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Today is Tuesday, May 17th 2022.

Let’s kick off this week with some latest business news.

新闻：

• 有关JetBlue恶意并购 (0:19") JetBlue launches hostile takeover bid for Spirit Airlines (Reuters)
• 有关中国经济 (1:43") China’s Economic Distress Deepens as Lockdowns Drag On (Wall Street Journal)
• 有关Jeff Bezos vs. the WH (3:05") The White House fires back at Jeff Bezos, saying it 'doesn't require a huge leap' to understand why he opposed an economic agenda that taxes the super-rich (Insiders)
• 有关欧洲经济 (4:51") EU cuts forecast for economic growth as war’s fallout widens (Associated Press)
• 有关婴儿奶粉危机 (6:08") Baby formula factory says it’s still months away from production (Washington Post)

单词和短语 (7:39")：

• Diligence: careful and persistent work or effort; 调查、调研
• Doldrums:a state or period of inactivity, stagnation, or depression; 停滞
• Containment: the action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits; 禁锢
• Roll off:move or cause to move in a particular direction by turning over and over on an axis; 流动
• Unsanitary: not sanitary; 不卫生