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🗓️ 6 October 2023

⏱️ 26 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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0:36.2	Diversification and asset allocation may not fully protect you from market risk.
0:46.4	Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.
0:49.4	I'm your host, Jason Palmer.
0:51.5	Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
1:00.2	The Women's Tennis Association once insisted it wouldn't hold any more events in China
1:05.4	until sexual assault allegations made by Peng Shui, a professional player, were properly
1:10.7	investigated.
1:12.2	That never happened.
1:13.8	We ask why the WTA is back anyway.
1:19.0	And Britain's have been shocked by a brutal assault that may yet turn out to be a murder.
1:24.8	The victim was beloved by locals, often photographed, even appeared in a film with Kevin Costner.
1:31.3	Our obituary's editor reflects on the Sycamore Gap tree.
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