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A hit TV series in China skewers cranky old parents

[2019-03-25] Defying the cult of filial piety thrills viewers

A hit TV series in China skewers cranky old parents Defying the cult of filial piety thrills viewers The Economist 2019-3-23 Article IT IS NO mean feat to be one of the top-ten trending hashtags o......

Why book value has lost its meaning

[2019-03-26] The trouble with intangibles

Why book value has lost its meaning The trouble with intangibles The Economist 2019-3-23 Article BABY-BOOMERS may recall, perhaps wistfully, how the golden-arched sign outside every McDonald’s res......

FIS’s $43bn takeover of Worldpay

[2019-03-27] The scramble to build global payment systems

FIS’s $43bn takeover of Worldpay The scramble to build global payment systems The Economist 2019-3-23 Article YOUR HOME is about to become a department store. Of the 27% of American consumers who ......

Are security concerns over Huawei a boon for its European rivals?

[2019-03-28] The geopolitical technology saga is complicating business for the industry

Are security concerns over Huawei a boon for its European rivals? The geopolitical technology saga is complicating business for the industry The Economist 2019-3-23 Article IN THE DAYS of pre-inte......

Europe’s economy is more worrying than America’s yield-curve inversion

[2019-03-29] Bond markets are sounding warnings on both sides of the Atlantic. But the message is much worse in Europe

Europe’s economy is more worrying than America’s yield-curve inversion Bond markets are sounding warnings on both sides of the Atlantic. But the message is much worse in Europe The Economist 2019-3......

China’s “social credit” scheme involves cajolery and sanctions

[2019-03-30] Some people shrug it off, others worry

原文来源:The Economist 2019-3-29 China’s “social credit” scheme involves cajolery and sanctions Some people shrug it off, others worry Article JUST OVER a year ago, the eastern city of Suqian announce......

Jared Polis, Colorado’s governor, is an unusual breed: a libertarian Democrat

[2019-03-31] He must strike a difficult balance

原文来源:The Economist 2019-3-29 Jared Polis, Colorado’s governor, is an unusual breed: a libertarian Democrat He must strike a difficult balance Article IF COLORADO WERE a piece of jewellery it would......

How emerging-market local-currency bonds might fit in your portfolio

[2019-04-01] Their appeal lies in their distinctiveness

原文来源:The Economist 2019-3-29 How emerging-market local-currency bonds might fit in your portfolio Their appeal lies in their distinctiveness Article IN THE FIRST episode of “Cheers”, a 1980s telev......

Redesigning life

[2019-04-02] The promise and perils of synthetic biology

原文来源:The Economist 2019-4-5 Redesigning life The promise and perils of synthetic biology Article For the past four billion years or so the only way for life on Earth to produce a sequence of dna—a......

The land of the living dead

[2019-04-03] Europe’s zombie banks need to rediscover their lust for life

原文来源:The Economist 2019-4-5 The land of the living dead Europe’s zombie banks need to rediscover their lust for life Article Is there any more miserable spectacle in global business than that of E......