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Tesla shares have been under pressure all year, and its headaches stem from China, where it has lost market share to the local rival BYD. In essence, McWilliams writes, the situation displays how China is “gobbling up” the world by stealing intellectual property and improving it. “Economic history is the history of theft, so there’s nothing new here except that the Tesla story might be a cautionary lesson for other companies that have taken or might take big bets on China,” he writes.
Closer to home, it looks like the European Central Bank is going to cut interests rates at its meeting in early June., Cliff Taylor explores the implications of such a cut, which is poised to be good news for mortgage holders, “but while borrowers may need an interest-rate cut, the Irish property market doesn’t. And rising prices and rents are leaving many younger homebuyers caught in a bind – whichever way they turn.
Over in the Food section, Corinna Hardgrave this week wrote about the Yew Tree for her latest restaurant review – a very positive four-star write-up about an under-the-radar neighbourhood spot: “What they are doing in Yew Tree goes against everything you hear about the vagaries of the restaurant industry, and I’m not quite sure how they pull it off. But I am glad it is in my neighbourhood because it is so well priced for such good food.
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