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🔴Wednesday December 22nd 2021
🔵2021年12月22日星期三
🌏Espresso - The world in brief
每日濃縮 - 世界概況
1️⃣Covid-19 in the world: Omicron takes the lead
新冠病毒在全球：Omicron 變種病毒獨佔鰲頭
Joe Biden is expected to make 500m rapid covid-19 tests available to Americans starting in January. They will be mailed for free upon request (currently people must pay for them and seek reimbursement from their health insurers). The White House also plans to set up more testing sites and deploy medical staff to hospitals. On Monday public-health officials said the Omicron variant was responsible for 73% of new infections in America last week…
美國總統拜登預計將從 (明年) 一月開始向美國人民提供五億個新冠病毒快篩劑。這些快篩劑將根據需求免費郵寄 (目前人們須為快篩劑付費並向其健康保險公司報銷費用)。白宮還計劃設立更多檢測站並在醫院部署 (更多) 醫務人員。於週一 (12月20日)，公共衛生官員表示上週美國 73%的新增病例由 Omicron 變種病毒引起…
2️⃣The British government: fighting covid-19 with solid cash
英國政府抗疫：真金白銀在開的
Britain’s chancellor promised an extra £1bn ($1.3bn) to the hospitality and leisure sector. Rapidly increasing infections have dampened festive trade, which is normally lucrative. Businesses such as pubs and restaurants will be eligible for a one-off cash grant of up to £6,000…
英國財政大臣承諾向飯店和休閒業額外撥款十億英鎊 (13億美元)。迅速增加的病例數壓迫了通常利潤豐厚的節日花費。酒吧和餐廳等企業將有資格獲得高達六千英鎊的一次性現金補助…
3️⃣China Mobile: the Party’s showcase example
中國移動：黨的模範好寶寶
China Mobile, which was booted off of the New York Stock Exchange a year ago having fallen foul of Donald Trump’s crackdown on Chinese telecoms firms, said it would sell as much as $8.8bn-worth of shares in Shanghai…
中國移動 (中國內最大的通信服務供應商) 一年前迫於 (前美國總統) 川普對中國電信公司的打壓而從紐約證券交易所撤出，該公司表示將在上海出售價值高達 88億美元的股票…
🔱Espresso - Today’s agenda
每日濃縮 - 今日頭條
💰📈💰The venture-capital boom
創業及風險投資大爆炸的一年
In the past five decades, the venture-capital industry has funded enterprising ideas, such as mRNA vaccines, that have gone on to transform the world. Seven of the world’s ten largest firms are VC-backed. In 2021, venture investment hit an all-time high of $580bn, nearly 50% more than was invested in 2020. Now capitalism’s dream machine is itself being scaled up and transformed, as deep-pocketed investors such as private-equity shops and pension funds pile into venture activity. This turbocharging brings significant risks, from egomaniacal founders torching cash to pension pots being squandered on overvalued startups…
在過去的五十年裡，創投 (基金) 業資助了一些像是 mRNA 疫苗等已改變世界的創新想法。全球前十大公司中有七家獲得了創投基金的支持。在 2021年，創投達到 5,800億美元的歷史新高，比 2020年的投資高出近 50%。到了現在，由於財力雄厚的私募股權業者和社會保險基金湧入風險投資活動，(創投基金) 這個資本主義的夢想機器本身，正在增長並轉型。這樣的高速成長帶來了鉅額風險，從自大的創始人們燒錢到養老金被浪費在估值過高的新創公司上 (比比皆是)…
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