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The Economist· 2025-12-19 10:00
A decade or so ago, before venture capitalists and buy-out barons began whipping out their chequebooks, going public was the obvious choice for ambitious businesses. Maybe it is still the right one https://t.co/pNCT305CoQ ...
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The Economist· 2025-12-19 09:40
More than 1,000 people have been killed, around 150,000 homes damaged and nearly 1m people displaced by the storm which ravaged Sumatra in western Indonesia three weeks ago. And yet the government has refrained from designating it a national disaster https://t.co/5tPlEpstkU ...
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The Economist· 2025-12-19 09:20
The idea of simulating the past in games is not new. But whereas board games require fairly simple rules, in video games a machine can keep track of very complex systems https://t.co/ocf3g7DbKa ...
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The Economist· 2025-12-19 09:00
Eventually electric vehicles will become the cheaper option for customers. Western carmakers must balance profiting now from petrol cars while investing enough to be competitive when that future arrives https://t.co/iycttoQvBN ...
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The Economist· 2025-12-19 08:40
The upbeat words of European and Ukrainian leaders, and American negotiators, made the prospect of a ceasefire in Ukraine sound a little closer.But it rests on American security guarantees that are hard to take seriously https://t.co/rGoPzhEqlH ...
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The Economist· 2025-12-19 08:20
Today’s America is fickle and jealous. South Korea, a decades-old ally, is learning how to deal with the increasingly one-sided demands of Trumpworld https://t.co/Olx3M10N7o ...
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The Economist· 2025-12-19 08:00
The Danish post is the first to end letter collection, but others will follow https://t.co/Q4ev2q8h7e ...
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The Economist· 2025-12-19 07:40
The ceasefire process that began in October as part of a 20-point plan presented by Donald Trump seems stuck in the mud and chaos of Gaza https://t.co/g2ZbnNqq0L ...
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The Economist· 2025-12-19 07:30
When the European Union increased tariffs on Chinese battery electric vehicles in 2024, the logic was straightforward: raise prices and imports will fall. Data suggest that has not happened https://t.co/4hO6Mwq6Jr ...
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The Economist· 2025-12-19 07:20
Offering cheaper AI systems comes down to using cheaper electricity. On that, Saudi Arabia reckons it has the edge https://t.co/GyI63DblOi ...