Premise: Good economic news, as the man once said, always comes bundled with bad.

Hypothesis: Good news always comes with better news.
Answer: no

Premise: In figure skating, that means the only system that could satisfy Cinquanta is a system with only one judge.

Hypothesis: Having only one judge leaves a lot more room for the effects of biases.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: Now European telecoms and communication bureaucrats spend their energies on blocking innovation and searching for ways to monopolize a new enterprise whose entire soul is decentralization.

Hypothesis: European telecom and communication bureaucrats are generally a good thing, though some of their efforts slow down progress.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: More importantly, we do not know how much of business mail is used for bill-paying or advertising.

Hypothesis: We have a detailed breakdown of what kind of mail is used.
Answer: no