187 episodes
Business Matters BBC World Service
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4.4 • 41 Ratings
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Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.
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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. -
Whistleblower: Parts sent to Boeing had 'serious defects'
A former employee of Boeing's biggest supplier has claimed that sections of 737 Max aircraft regularly left its factory with serious defects.
Spirit Aerosystems builds fuselages for the 737 Max, which are then shipped to Boeing’s own plant for final assembly.
Speaking publicly for the first time, former quality inspector Santiago Peredes told the BBC that some managers actively tried to discourage him from flagging up flaws in half-finished planes.
Also, Rahul Tandon, finds out why there are a lot of concerns about whether the plan to use Russian assets for weapons is legal and why not everyone was keen to see the Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Hungary.
(Photo: A worker walks past Boeing's 737 MAX-9 under construction at their production facility in Renton, Washington, US. Credit: Reuters) -
TikTok takes revenge
TikTok has filed a lawsuit aiming to block a US law that would ban in the video app in the country unless it is sold by its Chinese parent company.
In the filing, the social media company called the act an "extraordinary intrusion on free speech rights" of the company and its 170 million American users.
Also, Rahul Tandon, looks at the Disney financial results and finds out what can you buy with Argentina's new 10 000 pesos banknote.
(Picture: The offices of TikTok in Culver City, California. Picture credit: Reuters) -
EU and France holds talks with Xi
On his first visit to Europe since 2019, president Xi Jinping has been talking about trade ties. The West is worried about cheap Chinese imports of electric cars.
Also, Rahul Tandon finds out why global petrol demand growth could halve in 2024 and what impact the shutdown in Israel would have on Al Jazeera's business operations.
(Picture: State dinner in honour of Chinese President Xi Jinping visiting Paris, France - 06 May 2024. Picture credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) -
Israel stops trade with Turkey
The Israeli Foreign Ministry is to reduce Turkish imports both to Israel and to the occupied Palestinian territories. It’s also appealing for sanctions against Turkey for violating existing trade agreements.
Also, in the programme, we look at Brazil’s plans to propose a global annual tax for billionaires at the G20 in July
Customer Reviews
Informative, effective & fun summarization of daily business
Relentless pursuit of connecting all the geo-political, environmental & social dots impacting the present & future of economy, globally with entertaining expert observation & analysis.
Perhaps at times it could improve by giving a more in-depth analysis of the economical impact by key technological trends such as Generative Automated Intelligence (GAI).
In covering the entertaining show of Musk being interviewed by the UK PM for example, the decoding of ‘In the future, people won’t need to work due to AI’ should be heard as: In the near future, where GDP growth is solely driven by systems & machines to process, plan, produce & profit, billionaires and corporations will NOT have a need for human employees to exponentially grow their wealth!
What would be the new definitions for productivity and labor that could leads us through the necessary evolution/revolution of the present economical models & metrics???
Please reconsider Devina Gupta
I applaud BBC World Service’s attempt to diversify their broadcasting staff but Devina is just not up to the task. Her accent and extremely error prone English are unintelligible most of the time. It’s painful to hear her struggle to keep the conversation across interviewees and the two guest contributors interesting and on track. She would do better in a news reading segment which requires much less impromptu/ extemporaneous commentary and hosting. I don’t listen to the episodes hosted by her.
Another great BBC Show
Glad to find another gem to keep me up to the minute on global issues. I could have done without the micro-aggression of the journalist covering the November 21 COVAX facility story. This is regarding his ending quip about what Tedros meant about multilateralizing the vaccine. He clearly meant the collective effort of access and distribution. Quips like that make me wonder if this is the underlying uneasiness of having an African in a position of authority. Just report the facts. This was my intro episode and could have been turned off but BBC has a great reputation and so will let it pass.