Business Daily Episodes Episode guide
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Rebuilding Haiti
Can lessons be learnt from past disasters when rebuilding Haiti?
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China Crisis
One of America's top investors is betting that China's property bubble will burst.
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Are Spivs Entrepreneurs?
Are people who trade informally in troubled places spivs, or true entrepreneurs?
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Don't Bank on It
Will Obama's plans for bank reforms actually add more risk to the global financial system?
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The Risks for China's Economy
As China's economy booms, we look at the risks of overheating and property bubbles.
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Adam Smith - Secret Socialist?
The godfather of the Free Market, Adam Smith - Was he a secret socialist?
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Pakistan's Economy
The impact on Pakistan's economy of militant violence.
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Water Entrepreneurs
Should water services be opened up to competition in developing countries?
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Bankers' Bonuses
Could bankers' bonuses be controlled by a 'claw-back' system?
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The Shape of the Recovery
We talk to companies on three continents about the shape of the recovery.
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Sex at work
Six in ten of us have an intimate relationship at work, why and how?
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Banks and Lobbyists
Do banks spend money on political lobbying to insure they'll get bailouts?
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Where To Invest in 2010
Where should you invest your hard-earned money in 2010?
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Eliot Spitzer
Eliot Spitzer talks about the next financial crisis, and his fall from grace.
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Straight Talk
The controversial business of making products which relax African hair.
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Banking without branches
Branchless banking - is it the future for the world's poor?
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Crackberry or Blackberry?
Is being contactable via your Blackberry or iPhone 24 hours a day such a good thing?
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The Food Fight: Local versus Global
As population grow, how can we best feed ourselves?
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How to avoid redundancy
How do you make sure you keep your job in 2010 when all around you are losing theirs?
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The Future of Youth
Half the world's population is under 28 years old, so what sort of future do they have?
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Old age - burden or triumph?
For some getting old may feel like a burden. But for many old age is full of triumphs.
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On the Buses
Could buses be the solution to the mass transportation needs in the next decade?
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High Speed Train economics
Everywhere there are plans to build high-speed railways. But do the numbers add up?
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Is The Book Dead?
Will eBooks push old-fashioned volumes with paper pages off the shelves for good?
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Charities under pressure
Looks at the strains and pressures on charities as people cut back on donations.
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The Future of Computers:Scary or Fabulous?
Microsoft on where computing's going. And was Scrooge right?
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Do Banks Do God's Work?
Is it true that banks have a social purpose and that bankers are doing God's work?
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The Pig and the Python
How the banks will cope with commercial property loans that have gone sour.
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Work And You: Things Can Only Get Better (maybe)
The penalty of starting a career in a recession. Plus Lucy Kellaway on dogs in the office.
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Price Worth Paying?
If tough regulation drives finance firms from London, is that a "price worth paying"?