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The Covid effect: Sheds, Hong Kong, Conferences

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4.458 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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The pandemic continues to shape business and policy around the world. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists debate a possible 21 bln euro bid for city-centre warehouses, the relaxing of restrictions in Hong Kong, and a recent conflab of M&A advisers in New Orleans. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hear that? It's your big McDonald's hunger calling, because the Big Arch is back, and this time it's here to stay with juicy beef, cheddar cheese and that Big Arch sauce.

0:09.9

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0:11.6

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0:15.0

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0:17.9

Subjects availability, price and participation may vary.

0:20.3

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

0:26.6

This week, we're taking a break from Russia and Ukraine, and focusing on the consequences of COVID-19

0:32.6

on warehouse valuations, travel restrictions, and the conference circuit.

0:37.3

This Breaking Views podcast

0:39.0

is sponsored by Refinnative, a London Stock Exchange business. Welcome back to the

0:47.7

views. I'm your co-host, Amy Donnellan, a columnist of Breaking Views coming to you from the leafy

0:53.2

suburbs of London.

0:56.7

I'm joined by my colleague Peter Tal Larson.

1:00.2

Looking out the window at the hustle and bustle of Canary Wharf this week,

1:03.0

life seemed to be getting back to some sort of normal.

1:05.5

City workers are trickling back into offices,

1:07.6

corporate travel is back on the agenda,

1:10.5

and High Street chains are busy greeting customers. This week, we're exploring

1:12.2

three aspects of this next phase of the pandemic. First, Peter and I will discuss the future

1:17.9

of warehouses after Blackstone received a 21 billion euro offer for its last mile logistics

1:22.9

business. Next up, Peter and I chapped Pete Sweeney in Asia about Hong Kong's decision to lift a travel ban on nine countries and reduce its quarantine times to just a week despite a rising death toll.

1:34.8

Finally, Peter talks to Lauren Silva Lachlan in New York about her adventures with lawyers and dealmakers at the annual Tulane Corporate Law Institute Conference in New Orleans.

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