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Short Stories: The amateur trader
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Short selling has gone mainstream. Inspired by the noisy success of activist short sellers, amateur investors are now trying this highly risky strateg...
Short Stories: The CEO
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What’s it like to be on the wrong side of a big short? Former CEO Paul Pittman's company was shorted by an anonymous short seller who made false all...
Short Stories: The activist short seller
22 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Short selling – the trade where you hope a stock’s value will fall rather than rise. If it does, the trader can win. Big.That’s led to the growt...
Business Daily meets: Andre Schwammlein
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Andre Schwammlein once wanted to be a pilot – but ended up behind the wheel of a bus and train company instead.The chief executive and co-founder of...
What makes a stadium special?
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The development of new sports stadiums and facilities can bring regeneration to deprived areas. They hold a special place in the hearts of sports and ...
Why is the US building electric car battery factories?
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We’re in Kentucky, where an area which had long ago been abandoned as an industrial site is once again coming to life.US manufacturer Ascend Element...
Bottles or balsa: What should wind turbine blades be made from?
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For years, balsa wood has been a key component in the giant rotor blades on the top of wind turbines. Most of it comes from the rain forests of South ...
The impact of India's rice export ban
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In an effort to insulate domestic prices, India has banned exports of non basmati white rice - its largest rice category.We ask what the impact of thi...
Business Daily meets: Durreen Shahnaz
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From Bangladesh to Wall Street and back again, the founder and CEO of Impact Investment Exchange talks to Devina Gupta.Durreen Shahnaz explains how he...
Dumb Money: Unpicking the GameStop saga
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shares in GameStop, the video game store, experienced a dramatic rise in early in 2021. The stock had captured the imagination of many individual inve...
The rising price of fuel in Nigeria
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In May this year, Nigerian president Bola Tinubu took office – and announced an end to fuel subsidies. He said the move would free up money for inve...
Fire-proofing California’s wine industry
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2020, Napa Valley experienced its most destructive wildfire ever. Vineyards burned, leaving not only direct damage, but more long lasting impact w...
The Commonwealth Games in crisis?
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The event is facing its biggest financing challenge in its 93-year history.There is no host city for the next edition in 2026, and the Commonwealth Ga...
Fashion: Becoming a designer
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We speak to Greek designer Dimitra Petsa - founder of Di Petsa - a brand which has been worn by celebrities around the world.She graduated from fashi...
Fashion: Paying less for the wedding dress?
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the UK, brides spend an average of £1,400 on a dress for the big day.But inflation and the rising cost of living means that's starting to change. ...
Fashion: Doing business in Paris
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Paris is the most visited city in the world and one of the things it’s known for, is fashion. But what is it about the City of Light that makes it a...
Fashion: Dupe culture
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Duplicate products, or dupes, are flooding social media. Dupes are clothes, beauty products, homeware that are cheaper than the recognisable brand, bu...
Fashion: The rise of sports brands
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Twenty-five years ago Puma became the first big sports brand to collaborate with a fashion house. Since then all of the big players have been collabor...
Is green methanol the future of shipping?
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The shipping industry is looking for solutions to it's emissions problem.Shipping giant Maersk has just unveiled the world’s first container ship to...
Where next for China’s Belt and Road?
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Xi Jinping announced a massive building project along the ‘New Silk Road’ to very little fanfare in Kazakhstan 10 years ago this month. Infrastruc...
The industry that saved an animal from extinction
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You may not be familiar with the vicuna, but in Peru, where it's the national animal, the smallest relative of the llama is revered - particularly for...
The growth of tattoo removal
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What used to be a fairly niche industry is now on the increase, with companies setting up removal clinics around the world. And no surprise – as mor...
Meet the 'Finfluencers'
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Where do you go to get financial advice? More and more people are turning to Instagram, YouTube and TikTok for money matters. David Harper meets the...
Business Daily meets the Queen of Biscuits
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you make an artisan product at scale? We head to the UK factory of Biscuiteers, where millions of biscuits are hand-iced every year, from treat...
Is India ready for Tesla?
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a long wait for tech billionaire Elon Musk to push into India’s EV market. High import duties have kept Tesla out of India so far. Mr Mu...
The cost of migration: Europe's response
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the third and final programme of this series on the economics of irregular migration across the Mediterranean, the BBC’s Frey Lindsay sits down w...
The cost of migration: The rescue boats
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the second of three programmes, we’ll hear about the increasing running costs facing charities involved in running search-and-rescue operations i...
The cost of migration: The journey
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of three programmes, the BBC’s Frey Lindsay accompanies the charity rescue vessel the Ocean Viking to explore the myriad costs involved...
Business Daily meets: Mohit Lad
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From losing his job in the 2008 financial crash, to a billion dollar idea.We speak to Mohit Lad, who teamed up with his old college friend Ricardo to ...
Syria's broken economy
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We hear from people protesting in the government-controlled city of Sweida.Criticism of President Bashar al-Assad has been growing in Sweida since dem...
K-Pop: Going green?
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
K-Pop, short for Korean Popular music, has become a global phenomenon with millions of fans worldwide.It’s a multi-billion dollar industry with 80 m...
Business Daily meets: Desmond Shum
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We meet the Chinese property tycoon and multi-millionaire who, along with his then-wife, once moved in the highest echelons of power in Beijing.But th...
Guyana: The world’s fastest-growing economy
10 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The former British colony in South America boasts the world’s fastest-growing economy at the moment – it expanded by 62 per cent last year, accord...
Business and Science: Communicating science
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Science is all around us but a lot of it can be difficult to understand.Gareth Mitchell speaks to people building careers around helping make science ...
Business and science: Quantum computing around the world
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's a rapidly emerging technology that has the potential to solve problems at an incredible pace. At the moment its uses are limited but that hasn’...
Business and science: What is quantum computing?
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We travel to a facility in the south of England to see one of the super-fast computers in action.We’ll find out what quantum computing has the poten...
Business and science: How risky is SynBio?
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For all the exciting developments in the synthetic biology industry, there are also concerns. People can edit genes in their garages these days, so wh...
Business and science: What you need to know about SynBio
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s series focusing on business and science, we start things off by looking at the world of synthetic biology.The industry is estimated t...
Cutting waste in the beauty industry
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us have drawers and boxes full of beauty products that we never end up finishing. We meet the Nordic start-ups who are trying to cut some of t...
The row over Uruguay's pulp mills
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Does the paper industry use too much water? As concern about plastic waste grows, many companies have switched from plastic packaging to paper, but ho...
The importance of sleep
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How does sleep relate to your job, your income, or your socio-economic status? We look at the impact of a good, and bad night’s rest. We discuss th...
The UNESCO effect
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Delegates will soon descend on Saudi Arabia for perhaps the most consequential meeting in UNESCO’s history. With an extended agenda after last year’...
Ireland's data centre boom
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
These tech powerhouses bring in money and jobs but can be environmentally problematic and in Ireland data centres account for almost a fifth of the el...
Swiftonomics
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Taylor Swift's Eras tour is predicted to make a record $1 billion - but how?As countries around the world grapple with high inflation, how has Taylor ...
The end of the office?
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us started working from home in the coronavirus pandemic - and never went back. Now, office space in many cities around the world is standing ...
The return of the wine cork
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The humble wine cork, once the main way to stop a bottle of wine, had its market share decimated in the 1990’s when screw caps were favoured. Howeve...
What should I eat on a night shift?
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Working irregular hours, including overnight, means meal times can be disrupted. So what impact does this have on the body and overall health?We hear ...
Is Bangladesh ready for digital only banks?
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The government in Bangladesh is trying to modernise its economy and has announced a policy to create digital only banks. The idea is to move away from...
Picture perfect cakes and cafes
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dive into a world of amazing cakes and cafes, where look and taste combine in the hope of tempting customers to part with their cash for sweet treats....
Giving cash directly - the future of aid?
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What’s the best way to help people in need? In the past, humanitarian aid has focused on providing shelter and food, but there’s a growing move to...
Business daily meets: Ida Tin
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ida Tin coined the term Femtech after she founded the period tracking app, Clue, which has since been downloaded more than 100 million times. We hear ...
China's rising youth unemployment: Part 2
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The country is not just facing record-high levels of youth unemployment - more than 20% of 16-24 year olds in urban areas at the latest count. It is a...
China's rising youth unemployment: Part 1
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is trouble brewing for the world’s second largest economy? China’s exports are down, the property market’s creaking, and millions of young peopl...
Business Daily meets: The rum distillers
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Paul and Jacine Rutasikwa tell us how they turned a side hustle into a full-time business.In 2017 they moved their family from London to Scotland to s...
Business Daily meets: Mattel's CEO
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ynon Kreiz explains how they transformed Barbie, the well-loved and sometimes controversial doll, into a movie.The boss of one of the world's biggest ...
Business Daily meets: Sir Robin Millar
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We meet one of the UKs most successful record producers, who was behind hits such as Smooth Operator.He talks to Dougal Shaw about his career so far, ...
Business Daily meets: Kelly Hoppen
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We meet one of the world's leading interior designers.Kelly Hoppen finds design solutions for celebrities including the Beckhams, but also works with ...
Business Daily meets: The founders of Seatfrog
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Iain Griffin and Dirk Stewart formed their company after a mutual need for more leg room inspired a brainwave.They created the Seatfrog app for train ...
The price for Mexican heritage
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We look into Mexico’s drive to get historical artefacts returned. Find out more about a famous quetzal feather crown believed to have been worn by t...
Rebuilding Turkey after the earthquake
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Sunday 6 August 2023 it will be six months since the devastating event which killed more than 50,000 people, injured tens of thousands more, and le...
Is it possible to grow food on the Moon?
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Space agencies and billionaire investors plan to have people living on the Moon or Mars. But those lunar and martian residents will have to grow their...
Working at altitude
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From Tibet to the Andes to the highlands of Ethiopia, around 150 million people around the world work at high altitude. Many were born there, but in a...
Is France leading the way on nuclear?
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The country produces 70% of it's electricity this way - and is the global leader.It's aiming to prolong the lifespan of its 56 existing nuclear reacto...
European Para Championships: A new sporting event
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to host a brand new multi-sport competition? We're in Rotterdam which is hosting the inaugural European Para Championships 2023. It'...
Business daily meets: Janelle Jones
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Janelle Jones is currently the chief economist of one of the biggest union movements in America and before that she worked in White House. Janelle was...
The chocolate village
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Peter MacJob visits Eti-Oni village in south-west Nigeria, home to the oldest cocoa plantation in the country. It's king, HRH Oba Dokun Thompson, is o...
The new Panama Canal?
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Bioceanic Highway, aims to link Chile's Pacific coast with Brazil's Atlantic coastline. We’re in landlocked Paraguay to find out how one of the ...
Is Georgia benefitting from Russian money?
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Georgia has seen huge economic growth but is there a cost to doing business with Russia?Tens of thousands of Russians moved to the small South Caucasu...
Women's football: Life after retirement
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Remember Brandi Chastain? She scored the winning goal in the 1999 Women's World Cup final. She celebrated the goal by whipping off her shirt and swing...
Women’s football boots: A bad fit?
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Questions are being asked about the footwear that is currently on offer to women and girls. Men and women's feet are very different, so why have large...
Women's football in South America
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
South America is football crazy, but its women’s teams have never enjoyed the same success as the men’s. Brazil have never won the Women’s World...
Australia and New Zealand: The perfect sporting hosts?
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the countries prepare to host the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup for the first time, we find out why they were chosen, and what the legacy of the ga...
Is women’s football a good investment?
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ahead of the 2023 Women's World Cup in New Zealand and Australia, we look at the business case for growing the sport.Investment in women's football is...
Business Daily Meets: Gary Neville
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The eight-time Premier League winner on his successes and failures in business. Gary Neville tells us why building companies in his home city of Manch...
Spanish election: How will young people vote?
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Youth unemployment in Spain is still very high, with 29.3% of working people under 25 out of work.Ahead of the snap General Election which will take p...
The celebrities investing in alcohol brands
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're in Hollywood, where a rising number of stars are putting their names on wine and liquor products. Is it a sensible investment? Or is the market ...
Turkey: Fixing a broken economy
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A month on from the election in Turkey President Erdogan has promised to fix the economy. In this programme we find out more about Mehmet Simsek, the ...
AI: Looking to the future
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been claimed artificial intelligence will be as revolutionary as mobile phones or the internet, but there are fears that developments in AI cou...
Investing in Africa: Who benefits?
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How are loans and grants distributed? And how high are the returns?According to the IMF, Africa’s growth prospect will be amongst the highest in the...
Investing in Africa: US and AGOA
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The African Growth and Opportunity Act, or AGOA, gives duty-free access for exports to the American market, and has done for 23 years.South Africa is ...
Investing in Africa: Media
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We look into the growth of foreign investment in Africa’s media space. Africa is generating a huge amount of localized content as international stre...
Investing in Africa: Russia and the CAR
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For almost a decade, the Central African Republic has seen growing investment and influence from the Russian mercenary group Wagner. It stretches from...
Investing in Africa: What needs to change?
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Large parts of sub-Saharan Africa are facing dire economic circumstances. The World Bank says more than one in three countries are either in severe fi...
Uorfi Javed: India's most controversial influencer
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Uorfi Javed is one of the most searched for social media stars in Asia, but despite huge fame and popularity she says she struggles to get work as big...
Do you like a noisy or quiet workplace?
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many companies are urging staff to return to the office instead of working remotely, but noise levels are rising in workplaces, which can cause stress...
Why big projects go wrong
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From the Sydney Opera House to a basic kitchen renovation there are thousands of examples of construction projects large and small which go horribly o...
La Palma: Rebuilding after a volcano
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In September 2021, a volcano erupted on the Spanish Canary Island. It lasted nearly three months. Red hot lava spilled out and destroyed homes, busine...
Deep sea mining
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The rush to extract battery metals from the bottom of the ocean and what that could cost financially and environmentally. Michelle Fleury sees a speci...
Paris Air Show: The future of aviation
23 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We’re at the Paris Air Show - a huge gathering of the biggest names in the global aerospace industry.We will hear about the latest innovations in hy...
Business Daily meets: Iñaki Ereño
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The CEO of the international private healthcare firm Bupa started the role in January 2021, right in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic.He speaks to ...
Tackling India's heatwaves
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Every year, India faces blistering heatwaves. In many parts of the country the temperatures are soaring, making it difficult for people to go about th...
Portugal’s digital nomads
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Portugal has welcomed thousands of high value, short stay workers with an attractive new visa. They’re the so called Digital Nomads, who can live an...
The rising popularity of surrogacy in Georgia
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The small Caucasian country, which borders Russia, has experienced increased demand for surrogates after the war in Ukraine meant that Russia and Ukra...
Tourism: Emily in Paris
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How TV series, films and social media can impact the travel industry.We are in Paris to explore how the Netflix show Emily in Paris has changed touris...
Tourism: Speciality cruises
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How special interest cruises for fans of music, yoga and sci-fi are revamping the industry. Deborah Weitzmann goes on a blues cruise to find out how t...
Tourism: The economics of the all inclusive
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The number of all inclusive resorts is growing but do they help local businesses? All-inclusive holidays now make up more than half of all package hol...
Tourism: Africa bouncing back
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why African tourists are key to helping the travel sector recover post-pandemic.We hear from businesses in Gambia, Tanzania and Zambia to explore how ...
Tourism: Halal holidays
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Find out about the destinations that are top of the list for Muslims travellers wanting to go on holiday without compromising their religious beliefs ...
Business Daily Meets: Iyinoluwa Aboyeji
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Nigerian tech entrepreneur on how he built two billion dollar businesses. Iyinoluwa Aboyeji co-founded talent marketplace Andela and payments comp...
The tech supporting women's health
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Femtech, or businesses building technology to support women’s health are growing fast but how much of that growth is supporting women in the parts o...