Business Daily Episodes Episode guide
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The prospects for the world economy
The internet is abuzz with jokes about the state of the world economy - how bad is it?
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Will Apple lose its bite?
As Steve Jobs steps down as CEO what's the future for Apple? And is Opec's power waning?
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Growth versus democracy in China?
Can China's government balance its economic growth with keeping society stable?
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China's advice to the West
Frank advice for Western economies from a key advisor to China's central bank.
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Europe's lost decade?
Do Europe and the United States face a Japanese style lost decade of stagnation?
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German manufacturing
How healthy is the German economy? Are it's manufacturers worried about China?
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China's promise
Leading investor Anthony Bolton says China's bull market will return before too long
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Chips with everything
Could putting microchips in everyday objects create an 'internet of things'?
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Nigeria's new finance minister: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Nigeria's new finance minister says she has been threatened by 'vested interests'
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Politicians and markets
Have financial markets lost faith in politicians' ability to handle their economies?
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The Euro In The Year 2020
Take a ride on the Business Daily time machine to look at three visions for the eurozone
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Irrational markets?
Are the financial markets behaving rationally? Plus, the decline in happiness at work
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US double dip?
Can America cut its debt mountain without falling into a double-dip recession?
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Germany's credit rating
Could Germany lose its top-notch credit rating if it has to fund yet more big bailouts?
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Growing debt fears
How worried should we be about the financial turmoil which has engulfed the markets?
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The Buildings We Work In
Lesley Curwen explores the buildings we work in, from the low to the high rise
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World Trade
Does the world need a new global trade deal? Plus, marriage patterns and economics
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US credit rating
Standard and Poor's says America's world beating credit rating is under threat
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Raising taxes
Is raising taxes the most efficient, though unpopular, way to tackle government deficits?
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No programme due to industrial action
There is no programme today because of industrial action at the BBC
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China luxury goods
Can home-grown Chinese companies build brands which enchant their own wealthy shoppers?
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Iceland's Lessons for the Eurozone
Justin Rowlatt reports from Iceland three years after its banks went bust.
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PIMCO on bonds
The world's biggest bond investor talks about the debt crises in Europe and America.
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US debt ceiling
As the US debt talks are stuck in deadlock, how worrying is America's deficit?
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Synthetic ETFs
Does a new breed of complex financial products pose a risk to global financial stability?
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Euro Rescued?
Following the latest bail-out deal, we ask if the euro is now secure.
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UN FAO head speaks out
With famine declared in Somalia, an extraordinary interview with the new head of the FAO
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End of empire for Rupert Murdoch?
Are Rupert Murdoch's days as one of the world's most powerful media moguls over?
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The unhappiness of being Greek
Does the Greek national character help explain the nature of the country's debt crisis?
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Naked finance
The financial incentives which may make eurozone disaster more, not less, likely