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Fri, May 25
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World Business Report: 25/05/2012
The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
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Fri, May 25
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WBR: Wall St Update 25 May 12
The troubled Spanish lender Bankia has asked its government for a bailout of almost 24 billion dollars. And, what one prominent US investor makes of the Facebook share market debut most have branded a failure.
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Fri, May 25
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World Business Report: 25/05/2012
The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
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Fri, May 25
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WBR: Bankia and Baku
Are problems at Spanish banks about to tip the eurozone over the edge? Bankia, Spain's fourth biggest lender, is about to ask its government for a multi-billion dollar bailout. We ask if Madrid itself could soon be forced to ask Europe for a rescue of its own. We'll hear from African businesses making money in China. And, the Eurovision song contest may be camp, but it's also a licence to print money - we hear why countries are so keen to play host to it.
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Fri, May 25
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World Business Report: 25/05/2012
The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
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Thu, May 24
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WBR: Wall Street Update 24 May 12
How worried are US investors about the impact the lack of growth in Europe could have on American products? On Thursday investors gave their verdict on technology giant Hewlett Packard - who the day before had announced 27,000 job cuts after the markets closed.
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Thu, May 24
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World Business Report: 24/05/2012
The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
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Thu, May 24
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World Business Report: 24/05/2012
The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
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Thu, May 24
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WBR: Do we really need growth?
Business activity in Europe has fallen to its lowest level for nearly three years. We ask what can be done to make things better. We hear how Cubans are rushing to take advantage of their new freedom to profit from property. And, the woman known as the Princess of the Pilbara has just been declared the world's richest woman. So what is the Australian mining magnate Georgina Rinehart really like?
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Wed, May 23
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WBR: Wall Street Update 23 May 12
Joe Saluzzi at Themis Trading in New Jersey gives his view on Wednesday's market movements.
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Wed, May 23
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WBNews: Egypt Elections 23 May 12
Will Egypt's first free elections for generations help bring prosperity for ordinary people? We'll be hearing the hopes of Egyptian people for the future, and asking if the country's new political elite can help secure them a better standard of living. Facebook's stock market float turns nasty - why investors are suing the company and its banks. Plus we hear from the Parmesan cheesemakers of Italy - as they count the cost of the country's recent earthquake.
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Tue, May 22
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WBR: Wall Street Update 22 May 12
Jim Lebenthal of Lebenthal Asset Management in New York takes a look at how economic uncertainty in Greece affected Wall Street on Tuesday. Plus, the private equity firm which controls Formula One motor racing has sold a significant part of its stake in the business.
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Tue, May 22
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WBR: More debt, anyone?
Germany and the European Central Bank should do more to stop the eurozone debt crisis from getting worse, according to the OECD. But is its suggestion of Eurozone-wide borrowing really workable? Also: dead, comatose or dozing? The US trade envoy gives us his verdict on the Doha round of global trade talks. And Africa scores its first hit in the list of the world's top one hundred brands.
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Tue, May 22
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World Business Report: 22/05/2012
The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
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Mon, May 21
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WBR: Wall Street Update 21 May 12
Peter Jankovskis from Oakbrook Investments in Chicago takes a look at how Wall Street faired on Monday and whether investors are concerned about reports that JP Morgan Chase's losses could be even larger than first announced.
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Mon, May 21
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World Business Report: 21/05/2012
The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
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Mon, May 21
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WBR: Will Merkel relax her call for austerity? 21 May 12
Germany is urged to focus more on growth than austerity. Yahoo reconsiders its position in China. The investors un-friending Facebook. And as Burma comes out of economic isolation can western companies overtake the Chinese firms already there?
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Mon, May 21
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World Business Report: 21/05/2012
The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
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Fri, May 18
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WBR: Wall Street Update 18 May 12
We review Facebook's first full day on the US stock market. And as President Obama announces he's keen to tackle hunger in Africa, we talk to those who work directly with small-scale farmers in Africa.
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Fri, May 18
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WBR: Facebook frenzy on its stock market debut
There's been huge demand for shares in Facebook as it makes its US stock market debut. And as some of the world's richest nations pledge three billion dollars to help Africa feed itself - we'll hear from Malawi why that help is so badly needed.
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Fri, May 18
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WBR: Wall Street Update 17 May 12
Facebook names its share price and the US suspends economic sanctions against Burma, we have an exclusive report from the capital Rangoon. Plus the latest from the US markets.
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Thu, May 17
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WBR: Bank Fears and Burma
There are new fears in financial markets about the health of some European banks. We hear how the prospect of a eurozone implosion is rattling investors' nerves. After JP Morgan's massive trading losses, the former British finance minister Lord Lawson tells us what he thinks should be done to make banks safer. And as Facebook hits Wall Street, how much is it really worth?
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Wed, May 16
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WBR: Wall Street Update 16 May 12
Facebook says it will dramatically increase the size of its share offer - putting it on track to be the largest internet IPO of all time. Plus the latest from Wall Street.
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Wed, May 16
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WBR: It's voting time in Athens... again 16 May 12
Greece heads back to the polls next month in elections which look set to make economic history. Also: Burma opens its economic doors to the world - we have a special report.
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Tue, May 15
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WBR: Wall Street Update 15 May 12
The head of JP Morgan - the American bank that unveiled a two billion dollar hole in its trading accounts last week - faced his shareholders on Tuesday. Did investors in financial markets take note of that JP Morgan shareholder's meeting?
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Tue, May 15
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WBR: The eurozone narrowly avoids recession 15 May 12
The latest economic figures from Europe disappoint, we ask can the new French president find common ground with Germeny in the debate over growth versus austerity? Plus, shareholders square up to the head of JP morgan after the bank's two billion dollar trading mistake. And tradition trumps profit at the French luxury goods company Hermes.
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Mon, May 14
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WBR: Wall Street Update 14 May 12
In Europe, the day was dominated by fears over the future of Greece. Things were better in New York - but not by a huge margin. The Dow closed down 1 percent at 12,695 - with financial shares leading the way.
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Mon, May 14
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WBR: JP Morgan executive resigns 14 May 12
A top executive is leaving the US banking giant JP Morgan Chase - after a trading error left it nursing $2 billion worth of losses. So should banks face tighter regulation - or is this just capitalism in action. As political paralysis continues in Athens, it's looking ever more likely Greece will have to leave the Euro. But could that be a blessing in disguise? Plus - are successful women always scary?
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Fri, May 11
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WBR: Wall Street Update 11 May 12
What did Wall Street make of that $2 billion trading loss at JP Morgan? And one of the founders of the social networking website Facebook has renounced his US citizenship. It lets Eduardo Saverin become a legal resident of Singapore and pay less tax after Facebook floats on the stock market.
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Fri, May 11
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WBR: JP Morgan's $2bn "error" 11 May 12
JP Morgan lost $2 billion in risky trades, years after banks were warned against making big bets with their own money. We're also reporting from Addis Ababa where we're looking for the massive and growing middle class marketplace - how frothy beer sales there show there's profit to be made. And the rain in Spain may come back again, so Spanish banks have to set aside more cash.
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