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News and views from the business world with Mickey Clark and Dominic Laurie.

Frustrated travellers are hoping for a reprieve as the Icelandic ash cloud is expected to move out of UK airspace. British Airways, Flybe, easyJet, BMI and Aer Lingus were among carriers who had to axe services and they are angry about the reasons for it. We find out more from Roger Guiver, a former British Airways captain.

The IMF's executive directors for five key emerging economies have called for a non-European chief. They are claiming it would reflect the changing realities of the global economy. Lord Desai, professor emeritus of the London School of Economics shares his thoughts with us.

As US President Barack Obama claims the tie between the UK and US is an "essential relationship," we ask just how important is that relationship for Britain in economic terms? James Close, government services partner at Ernst and Young, who publishes a new report answering that very question, joins the programme.

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