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Chips with everything
Could putting microchips in everyday objects create an 'internet of things'?
24 Aug 2011,18 mins
Nigeria's new finance minister: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Nigeria's new finance minister says she has been threatened by 'vested interests'
23 Aug 2011,18 mins
Politicians and markets
Have financial markets lost faith in politicians' ability to handle their economies?
22 Aug 2011,18 mins
The Euro In The Year 2020
Take a ride on the Business Daily time machine to look at three visions for the eurozone
19 Aug 2011,18 mins
Irrational markets?
Are the financial markets behaving rationally? Plus, the decline in happiness at work
18 Aug 2011,18 mins
US double dip?
Can America cut its debt mountain without falling into a double-dip recession?
17 Aug 2011,18 mins
Germany's credit rating
Could Germany lose its top-notch credit rating if it has to fund yet more big bailouts?
16 Aug 2011,18 mins
Growing debt fears
How worried should we be about the financial turmoil which has engulfed the markets?
15 Aug 2011,18 mins
The Buildings We Work In
Lesley Curwen explores the buildings we work in, from the low to the high rise
12 Aug 2011,18 mins
World Trade
Does the world need a new global trade deal? Plus, marriage patterns and economics
11 Aug 2011,18 mins
US credit rating
Standard and Poor's says America's world beating credit rating is under threat
10 Aug 2011,18 mins
Raising taxes
Is raising taxes the most efficient, though unpopular, way to tackle government deficits?
09 Aug 2011,18 mins
China luxury goods
Can home-grown Chinese companies build brands which enchant their own wealthy shoppers?
05 Aug 2011,18 mins
Iceland's Lessons for the Eurozone
Justin Rowlatt reports from Iceland three years after its banks went bust.
04 Aug 2011,18 mins
PIMCO on bonds
The world's biggest bond investor talks about the debt crises in Europe and America.
03 Aug 2011,18 mins
US debt ceiling
As the US debt talks are stuck in deadlock, how worrying is America's deficit?
02 Aug 2011,18 mins
No programme due to industrial action
There is no programme today because of industrial action at the BBC
01 Aug 2011,18 mins
Synthetic ETFs
Does a new breed of complex financial products pose a risk to global financial stability?
01 Aug 2011,18 mins
Euro Rescued?
Following the latest bail-out deal, we ask if the euro is now secure.
29 Jul 2011,18 mins
UN FAO head speaks out
With famine declared in Somalia, an extraordinary interview with the new head of the FAO
28 Jul 2011,18 mins
End of empire for Rupert Murdoch?
Are Rupert Murdoch's days as one of the world's most powerful media moguls over?
27 Jul 2011,18 mins
The unhappiness of being Greek
Does the Greek national character help explain the nature of the country's debt crisis?
26 Jul 2011,18 mins
Naked finance
The financial incentives which may make eurozone disaster more, not less, likely
25 Jul 2011,18 mins
Do you have what it takes to be a CEO?
What makes a CEO tick and how do you get to be one?
22 Jul 2011,18 mins
The Euro Mess
As austerity hits ever more people in Europe, should lenders also feel some pain?
21 Jul 2011,18 mins
Does the head or the heart rule in business?
Are business school graduates or gut instincts the best guide to dealing with a crisis?
20 Jul 2011,18 mins
Are Europe's politicians too polite?
The real defect that led to Europe's debt crisis: politeness
19 Jul 2011,18 mins
Why the East needs to stop looking West
Why developing economies can't rely on the West to power their growth any more
18 Jul 2011,18 mins
Murdoch's media meltdown
Will closing Britain's most popular newpaper solve Murdoch's global empire crisis?
15 Jul 2011,18 mins
Sharing the Greek debt burden
What will the private institutions who lent money to Greece do to help the country now?
14 Jul 2011,18 mins