Co-op Live: Manchester’s new concert venue was hit by delays, but a false start need not mean it’s blighted forever

The opening of any new business can be a nerve-wracking affair. Will everything work? Will things go wrong? Will the whole enterprise fall flat on its face?

For the owners of a new concert venue in Manchester, things went very wrong. The £365 million Co-op Live arena was supposed to launch on April 23 with a performance by comedian Peter Kay. But after technical issues emerged, it had to be cancelled at the last minute.

The Second Coming? Trump vs. Biden

How have the macroeconomic problems in the US blinded many participants and observers to the actual state of the American economy as the election
approaches?
The wafer-thin poll margins separating President Joe Biden and Donald Trump have surprised and baffled many analysts. This paper attempts no analysis of the election itself. It focuses instead on a clinical assessment of its macroeconomic context.

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