building a new factory, that kind of thing. now, even if the money's there, have they got the confidence to do that? workers, for their part, may say, well, hang on a minute, this is money we've put in. maybe instead of investing in a factory, it should be used, for example, to make our pension more generous, maybe give us some

kind of contribution holiday or something like that. there's plenty of debate here. plenty of time would be needed. and also, you know, it's difficult to see at the moment whether this could be done at scale and that would in turn impact economic growth. we will have more on that story tomorrow. now to the business of sports, where the women s national basketball association is facing a pivotal moment. following a record—setting season pulling new fans into the game, the women's nba is now tasked with raising its game further in 2025. nadia rawlinson is co—owner and operating chairman of the chicago sky, a team valued north of $95 million.

over the last couple of years, we've definitely seen as more a really great operation. two, i think the product on the court. so, people want to come see a great game. of really great players, really great sort of competition and athleticism. in leagues across the globe, and wnba is no exception to that. why is that? there's a very shallow pool of people who have liquid

and some private equity to unlock some of that value, at a time. to do it at the women's level as well. something that you don't really see that much because social media is a big part of this and how you can monetise that. so there's strategic opportunity there. setting the stage for a new chapter in

to be quite honest, that has been happening faster than we anticipated. so quite honestly, in some ways we're playing a little bit hit from restructuring a chinese venture. that is it the business for

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