The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
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Follow the Money: The end of cheap money in Japan
After decades in which borrowing has been virtually free, Japan is raising interest rates, affecting savers and borrowers alike. We talk to a former rate-setter at the Bank of Japa…
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If China's exports are booming, why are consumers struggling?
China's booming export figures, driven in part by demand for AI-related products, suggest a high-tech economy that's thriving. Yet many consumers at home continue to face economic…
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Taking Stock: what French protests, Netflix data and the Alberta referendum reveal
Will Bain is joined by Toronto-based tech journalist Takara Small and Zambia-based consultant Trevor Simumba to examine the impact of protests in France on businesses and the wider…
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Power Players: Has Netflix hit a wall?
Netflix transformed the entertainment industry, changing how audiences around the world discover and consume media. But after announcing plans to cut 1,000 jobs and losing its cont…
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Founders: Olio CEO Tessa Clarke's fight against food waste
Tessa Clarke is the co-founder and CEO of Olio, the food-sharing app helping millions of people reduce waste by sharing food and household items with their neighbours. She explains…
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Follow the Money: The cost of sending money home
Some economies are increasingly dependent on migrants sending money home to their families. But how much does it cost, and who's making money from a business worth around $900 bill…
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What China's solar panel obsession means for the world
China's latest trade data show another huge surplus, putting the country on course for what could be a record $1.5 trillion trade surplus this year. In the first of two episodes ex…
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Taking Stock: Who owns Space?
From Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, to China and India, companies and countries are pouring billions of dollars to get ahead in the space industry.It's not just about interplanetary exp…
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Power Players: How did VW go off track?
Competition from China, weaker sales and a slower-than-expected shift to electric vehicles have left Volkswagen facing its biggest challenge in decades. VW says up to 100,000 jobs…
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Listen again: The supermarket billionaire, John Catsimatidis
Greek-born billionaire John Catsimatidis rose from working in a New York grocery store to build the Gristedes supermarket chain and a wider business empire after leaving university…
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Follow the Money: why is diesel so expensive?
The war in the Middle East has pushed up crude oil prices this year and that's had a knock-on effect on the price of refined oil products like diesel. But after months of conflict,…
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Why are birth rates falling across the world?
Birth rates are falling across much of the world, raising questions about the future of ageing populations and economies. We look at why people are having fewer children, from the…
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Listen again: Power Players - Why are young Indians joining the Cockroach protests?
A chance to listen again as Will Bain and Rahul Tandon are joined by the BBC's India Business Correspondent Arunoday Mukherjee to look at the rise of the 'Cockroach movement'. They…
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Taking Stock: Is Gen Z the first generation to be worse off than their parents?
Young people in France are protesting over schooling conditions, whilst in Spain they have taken to the streets over housing. We ask if there is hope them, and how we can make a be…
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The most economy-focused mid-term ever?
With less than a month to go until the US mid-term elections, voters are preparing to head to the polls with the economy high on the agenda.From the cost of living, interest rates…
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Meet the first black woman to own a billion-dollar company
We meet Janice Bryant Howroyd, founder of ActOne Group. She arrived in Los Angeles with just $900 borrowed from her mother and went on to build a multi-billion-dollar business, bec…
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Follow the Money: Why does chocolate cost so much?
The El Nino in 2023 had a detrimental impact on the cocoa harvest in West Africa, prices quadrupled and businesses reacted. Chocolate prices skyrocketed around the world, chocolate…
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Listen again - Bonds: Heroes or villains?
With the cost of government debt reaching its highest for several decades, we're giving you another chance to hear our exploration of how the world became so dependent on bonds, th…
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Taking Stock: How evicting an 87-year-old woman in Spain disrupted the debate on housing
Protests in Spain about 87-year-old Mariacarmen Abascal's eviction from social housing reignited the housing affordability debate globally, as inflation ticks up and career prospec…
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Power Players: Can AI really regulate itself?
The AI race is speeding up: and so are the warnings about where it could lead. After President Trump met AI leaders to discuss how to make the technology safer without slowing Amer…