05/08/2011
Global stock markets lie in turmoil amid fears that the eurozone debt crisis could spread to Italy and Spain. Japanese and Swiss governments intervene in their currency markets.
Presented by Mickey Clark.
Tens of billions of dollars have been wiped off shares world-wide amid fears that the eurozone debt crisis could spread to Italy and Spain.
In Japan, the government has intervened in the currency market for the first time since March, whilst Switzerland unexpectedly cut its interest rates by half a percent in a bid to weaken the Swiss franc.
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival kicks off today, pumping millions into the local economy - but what's in it for the performers?
And finally, new research has named the insurance industry as the worst culprit for using jargon.
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