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Business Weekly
25 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After the second-longest summit in the bloc's history, EU leaders agree a deal between themselves for a coronavirus economic recovery plan worth hundr...
Brexit: still worth it?
24 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s going to be more expensive for British firms to trade with the European Union after the end of this year. That’s when the real Brexit takes p...
TikTok under pressure
23 Jul 2020
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Can TikTok survive as a US-based social media platform? The social media app owned by a Chinese company, is prompting suspicion in Washington at the ...
Coronavirus: A killer blow to US healthcare?
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The coronavirus pandemic is stretching the US healthcare system to breaking point, with tens of millions of people losing their employment-related cov...
Changing career in a pandemic
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some people aren’t letting coronavirus put their plans on hold. On today’s Business Daily, the BBC’s Katie Prescott meets several people dealing...
Designing a better city
20 Jul 2020
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Can the lessons learned during Coronavirus help make urban environments smarter? The BBC’s Jane Wakefield meets the people trying to find out. Guill...
Business Weekly
18 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Business Weekly, we investigate racial discrimination in the banking system and find out how this affects the businesses owned by people of colour....
Fixing world trade
16 Jul 2020
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Trade wars have blighted the global economy in the last four years. What will it take to restore order? Much will depend on who takes over the leaders...
China's plan to redesign the internet
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Huawei's expulsion from the UK's 5G network is the latest development in a growing US-China cyber cold war - but Beijing has bigger plans afoot.Cyber-...
Homeworking's winners and losers
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The economic impact of the working-from-home revolution. Edwin Lane speaks to remote tech worker Heather May about why she's swapped the office and th...
Venture capital's diversity problem
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Will the Black Lives Matter movement bring change to an industry accused of being too white?Nick Kelly, a black entrepreneur who runs Axela Ltd, says ...
Why do we ignore catastrophic risk?
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Covid-19 is showing up a general failure by most of the world's governments to prepare for the worst.Manuela Saragosa speaks to Dr Sylvie Briand at th...
Business Weekly
11 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On Business Weekly, we look at what's been the biggest corporate scandal of 2020 so far. Wirecard was one of the German stock exchange's largest compa...
Trump's tax returns
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The US Supreme Court has ruled that the US President's taxes cannot be withheld from a grand jury investigation - but what does it mean for his bid to...
Voting amidst a pandemic
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Could electronic voting help the US hold an election?Ed Butler speaks to Nimit Sawhney founder and CEO of Voatz - a US startup that provides voting th...
Rising tensions with China
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why does China seem to be upsetting countries around the world? Beijing's recent clampdown on Hong Kong with a new security law has led many countries...
How brands are born
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What's the secret to coming up with a brand name? Elizabeth Hotson goes on a mission to create a new line of mushy peas - also known as Yorkshire cavi...
Africa's tech entrepreneurs
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coronavirus has brought new opportunities to Africa's tech sector, despite the devastating blow it has delivered to economies around the world.Tamasin...
Business Weekly
04 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Big brands are turning away from Facebook over its so-called toxic content - so how will the social network cope? That’s the big question we’ll be...
Nollywood under lockdown
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coronavirus has brought one of the most prolific film industries to a virtual standstill. Nollywood, Nigeria’s film industry, is the third largest i...
US states resist second lockdown
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coronavirus cases have been rising in two dozen states over the last 14 days. Of these, Texas, Florida, Arizona and California have emerged as the cou...
Brands boycott Facebook
01 Jul 2020
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Will the Stop Hate for Profit campaign change the social network's handling of "toxic" content? Big names like Ford, Starbucks and Unilever are pullin...
Rethinking the future
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The 2020s will be transformational for humanity, according to the tech prophet founders of RethinkX,Tony Seba and James Arbib talk to Justin Rowlatt a...
The billionaire and the pandemic
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mohamed Mansour is a household name in Egypt. The billionaire head of the multinational conglomerate Mansour Group has been involved in business and p...
Business Weekly
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On Business Weekly we’ll be asking why the boss is often the least skilled person in the room? Are incompetent people put into middle management to ...
Does the WTO have a future?
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With current World Trade Organization Director-General Roberto Azevêdo due to leave his post later in the year, the race is on for a new DG. Abdel Ha...
Why your boss is incompetent
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why is it that the boss never seems to know what they’re doing? The famous “Dilbert principle” asserts that companies promote incompetent employ...
Can we guarantee a job for everyone?
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of the long-run impacts of the coronavirus pandemic is dramatically worsened unemployment around the world, with millions of people suddenly unabl...
Lifting the lockdowns
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ever since governments first began trying to contain the coronavirus pandemic, economists and pundits around the world have debated the apparent trade...
Will China embrace fake meat?
22 Jun 2020
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In today's programme, Elizabeth Hotson asks how supply chain issues in China’s pork industry could help home grown meat alternatives go mainstream. ...
Business Weekly
20 Jun 2020
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On Business Weekly we ask how international businesses based in Hong Kong are reacting to China’s new security laws. It is finally illegal to discri...
#BLM: Are brands cashing in?
19 Jun 2020
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Companies are pledging support and money to the Black Lives Matter movement, and an end to systemic racism. Do they mean it?Ed Butler asks Pepper Mill...
Hong Kong's last gasp?
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
China's plan to impose its new so-called security law in Hong Kong may flout the territories legal independence. Some say it may jeopardise Hong Kong'...
China's debt relief for Africa
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
China has been one of the biggest financiers of infrastructure projects in Africa, but many African economies have been hit hard by the Covid 19 pande...
How batteries are powering ahead
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tesla's Elon Musk plans to make some big announcements about batteries that could transform cars, electricity and the fight against climate change.Jus...
A conversation with Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Nigerian economist and former World Bank managing director talks about Africa, Covid-19, boardroom diversity, and her hopes to lead the World Trad...
Business Weekly
13 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Business Weekly continues the conversation around race and racism sparked by the death of George Floyd. We’ll be asking whether African Americans sh...
Greece: Will the tourists come?
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As Greece prepares to reopen its beaches, tavernas and ancient monuments for the summer season, the country is anxious that few tourists will turn up,...
Russia's covid crisis
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Russia is ending its lockdown as officials congratulate citizens on a shared victory. But with infection rates still sky-high, some say it's premature...
Reparations for African-Americans
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is an old idea gaining new currency amidst the latest Black Lives Matter protests. Should billions of dollars in damages now be paid to descenden...
Bill Gates: the ‘voodoo doll’ of Covid conspiracies
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why are there so many conspiracy theories swirling in the online world about billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates? Jane Wakefield explores why people...
Offices and cities after coronavirus
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Does commuting into the office have a future? Manuela Saragosa speaks to Mike Hampson, chief executive of Bishopsgate Financial, which has permanently...
Business Weekly
06 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Protests over the death of George Floyd have swept across the United States. On Business Weekly we ask what companies should be doing to help in the f...
The precarious world of sex work
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sex workers, like so many others, have seen their incomes disappear overnight since the start of the pandemic. While in some cities businesses are slo...
Black Lives Matter: What should businesses do?
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Large corporations around the world are using their social media accounts and PR machines to announce support for those people protesting in the wake ...
Nouriel Roubini: The global economy after coronavirus
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Economist Nouriel Roubini predicted the 2008 financial crisis. Now he says a new Cold War could be on the way. The BBC's Karishma Vaswani spoke with h...
Universities face a shortage of students
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Students due to start university or college this autum are in the dark over what kind of education they can expect under social distancing measures. M...
Coronavirus in the Red States
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coronavirus outbreaks continue in various patterns around the United States, even as some state governors press ahead with lifting lockdowns. Particul...
Business Weekly
30 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Business Weekly we’ll be looking a the idea of covid-19 immunity passports. Could they be a willy wonka-esque golden ticket that ...
Is coronavirus the EU's defining moment?
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The coronavirus epidemic has wreaked economic destruction across Europe but now the European Union has unveiled an ambitious recovery plan. It will in...
The business case for immunity passports
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Antibody testing to see if a patient has had coronavirus is becoming more frequent. Many are putting their hopes into using such tests as the basis fo...
Can 'immunity passports' help us get back to normal?
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Countries around the world are working on ways for people to safely get back to normal, people like Pam in Scotland, who is navigating the world of ap...
The growth of fake coronavirus cures
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s programme, we’ll be looking at how fake coronavirus cures are marketed and why people are buying them. We’ll also be asking if social...
The Green New Deal goes global
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Plans for gigantic government investments to decarbonise the world economy are gaining traction, but they may hinge on the US election results in Nove...
Business Weekly
23 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On Business Weekly we be look at how our employers are going to keep us safe as we cautiously head out of lockdown and back into the workplace. But if...
The future of movies after coronavirus
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With cinemas closed, will our lockdown streaming habits change the film industry for good? Manuela Saragosa speaks to cinema owner Penn Ketchum about ...
Monitoring in the post lockdown office
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How much should employers know about their workers as people head back to the office? Companies have a duty of care to make sure their workers are saf...
Should we keep paying workers to stay at home?
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Governments are spending billions paying wages to workers who are no longer able to work due to the coronavirus pandemic. How long can we keep this up...
Venezuela: 'The world's weakest economy?'
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A third of Venezuela's population is at risk of malnutrition, according to the UN and the latest gasoline crisis could weaken the country's economy fu...
Business Weekly
16 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do you feed a world in lockdown? We’ll be looking at the pressures on the global food supply chain in this episode of Business Weekly. As many c...
Coal vs coronavirus
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coal has suffered the brunt of the huge slump in electricity demand as the world has gone into lockdown. It has highlighted the fossil fuel's Achilles...
Billionaires and the Pandemic
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the world’s richest people have been digging deep during the pandemic, donating their own money to help fight Covid-19. With some of the wea...
Feeding a world in lockdown
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lockdowns and the coronavirus pandemic have disrupted global food supply chains and limited the range of products on supermarket shelves in the rich w...
How to build a bailout
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coronavirus is prompting the biggest government bailout effort of all time. Billions of dollars are being spent rescuing companies hit by the economic...
Business Weekly
09 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On Business Weekly we hear from New York chef Gabrielle Hamilton who’s lost her life's work to the pandemic and is worrying about her future and tha...
Markets and the economy: Two staggering drunks
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why are stock markets so buoyant as the global economy slides into a possible coronavirus-induced depression? Some 33 million Americans have lost thei...
Bringing back football
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The English Premier League's plans to finish the season after weeks of shutdown. Almost all major European football leagues have been on hold since Ma...
How coronavirus broke Brazil's economic dream
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Could economy minister Paulo Guedes be the next key ally to abandon embattled President Bolsonaro?A corruption scandal has already seen the popular ju...
After Coronavirus: A Trans-Tasman travel bubble?
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
New Zealand is seen by many as a great example of surviving coronavirus, but with such a tourism-heavy economy there are concerns a further shock is t...
Losing your business to the pandemic
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gabrielle Hamilton used to run the celebrated New York restaurant Prune. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit. After being forced to shut the place that ...
Welcome to Business Weekly
02 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The most compelling reports and interviews from the BBC's business programmes over the past week, examining the huge issues facing policymakers and as...
Single parents in lockdown
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Living under lockdown is challenging for everyone, but for hundreds of millions of single parents around the world, it can be a terrifying ordeal. It’...
The rise of contact tracing apps
30 Apr 2020
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Governments around the world are planning to roll out contact tracing apps to help contain the spread of coronavirus. But will they work? Ed Butler sp...
The ethics of pricing lives
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today's Business Daily we're asking some awkward, often neglected questions - will the economic recession itself prove more fatal than coronavirus?...
Remittances: When the money stops coming in
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The World Bank has warned global remittances, which is the money migrant workers send home, will fall by around 20% in 2020 because of coronavirus. Th...
Coronavirus: Can small businesses survive?
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coronavirus has derailed the global economy, closing entire business chains across the world. Big companies may have the collateral to withstand the s...
A new normal
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Countries in Europe are planning to scale back lockdown measures and reopen their economies. But what will the new normal look like? Ed Butler speaks ...
A moment of truth for the EU
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A crunch meeting of EU leaders today aims to finally show Italy and others solidarity in the struggle against coronavirus.A plan is gaining momentum f...
Coronavirus: End of the global supply chain?
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With factories around the world shuttered during the coronavirus outbreak, we’re asking whether the world’s intricate global supply chains will co...
Climate change and the pandemic
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In many cities, pollution has reduced during the Covid-19 pandemic, but what will happen to the environment when economies get going again? The year a...
Tenants v landlords
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
Amazon’s pandemic
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Amazon sees itself as providing an essential service during the coronavirus pandemic, but staff at its huge network of warehouses are worried they’r...
Coronavirus in Africa
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coronavirus has been slow to arrive in Africa but the continent has been warned the wave is coming. South Africa has so far been the hardest hit and i...
The great coronavirus oil glut
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Demand for fuel has collapsed amid the coronavirus lockdowns, but the world keeps on pumping more crude and is fast running out of space to store it a...
Comedy in a crisis
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From marauding goats to comedy dance routines in gardens, Business Daily’s Vivienne Nunis takes a look at the memes and videos helping many of us ge...
Coronavirus and the surveillance state
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the continued struggle to keep people clear of others infected with coronavirus, one tech company, ClearView, says its controversial facial recogni...
Coronavirus in Asia’s biggest slum
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In one of the most densely populated areas in the world, the residents of Mumbai’s Dharavi slums have little recourse to practice the social distanc...
Can technology deliver in African skies?
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Katie Prescott reports from Rwanda, where technology is central to the government’s economic plans. Katie sees the challenge of a sparse road networ...
Who will foot the coronavirus bill?
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Governments are throwing trillions of dollars at rescuing their economies from the Covid-19 pandemic, but how can they afford it all, and whatever hap...
Coronavirus pushes Europe to the edge
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the deaths and economic damage from Covid-19 continue to rise, Italians are asking why the EU is doing so little to help in their time of need.The ...
Will there be a vaccine?
02 Apr 2020
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A vaccine is the magic bullet that would end the coronavirus pandemic, but how many months will it take to find, and will it be available to all?Justi...
Coronavirus: The race to find a treatment
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Researchers at universities and pharmaceutical companies are rushing to identify drugs that might help cut the number of deaths from Covid-19 and take...
Coronavirus in confinement
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While much of the world is trying to practice social distance, people in confinement have little option to do so. We take a look at the famously overc...
Coronavirus: Preppers and the Pandemic
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
They’ve been preparing for the worst for decades, but are survivalists, or “preppers,” really ready for the coronavirus outbreak? Ron Hubbard, o...
Giving care in crisis
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the coronavirus outbreak worsens in many areas, the mental health of those providing frontline care is under strain. We’ll hear from one care wor...
The cost of lockdown in the developing world
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
India has been put in lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. Already the growing restrictions have caused turmoil in India's big cit...
Are there exit strategies for coronavirus?
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As many countries and cities around the western world go into lockdown, China is beginning to ease restrictions, claiming several days with no new dom...
The working from home challenge
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Snapshots of working from home across the world, as the coronavirus outbreak increases in intensity. From Kaitlin Funaro in LA to Katy Watson in Brazi...
Do we have the right data on coronavirus?
23 Mar 2020
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As we face an economic collapse caused by the global coronavirus outbreak, data becomes more valuable than ever. John Ioannidis, Stanford professor of...
Life under lockdown
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is life like under lockdown in some of the world’s poorest cities? We hear from Nairobi and Manila, two cities facing tough measures to combat ...