Dumb Money: Unpicking the GameStop saga

The short squeeze of the stock of the US video game retailer is dramatised by Hollywood.

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Business Daily meets: Durreen Shahnaz

From Bangladesh to Wall Street and back again

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The impact of India's rice export ban

What happens when the world’s biggest supplier stops exporting?

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Bottles or balsa: What should wind turbine blades be made from?

We talk to people on both sides of the debate, and see some wind turbine blades in action

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Why is the US building electric car battery factories?

We’re at the site of a new facility in the state of Kentucky

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What makes a stadium special?

How to design a profitable sports ground with enough atmosphere to keep the fans happy

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Business Daily meets: Andre Schwammlein

The chief executive of Flix on his drive to make bus travel fashionable

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Short Stories: The activist short seller

We speak to one of the most prominent new voices, Carson Block

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Short Stories: The CEO

What’s it like to be on the wrong side of a big short?

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Short Stories: The amateur trader

We hear from an investor inspired to try the high risk strategy

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Business Daily meets: Akinwumi Adesina

We meet the president of the African Development Bank

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Elon Musk's X: The Twitter takeover a year on

What’s happened to the platform since it was bought by the world’s richest man?

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The electric car race

Will countries reach their zero-emissions targets?

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Spook-onomics: the global boost of Halloween

The ancient festival has become a multi-billion dollar business

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The Crypto King and the journalist

Chronicling the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried

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Why is the French wine industry struggling?

We’re in Bordeaux, where winemakers are facing difficult decisions

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Business Daily meets: Babbel CEO Arne Schepker

We explore the growth of language learning online

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Saudi Arabia's multi-billion dollar football powerhouse bet

Is it an ambitious economic plan? Or sportswashing?

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The Chinese migrants trying to get into the US

We travel to South America to find out why people are making this dangerous journey

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Caste bias in corporate America

South Asian Americans share their experiences of discrimination they've faced at work

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Last orders for the Irish pub?

We find out why so many rural bars are closing

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Business Daily meets: Silvina Moschini

The first Latin American woman to lead a company to 'Unicorn' status

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How has war changed the lives of Ukraine’s working women?

A group of Ukrainian women discuss the impact the war has had on their careers

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The classic cars going electric

We look at the costs and motivation for spending thousands on conversions

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Biden and Xi to meet in San Francisco

We look at what the US and Chinese presidents hope to gain

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Argentina goes to the polls

Argentina chooses a new president amid a deep economic crisis

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Business Daily meets: Cycling boss Doug Ryder

The former pro cyclist set up the first African-registered team in the Tour de France

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Disruption in the diamond sector

How the jewellery world is being re-shaped by the mass production of laboratory-made gems

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How to spot a diamond

What is the industry doing to give consumers confidence?

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Kimchi: Korean food goes global

The tangy fermented vegetable dish is now being made and sold around the world

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The world's longest subsea power cable

The 764km Viking link is about to go live between the UK and Denmark

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Who is Sultan Al-Jaber?

We find out why he's a controversial appointment for the COP28 presidency

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Why is Spain betting on green hydrogen?

The country is leading the charge to become a world leader in both production and supply

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Asia's air pollution problem

Why is the continent becoming a global hot spot for air pollution?

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Can China stop its love affair with coal?

It’s the world’s largest polluter, but also the world’s biggest producer of green energy

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Is the corporate world too close to COP?

The international climate summit has embraced big business involvement - is it too close?

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Business Daily meets: Konrad Bergstrom

How the Swedish entrepreneur turned business failure into success

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How to solve fashion’s waste problem

More than a quarter of all clothes made are never actually sold - where do they go?

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What’s holding women back from work in Sri Lanka?

We hear first-hand about the barriers women face when trying to enter employment

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The K-rice belt: Seeds for self-sufficiency?

We find out how - and why - South Korea is helping countries across Africa

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Star Wars: The empire strikes cash

We look at the growing market for vintage figures

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Business Daily meets: Joyce and Raissa de Haas

The entrepreneur identical twins behind the Double Dutch drinks brand

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Kinmen: The Taiwanese islands next to China

What's it like to live on the edge of the one of the world’s most enduring flashpoints?

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Taiwan: The political mood

How are young people feeling ahead of the elections?

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Taiwan: Prepping for war

We meet ordinary citizens reacting to growing threats of a Chinese invasion

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Putting the 'F' word into climate talks

What does the COP 28 fossil fuel deal mean for the future of oil, gas and coal?

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Business Daily meets: Niccolo Ricci

The CEO of the luxury suits brand, Stefano Ricci, on dressing the rich and powerful

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Has shoplifting become a global problem?

Retailers around the world are losing billions of dollars to theft - what's being done?

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Was 2023 a bad year for IPOs?

A record low number of companies have chosen to go public this year

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Battling snakes to gather Brazil nuts

We're in Bolivia - the world's biggest exporter

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Turkey adjusts to ‘bitter medicine’ of high rates

We look at the impact of the economic policy aimed at cooling rising prices

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Business Daily Meets: Dr Yasmeen Lari

Pakistan's first female architect on rebuilding her country after the 2022 floods

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Living off-grid in Portugal

We travel to the Alentejo region where people are installing water and electric systems

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Living off-grid: Scaling up

Alastair Leithead and his wife Ana embark on an ambitious project in Portugal

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Tricking the brain – are holograms the future?

These endlessly flexible 3D images are being used in huge variety of sectors

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Being unbanked

How easy is it to open a bank account in your country?

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Business Daily meets: Kathryn Jacob

We meet the CEO of the cinema advertising firm Pearl & Dean

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How to fix the US budget

Once again the country faces the prospect of a government shutdown - what can be done?

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What is a digital twin city?

We find out about the new technology which could fight the impact of climate change

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Food security in Puerto Rico

The Caribbean island imports 90% of its food - but locals want to change that

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The race to secure semiconductor supply chains

Nearly everything with an on-off switch needs chips - and more nations want to make them

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Business Daily meets: Michele Arnese

The advertising entrepreneur who helps firms build their own 'sonic identity' using AI

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The race for the perfect running shoe

We hear from some of the companies hoping to create that winning formula

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Can cars and tourism boost Spain's economy?

We look at two sectors which are hoping to benefit in 2024

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Goodbye blue tick?

Does the monetising of verification mean the blue tick has lost its credibility?

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The business of bed bugs

Infestations in tourism hot spots have made headlines - so how are businesses responding?

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Business Daily meets: Dizzee Rascal

The Grime music pioneer on how the genre became a billion dollar industry

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Tackling ageism at work

One in two people are ageist, according to the World Health Organization

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Why are we ageist?

We look at how many employers still base decisions on a persons age

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Workplace ageism: How to fix it

What can older workers do to improve their odds in the workplace?

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Can the Olympics change an area’s reputation?

We're in the Paris suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis which will host most of the 2024 games

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Business Daily meets: Masaba Gupta

The fashion designer and TV star talks about what inspires her

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How can tourism become more accessible?

We hear from the people who want to make travel better for tourists with disabilities

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The rise of dynamic pricing

How the strategy is transforming the retail landscape

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Should dynamic pricing be regulated?

We look at whether the retail strategy is fair on consumers

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How to shut down a nuclear power station

We go behind the scenes to find out what happens when the reactors are switched off

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Business Daily meets: Mahen Kumar Seeruttun

We hear from Mauritius' Minister of Financial Services

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What's holding back Africa's fashion industry?

We hear about the challenges - and meet a new generation trying to find solutions

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Denmark: Cashing in on Sweden's Eurovision

Why Copenhagen might end up being the real economic winner, not Malmö

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Is it worth being a B Corp?

We look at why companies want to join this exclusive business club

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The global quest to boost productivity

From tackling the long commute to sleeping on the job...

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Business Daily meets: Jagan Chapagain

A conversation with the CEO of the International Federation of the Red Cross

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The content moderators taking Big Tech to court

We find out why outsourced workers in Kenya are locked into a David vs Goliath battle

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A scary business

Why spooking people has become a real money-spinner

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The dark side of online dating in India

We hear from people who've fallen victim to scammers - and worse

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The making of a billionaire athlete

How did four sportspeople make it to the 10 figure club?

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Business Daily meets: Tony Fernandes

A conversation with the co-founder of AirAsia

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Global trade’s new normal?

The Red Sea attacks: how international trade is navigating choppy waters

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What happens when you run out of coins?

The Philippines has a small change shortage

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Peak profits

How climbing has become big business

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Ukraine's economic rollercoaster

We find out how businesses are faring, two years after the start of the war

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Business Daily meets: Ingrid Robeyns

The economic philosopher who wants to cap the wealth of the super-rich

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How Sweden led the way on parental leave

It's fifty years since the policy was introduced - we look at how it's working

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Chile's move to a 40 hour work week

We look at the implications as the country gradually reduces from 45 hours

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Would you like to work 'near' home?

Work from home or in the office? We explore a third way, co-working spaces in the suburbs

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Is it okay to be mediocre at work?

We look at the trend of being average, or 'good enough'

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Business Daily meets: Mariana Mazzucato

The economist on why she thinks consultancy firms are weakening business and governments

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Bonus: Good Bad Billionaire

We bring you a brand new podcast episode focusing on the fortunes of Warren Buffet

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How are farmers adapting to climate change?

Planting trees or keeping livestock near crops could reduce global warming's effects

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