Business Daily Episodes Episode guide
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Disney's TV secrets
The most powerful woman in television Anne Sweeney, reveals her recipe for creating hit TV
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Catalans go it alone?
Catalans are to vote whether to separate from Spain. But does it make economic sense?
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Digital currencies
Can online currencies solve some of the miseries of this material world? Are they safe?
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Democracy and the debt crisis
Can democracy survive the debt crisis?
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Trade war?
Is Romney's tough talk on Chinese trade practices likely to help American businesses?
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Insurance: trading death
Is it ever OK to profit from someone else's death?
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Why diversify?
The South African strike is over but does the nation need to diversify?
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Free trade v nationalism
Will a dispute over a few weather-beaten rocks derail Japan-China free trade?
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Global fertility business
Sperm banks, egg donors and surrogate mothers - the booming global fertility business.
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French super-tax
Are France's super-rich voting with their feet over plans for a new 75% tax on income?
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QE: Bernanke's big bazooka
The Fed is feeding again - $40 billion every month until the US gets back to work.
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Does Fashion have legs?
We ask if fashion is recession-proof? And what a model's legs reveal about the economy.
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US election funding
The big splurge on US election campaign spending for Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
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Should the Euro Fail?
As the Dutch vote, and Germans debate the legality of bailouts, who still loves the euro?
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Poverty and Geography
How the geography of poverty might look in the future.
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Ship scrappage and global trade
Where old ships go to die and why standardised pallets could revolutionise global trade.
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Food prices and slum tourism
Is the rising price of food the next big crisis for the world's poor?
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Illegal timber
How Interpol chases the criminals behind illegal logging in the global timber industry.
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Argentina's Nationalism
Is the world losing patience with Argentina's economic nationalism?
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Euro crisis: Back to work
As Europe goes back to work after summer holidays, the eurozone crisis looms large again.
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The Commodity Prices Boom
Is the boom in commodity prices over? Or can the likes of China keep it going?
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Follow the Money
What happens when money meets power? Justin Rowlatt explores American political lobbying.
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The Secrets of Computer Code
Why computer code should a key part of every country's school curriculum.
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The power of spending
Can consumers lift the world economy out of the doldrums?
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Disease control
Can genetically engineered mosquitoes stop the spread of dengue fever?
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Unemployment in the US and Europe
Unemployment in the US state of New Jersey, and efforts to create new jobs in France
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The Business of Paralympics
Business opportunities opened up by the Paralympic games. A sponsor explains the appeal
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Megacities
The relentless rise of megacities. What are the challenges for them?
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Investment in Africa
Are Africans really getting the benefits of surging foreign investment?
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US Manufacturing Jobs
US manufacturing industry is not the employer it once was, but productivity is high.