it is the vote in Northern Ireland that could prove most significant.

I do not want to be part of the debate about our future in terms of this protocol.

In the way in which, last night, representatives from the five main parties debated ahead of

elections to its parliament.

The protocol, a special Brexit deal to prevent the return of a hard border between Northern

Ireland and its southern neighbour Ireland, featured heavily during the heated discussion.

But the protocol alters Article 6 of the Axe of Union, which protect our right to trade

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