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Business Matters

Global business and finance news and discussion from the BBC.

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    Myanmar Earthquake: How aid gets to where it’s needed

    Myanmar's military leader, Min Aung Hlaing, has made a rare request for international help after a powerful earthquake hit the centre of the country, flattening buildings and bridges. The US vice president, JD Vance, has accused Denmark of underinvesting in the security of Greenland and leaving it vulnerable. And Rahul Tandon will discuss how Dua Lipa has won the dismissal of a lawsuit that accused her of copying her hit single Levitating from two other songs. We will be joined throughout the programme by two guests on opposite sides of the world – From the US, Andy Uhler, Journalism fellow at the University of Texas Energy Institute and Columbia University's Centre on Global Energy Policy – and Nga Pham, a journalist based in Taiwan.

    49 min

  2. 2 DAYS AGO

    Canada PM says the US is ‘no longer a reliable partner’

    The Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, has said the United States is no longer a reliable partner after President Donald Trump imposed 25% tariffs on car imports. Rahul Tandon speaks to businesses in both the US and Canada. China's biggest company, Tencent Holdings, has made more than a billion-dollar investment in a new spin-off company of the French gaming giant Ubisoft, which owns franchises including Assassin’s Creed and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six. And if you speak a language other than English, are there terms that English just doesn’t have or can't do justice to? Well, the Oxford English Dictionary feels your pain, and so it's incorporating "loan words" – words that would be coined as "untranslatable". We will be joined throughout the programme by two guests on opposite sides of the world – Dante Disparte, Head of Policy at the Libra Association, who is in Washington, and Sushma Ramachandran, an independent business journalist and columnist for The Tribune, who is in Delhi, India.

    49 min

  3. 3 DAYS AGO

    Trump imposes 25% tariffs on car imports

    The US President Donald Trump has announced plans for long-promised tariffs on automotive imports shipped into the United States, and the tariffs will go into effect on 2nd April and will apply to finished cars and trucks that are shipped into the United States. Also, Maryland is marking one year since a cargo ship crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge. The owner of the ship agreed to pay 102 million in damages back in September, and now it’s expected that the new bridge will be finished in 2028. And Rahul Tandon discusses Marvel announcement of the production for Avengers: Doomsday, which is underway and appears to have revealed its cast. We will be joined throughout the programme by two guests on opposite sides of the world - Stephanie Hare, a researcher on technology and ethics originally from Illinois but living in London and KAREN PERCY – senior freelance reporter in Melbourne.

    49 min

  4. 4 DAYS AGO

    Russia and Ukraine agree Black Sea ceasefire

    Roger Hearing is joined by Shoeb Kagda, an Indonesian journalist and Takara Small, national technology columnist for CBC in Toronto. Ukraine's President Zelensky says Russia is "lying" about the terms of their Black Sea ceasefire. Russia, in turn, insists that certain sanctions on banks, insurers, and food exporters must be lifted before the ceasefire takes effect. In Indonesia, why are academic performances among the lowest despite the government investing $31bn last year? Plus, would you pay $30 for a bread basket before your meal?

    49 min

  5. 5 DAYS AGO

    Trump threatens Venezuela oil buyers

    Roger Hearing is joined by Peter Morici, Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland in Virginia and Jyoti Malhotra, Editor-in-Chief at The Tribune in Chandigarh, India. President Trump said that any country buying oil or gas from Venezuela will pay a 25% tariff on trades with the US. He also said he may give some countries a tariff break. How has a Chinese electric vehicle company taken over Tesla? We hear from Tu Le, founder of Beijing-based advisory company Sino Auto Insights, and co-host of the 'China EVs & More' podcast.

    49 min

  6. 22 MAR

    Rethinking Africa's economic future

    Ed Butler is joined by Peter Ryan, ABC's senior business correspondent in Sydney Australia and Gaby Castro Fontoura, Director of Sunny Sky Solutions - a business consultancy from Uruguay. We look at the impact of Western aid cuts on Africa. Heathrow Airport has lifted its usual night-time restrictions to help restore normal air travel after Friday’s widespread disruption. Plus, the side hustle is on the rise in the U.S. even among professionals as more people take on second jobs amid growing economic uncertainty.

    49 min

  7. 21 MAR

    Inside Myanmar’s cyber scam industry

    Thousands of people have been trafficked into Myanmar and forced to work in scam compounds, running online fraud operations that target victims globally. We hear from one of the most senior people at the United Nations trying to tackle the problem. Indonesia—once hailed as one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies—is facing a sharp sell-off in its stock market. We break down what’s driving investor anxiety. And we examine whether Apple’s smartphone tech is falling behind the hype.

    49 min

  8. 20 MAR

    Fed predicts higher inflation and slow growth for US

    The US Federal reserve holds interest rates. The rate remains unchanged despite the uncertainty created by tariffs Argentina's economy has shrunk 1.7% in 2024 compared with 2023. We hear from Professor of Economics at Belgrano University, Luis Arguero And how will the second hand clothes marker benefit from tariffs?

    53 min
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    BBC World Service
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    2013 - 2025
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