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War in Ukraine: Venezuela's oil opportunity?
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Russian aggression in Ukraine and the world's quest to end the dependence on Russian oil and gas has created an opportunity for Venezuela to negotiate...
The power of fungi
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Hayward takes a journey into the world of fungi. There’s a global wave of interest in the potential uses of fungi right now - and businesses are...
China's economic challenge
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
China, the so-called engine of global growth, seems to be stalling badly right now. The country is facing rising unemployment, falling factory output ...
Women, sport and business: Betting
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gambling has a long and complex relationship with sport. But betting is no longer a man's game. As women's sport grows, many companies are putting big...
The Hongkongers leaving for the UK
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2020, after months of civil unrest, China introduced a new security law in Hong Kong. The UK authorities said it 'violated' the one country, two sy...
A crisis in US rural healthcare
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
America’s rural hospitals face an uncertain future. One in three are now at risk of closure as doctors and nurses quit, patients struggle to pay the...
G'day and g'bye: it's the end for Neighbours
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After 37 years, the longest-running drama in Australian TV history is coming to an end.We ask why the Neighbours funding model ultimately failed. We s...
The women breaking into skateboarding in South Africa
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Skateboarding is one of the fastest growing sports in the world; it was included for the first time in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan. It's bec...
Women, sport and business: Making NBA history
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As part of our mini-series on women, sport and business we meet Cynt Marshall. She's the chief executive officer of the Dallas Mavericks and the first...
Commonwealth Games 2022: the most sustainable ever?
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Commonwealth Games 2022 is coming to England's second biggest city, Birmingham, which is home to almost six million people and more than 450,000 b...
How Kenyan farmers are adapting to climate change
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Climate change - which the United Nations defines as long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns - is a growing global problem, particularly...
Business Daily meets: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw trained as a master brewer, but in late-1970s India she was rejected by the beer industry – it wasn’t seen as a job for a woma...
Fertility problems and pesticides in Panama
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Grace Livingstone investigates the ongoing case a group of men in Panama have brought against banana firms. We hear from two of the men who claim they...
Women, sport and business: Media deals
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Business Daily, the latest in our series on women, sport and business, we’re looking at the media. With women’s sport account...
How virtual reality is changing healthcare
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
By 2024, virtual reality is expected to reach a value of $1.2bn in the healthcare sector alone – and it’s already seeing adoption in major public ...
Military contracts in India
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lots of people want to work in the military in India – the jobs offered security, prospects and a gold-plated pension. But a new Government plan to ...
Lollywood or Bollywood?
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We take a look at the fortunes of Bollywood and Lollywood post pandemic. We’ll ask what the future holds for the film industries of India and Pakist...
What's going on with weightlifting?
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ashish Sharma explores the problems facing one of the world’s oldest sports.A governance crisis has engulfed the sport of weightlifting and it faces...
Women, sport and business: Merchandise
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Business Daily, the latest in our series on women, sport and business, it's all about the merch.We'll explore how important replica...
Making money out of 'kid-fluencers'
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you a proud sharent? That is a parent who loves to post about your child online. Some have even turned it into a lucrative business, with incomes ...
Pension dipping in Peru and Chile
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Millions of people in Peru and Chile have been allowed to empty their retirement pots to cope with Covid-19 and rising prices, putting the pension sys...
The business of streaming games
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We explore the world of video game streaming - where players connect their screens to platforms such as Twitch or YouTube so that fans can watch them ...
Brazil's election and the economy
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brazilians will go to the polls to elect their next president in October. With Jair Bolsonaro trailing in polls behind former leader Lula da Silva, ma...
Women, sport and business: Haley Rosen
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To coincide with the start of the Women's Euros and the Africa Women Cup of Nations, Business Daily launches a new series on women, sport and business...
Are they listening?
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are they really listening to us via our mobile phones and other smart devices? Eavesdropping to find out more about our most personal tastes and habit...
Peat and the environment
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Fenwick explores why peat is such an important carbon store and whether it’s use in compost should be banned. Sam visits a peat bog in the UK an...
Business Daily meets: iPod and iPhone co-creator Tony Fadell
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Apple technology has revolutionised the world. The US company says there are now more than 1.5 billion Apple devices in active use globally - a billio...
Cost of living: Mechanics
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Business Daily mini series we're exploring how businesses we all use regularly are being affected by the cost of living crisis.Leanna Byrne an...
Cost of living: Farmers and food producers
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Business Daily mini series we're exploring how businesses we all use regularly are being affected by the cost of living crisis. Leanna Byrne g...
Cost of living: Bakeries
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Business Daily mini series we're exploring how businesses we all use regularly are being affected by the cost of living crisis. This episode l...
Cost of living: Hairdressers
25 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this Business Daily mini series we're exploring how businesses we all use regularly are being affected by the cost of living crisis. This episode l...
Business Daily meets: Tech entrepreneur Frederic Kerrest
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tech entrepreneur Frederic Kerrest tells Sam Clack how he helped to build the multi-billion dollar tech company, Okta, from scratch.He goes through th...
Love in virtual reality
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We take a look at the companies moving the business of love to the metaverse. Hannah Mullane meets Aurora Townsend, co-founder of the world’s first ...
Race and DNA ancestry tests
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Find out more about the DNA ancestry company aiming to increase its appeal across a wider range of ethnic groups. They're attempting to correct the ra...
The club teaching women to say 'no' at work
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ever heard of the term non-promotable task? Well, if you’re a woman, the chances are you’ve been doing a lot of them at work. Leanna Byrne speaks ...
Floriade: A green global exhibition
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Floriade is a huge horticulture exhibition taking place every 10 years. It's in the Dutch city of Almere this year. For 6 months, visitors will see di...
The race to stop a Red Sea oil catastrophe
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of the many casualties of the war in Yemen is the FSO Safer, a floating storage facility which holds one million barrels of crude oil. No maintena...
El Salvador’s Bitcoin gamble
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Tidy travels to El Salvador where almost everything can be paid for using the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. After President Bukele invested heavily in B...
The adaptive fashion revolution
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Adaptive fashion, or stylish clothes for people who have a disability have not always been widely available, especially for those who use a wheelchair...
Communities bringing down energy bills
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meet the community groups trying to make energy more accessible and affordable. Laura Heighton-Ginns visits a fuel poverty workshop in the UK and hear...
Egg freezing: the ultimate workplace perk?
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Singapore has become the latest country to allow egg freezing for non-medical reasons. That is a method of preserving a woman’s fertility so she can...
Million by 30: Elwinder Singh
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As part of the Business Daily series Million by 30, Sam Fenwick meets Elwinder Singh and hears the story behind his private healthcare company Connect...
The emerging market for energy storage
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Oil and gas prices have risen sharply after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and as a result many countries have signalled a move towards more renewabl...
Is a rare carbon sink under threat in the DRC?
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dense tropical rainforest in central Africa's Congo Basin is humid and rainy for much of the year. Underfoot lies one of the world’s biggest carbon ...
Working in India's heatwave
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For the last couple of months India has been experiencing an absolutely blistering heatwave. The capital Delhi has seen temperatures hit record highs ...
Business Daily meets: Bank of England economists
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As part of the Business Daily Meets strand we speak to Rupal Patel and Jack Meaning, senior economists at the Bank of England. They have written a boo...
Million by 30: Amarachi Nwosu
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As part of the Business Daily series Million by 30 we speak to Amarachi Nwosu, a filmmaker who wanted to look at race in Japan from a different angle....
Excluded from digital banking
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With more and more of our financial lives moving online, we ask whether some people are getting left behind. Claire Williamson investigates whether so...
Business Daily meets: Kevin Rudd
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd tells Rahul Tandon about running a two trillion dollar economy, and how he responded to the 2007-2008 fina...
Online advertising fraud
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The global online ad racket; Ed Butler investigates how criminals are ripping off advertising firms to the tune of billions every year.Andrew Lissimor...
Inside Gazprom
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2002, Lesley Curwen arrived in Siberia to see the inner workings of Gazprom. Hear how she found a business that felt more like an empire of its own...
Million by 30: Sharon Tseung
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In latest episode of our series Million by 30 – Sam Fenwick is joined by Sharon Tsueng. Sharon is a former high school chess teacher, a marketing sp...
Insolvency and the pandemic
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
During the coronavirus pandemic governments around the world pumped billions into their economies. Propping up businesses and trying to make sure peop...
Girls, beauty and advertising
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
More than ever girls are bombarded by images that have been curated, filtered and touched up. How can we help girls decode those images and understand...
The women leading Africa’s FinTech boom
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Finance has traditionally been dominated by men. But now that’s starting to change. We talk to the female entrepreneurs in Africa who are using fina...
La Liga's record deal
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Spain's top division La Liga has signed a record investment deal with CVC Capital Partners. Ashish Sharma looks at the terms of the deal - which means...
Million by 30: Ally Salama
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ally Salama’s company makes content that aims to improve mental health awareness in the Middle East – he’s experienced clinical depression himse...
Spending on defence
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rahul Tandon looks at changing attitudes to defence spending following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. There have been new funding commitments from coun...
Generation Z and crypto trading
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The lure of making a quick buck means young people have always invested in risky assets. For Generation Z, it is the volatility and the decentralised ...
Rebuilding Puerto Rico's electricity supply
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Samira Hussain takes you to Puerto Rico. Back to back hurricanes 5 years ago shattered the island's electricity grid, leading to the longest blackout ...
Business Daily Meets: Estonia’s first billionaire
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of our new strand - Business Daily Meets - we hear from Estonia’s first billionaire, Kristo Käärmann. In this in-depth inter...
Million by 30: Iseult Ward
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this series you will hear from six people from all over the world who’ve hit that million milestone before their 30th birthday. Our second g...
Eurovision: The price of performing
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of Business Daily we’ll see how Eurovision goes so much further than the stage.We head to this year’s host city, Turin in Ita...
Cash in a conflict
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How does day-to-day survival work in a war when cash and food are in short supply? Rahul Tandon speaks to a woman in Russian-occupied Kherson where th...
The Royal Family: How strong is its brand?
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Samira Hussain investigates the brand of the British Royal Family. It's estimated to be one of the biggest brands in the world, steeped in history, tr...
Turning waste into money
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How does plastic get from your bin to the recycling plant? According to The Pew Charitable Trust, 60% of plastic recycling globally comes from individ...
Million by 30: Hertzy Kabeya
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hertzy Kabeya – the first in our million by 30 series - tells us how he developed and launched what’s become an enormously successful education te...
How the war in Ukraine has affected global tourism
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Exclusive flight data from ForwardKeys shows a huge reduction in the number of Russian tourists going to Turkey and other popular resorts. We hear fro...
The DNA sequencing revolution
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fast and portable genome testing is unlocking the secrets to ourselves and the environment we live in.It's impact could lead us to fundamentally remak...
Female digital entrepreneurs in Africa
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
During the pandemic businesses shut down and traditional jobs were lost forcing people to rethink how they earn a living. Since then one of the bigges...
Living face-to-face with climate change
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What’s it like to live in a country on the sharp end of climate change? Today Tamasin Ford takes you to Sâo Tomé and Príncipe, the twin island na...
Disney's Florida fallout
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We look into the decision by Florida's governor Ron DeSantis to dissolve Disney's special status in the state. It follows Disney's criticism of a new ...
The power of the brooch
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We look into why sales of brooches have soared, and why they can be such a powerful accessory. Governor of the bank of Russia Elvia Nabiullina says th...
False banana: A new superfood?
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the spectre of food insecurity grows and climate change threatens lives and livelihoods, could enset play a part in assuaging hunger? Elizabeth Hot...
The cost of China’s zero-Covid policy
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Millions of people have been locked down in China for weeks, as the country battles a surge in Omicron cases, with a zero-Covid policy.We follow one y...
Wealth from waste: can urban mining save the planet?
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ivana Davidovic investigates urban mining - the process of reclaiming raw materials from spent products, buildings and waste. She looks at what new t...
Sporting Sanctions
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How has the world of sport reacted to the invasion of Ukraine - and what does the exclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes or teams mean for them ...
Fleeing danger
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What do you do when your staff are stuck in a conflict zone or dangerous situation? How do you get them out? Who pays for it? How do you persuade them...
Will satellite internet technology connect the world?
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After a volcanic eruption severed Tonga’s communication cable Elon Musk donated 50 Starlink terminals, allowing the government and residents to conn...
Why whales matter
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Baleen whales were almost hunted to extinction. Now they face a new threat – global shipping. But despite humans blighting their lives, can they now...
The future of job interviews
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’re looking at the future of the job interview in a world forever changed by the pandemic. Elizabeth Hotson asks whether video conferencing softwa...
The chocolate islands
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The mountainous archipelago of SãoTomé and Príncipe was once the world’s biggest exporter of cocoa. The twin island nation in the Gulf of Guinea ...
Nike’s most controversial ad campaign
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Remember the Colin Kaepernick advert for Nike? It’s one of the most controversial and successful advertising campaigns of the past decade. Former US...
Sri Lanka's debt crisis
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why is Sri Lanka facing its biggest economic crisis for decades? It's left the population enduring months of power cuts, while essentials are in short...
Russian and Ukrainian seafarers: working together during a war
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thousands of Russian and Ukrainian sailors crew cargo ships that carry goods around the world, so how are they coping living in such close quarters wh...
Lebanon's wheat crisis
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The price of bread is soaring in Lebanon. More than half of the country's wheat imports came from Ukraine - they've now stopped because of the conflic...
Europe's gas crisis: How did we get here?
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're taking the long view on Europe's energy headache. For decades, Russia has been using its vast natural gas reserves as a powerful political tool....
Youth unemployment in France
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The BBC’s International Business Correspondent Theo Leggett is in France ahead of the Presidential elections to explore an issue important to many v...
How tech is being used to help Ukraine
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Technology is being used in creative ways to help Ukrainian people stay safe. From offering refugees spare rooms to targeting humanitarian aid to spec...
Australia's tourism industry breathes a sigh of relief
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’re in Queensland, home to a tourism industry that – usually – contributes billions of dollars to the Australian economy. The coronavirus pand...
The aid trail to Ukraine
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Millions of Ukrainians have fled the country since the Russian invasion began, some leaving with little more than the clothes on their backs. It's pro...
The Russians leaving their country
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rahul Tandon reports on the thousands of young Russians who have decided to leave the country since it invaded Ukraine. Economist Konstantin Sonin tel...
What are Russia's mercenaries doing in Africa?
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The secretive Wagner Group has a history of violence in Africa. In this episode, we ask why leaders are outsourcing security to an unaccountable army ...
Will a new gas pipeline be built in a 'pristine' Australian sea?
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Aboriginal people from Australia's Tiwi Islands have joined forces with marine scientists and other environmentalists in the fight against a new gas f...
How drones are helping to save lives
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Drones, which were originally developed by the military, are now being used all over the world for humanitarian purposes. Shamim Nabuuma Kaliisa, the ...
Rise of the high-tech border industry
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
AI, data analytics and automated surveillance are ever more shaping refugees' futures around the world. From the external borders of the EU to the US-...
The cost of growing food
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Global fertiliser prices are reaching record highs, as supplies from Russia, one of the world’s largest exporters dry up. As the war in Ukraine inte...
Pacific Islanders working for their futures
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Climate change and disasters continue to threaten peoples’ livelihoods and wellbeing in the Pacific Islands. Jon Naupa, a Kava farmer in Vanuatu, te...
Is sustainable finance just greenwash?
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
ESG funds - which claim to promote environmental, social and corporate governance best practice - are all the rage. But are investors being taken for ...
The women fleeing Ukraine
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two young women recall how they fled the Russian invasion of their homeland, and discuss their hopes and dreams for the future.Alexandra from Kyiv tel...