World Business Report

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The latest business and finance news from around the world from the BBC

Episodios

  • Why junior doctors in South Korea are fighting for their rights?

    29/02/2024 Duración: 27min

    South Korea is dealing with another day of a doctors' strike. Most junior doctors there have so far defied a government order to return to work by the end of Thursday, despite the threat of legal action. About eighty percent of junior doctors walked out last week in protest against a decision to sharply increase the number of medical school places. They say training more doctors could lower the quality of medical school education and reduce pay. The authorities say the increase will address shortages linked to South Korea's rapidly ageing population, and a lack of doctors in rural areas. We get the views of people in Seoul on the strike action.Also, in the programme, we will hear from The United States Trade Representative - Katherine Tai, who tells us why the fall in bilateral trade between the United States and China is a positive development for both economies.

  • US to investigate if Chinese electric cars pose national security risk

    29/02/2024 Duración: 27min

    President Joe Biden says he worries these vehicles might gather data on US citizens and infrastructure and send it to China. How will this affect the already strained US-China relations? We find out. India’s GDP grew by more than 8% in the final three months of 2023, beating all forecasts by economists. We look into the impact this can have in this year's elections. The number of people out of work in Germany increased more than expected in February. We hear how a slowdown in Europe's largest economy is taking a toll on the labour market.

  • Boeing has 90 days to fix safety concerns

    28/02/2024 Duración: 27min

    US aviation regulators have given Boeing 90 days to come up with a plan to fix safety problems, this comes after a door panel blew off the 737 Max aircraft last month. Sam Fenwick will be hearing what the regulators are recommending. We look at if the merger of Disney and Reliance could create a media powerhouse big enough to rival Netflix and other streaming networks. And the woman at the centre of one of the biggest US political scandals teams up with a major Fashion brand.

  • South Korea: Birth rate falls to new record low

    28/02/2024 Duración: 27min

    Economic incentives fail to boost population in the nation with the lowest fertility rate in the world. We find out why more South Koreans are deciding not to have children. Country Garden, the largest private property developer in China, is facing a winding-up petition filed in Hong Kong by a creditor. We look into the details. And Apple has reportedly cancelled its plans to build electric vehicles after a decade working on the them. We hear about the reasons that may have led them to drop the project

  • Review of the year - 2021

    24/12/2021 Duración: 27min

    The big event of 2021 that will shape economies all over the world for decades to come was the COP 26 climate conference in Glasgow in November. The meeting saw a deluge of promises, but what was actually achieved? Martin Webber speaks to Tim Gould, chief energy economist at the International Energy Agency and economist Irwin Stelzer, from the Hudson Institute in the United States. It was another boom year for the pharmaceutical industry as it crafted the vaccines that have saved so many lives. Of the 8 billion coronavirus vaccinations worldwide, one billion have been delivered by the US logistics company, UPS. We hear from Wes Wealer, President of UPS healthcare. And small business owners have had a bleak time for much of the past year. But many of those that have survived now feel optimistic. We hear from the owner of the Aroma speciality coffee shop in Bologna in Italy, Cristina Caroli, about her year.

  • Review of the year - 2020

    25/12/2020 Duración: 27min

    Covid-19 is set to prompt radical long term changes to how we live and work, so what lessons can be learnt when we eventually emerge from the pandemic? Could the changes in the way we work herald higher productivity and happier people in the future? We hear the stories of the people who managed to thrive during a very difficult year, including the milkman who saw a boom in deliveries and the dancer who found work in South Korea when the London stage went dark. Martin Webber is joined by Professor Devi Sridhar who holds the Chair of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh; economist Roger Bootle, of Capital Economics; Robert Reich, former Labour Secretary under President Clinton; Tomas Philipson, who was Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors under Mr Trump; and actor Thomas Inge who is currentl starring in the musical Cats in South Korea.

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