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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The once-unassailable titan of tech has missed big opportunities in recent years. But it has a reasonable shot at the title again, thanks to its artificial-intelligence ambitions. Sexual assault allegations in China made the Women’s Tennis Association take a hard line on tournaments in the country—for a while (8:48). And why the brutal felling of an ancient tree has bothered Britons so much (16:18).
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there. I'm off this week. |
| 0:04.6 | Apparently we're more productive at work after a good holiday. |
| 0:12.1 | So I'm counting this Caribbean rum distillery tour as professional development. |
| 0:22.4 | Yours calling. |
| 0:24.2 | Take your holiday as seriously as British Airways holidays take your holiday. |
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| 1:06.1 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:09.4 | I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 1:11.3 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:19.6 | The Women's Tennis Association once insisted it wouldn't hold any more events in China |
| 1:25.1 | until sexual assault allegations made by Peng Shui, a professional |
| 1:29.2 | player, were properly investigated. That never happened. We ask why the WTA is back anyway. |
| 1:38.5 | And Britons have been shocked by a brutal assault that may yet turn out to be a murder. |
| 1:44.8 | The victim was beloved by locals, often photographed, even appeared in a film with Kevin Costner. |
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