189 episodes
Business Matters BBC World Service
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4.4 • 5 Ratings
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Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.
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Dow Jones hits record high
As the Dow Jones hits a record high Rahul Tandon looks at how a strong stock market is helping some people retire earlier than expected.
Two months after a container ship crash saw the collapse of a road bridge in Baltimore, killing six workers, we explore the reasons why 21 seamen are still stranded on the vessel.
And on the day that Singapore Airlines announces staff bonuses worth nearly eight months' salary we examine how they came to receive such a generous payout. (Picture credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images.) -
President Putin in China for two-day state visit
President Putin’s visit comes as Russia has become more economically dependent on China following Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago; Rahul Tandon examines the economic benefits for both nations.
The Ambassador-at-Large with Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chan Hen Chee, talks to us about the country’s future direction after its long serving Prime Minister steps down.
India and Iran have signed a deal allowing a company to develop and control the management of an Iranian port for 10 years. We look at this will potentially bring new economic benefits to India.
(Picture: Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on development of Russia's military industrial complex .Credit: Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS) -
US President Joe Biden puts tariffs on Chinese-made products
Presenter Sam Fenwick discusses the impact of the tariffs on US China relations with guests from Canada and China. Analysts said the tariffs were largely symbolic and intended to shore up votes in a tough election year.
Protests are taking place in Georgia over a new bill which requires organisations receiving more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad to declare themselves as “foreign agents”, or face hefty fines and possible imprisonment. We hear how this could affect businesses in the country.
Google is introducing AI-generated answers to search engine queries from US users in one of the biggest updates in years. We examine what this all means for Google and it’s rivals Microsoft's CoPilot and Open AI. (Picture: Credit -
Melinda Gates leaves her namesake foundation - what's next for her?
Sam Fenwick dives deep into the philanthropic world - and how it's changing - amid the news that Melinda Gates is leaving the Gates Foundation. Why has she made the decision? And what's next for this philanthropic giant?
Elsewhere, we explore the resurgence of "meme stocks", the science behind work rituals, and what to expect from the Australian budget
(Photo: Polio vaccination campaign in Pakistan, Peshawar, where the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have worked. Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) -
US Consumer sentiment sags to a six-month low
US Consumer sentiment sags to a six-month low. Americans cite high inflation and fears around unemployment
A free bottle of wine has finally been claimed after being hidden in the privacy policy of a tax-focused think tank's website for three months. We hear more from the Director of consumer protection for Consumer Federation of America
The Oscars have launched a global fund raising campaign to boost its finances following a decade long decline in its viewership
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Adam Davis/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (14441942o)
A customer walks past the fresh fruit section at a H-E-B supermarket in Austin, Texas, USA, 19 April 2024 -
Apple apologises over controversial ad
The tech giant Apple has faced an online backlash in response to an advert featuring books and musical instrument being crushed, to demonstrate how their creativity has been compressed into the latest iPad.
Also, with music catalogue company Hipgnosis facing a takeover, is it worth a price tag of $1.6 billion?
And remarks by a boss at China's biggest search engine reignite the debate around China's 9-9-6 work-all-hours culture.
Customer Reviews
Too much variation in quality
Invited guest of varying quality and are never challenged on statements that demonstrably wrong. In the latest program, 1 dec. 2021, on guest host, Jyoti Malhotra, stated that there was no issue with dynastic inheritance of major companies. Despite the fact that such companies on average systematically underperform their peers over time. She cited major Indian companies with DI as examples of why DI works.
Omitting all the issues with such a statement, such as 1: the Indian economy being inefficient compared to other major economies, with a significant corruption issue, thereby reducing internal competition, 2: the huge internal market, which statistically would throw up some major firms even if they are run inefficiently (see mexican telecommunications), 3: the historically very limited access of outside firms to the Indian market, which further decreases competition. And so on, and so on.
Also, as a brief aside she stated that using people forced into internment camps to perform unpaid work is not slave labor. I thought thought that was more or less the definition of slave labor, but she is on the BBC, so it must be right.
I have listened on and off for years, but this will be my final program.