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Jan 2022
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A 2,810,526% winner? Yes, please! Januar...

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About this episode

-- So… did anything happen while we were away?

-- COVID hammers the economy and retail is taking the brunt

-- The challenge of picking short-term winners

-- Pain for technology companies

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