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Microsoft Buys Minecraft for $2.5bn

Will the change in management make a difference to the computer game Minecraft?

Will the change in management make a difference to either Microsoft or the makers of the popular computer game Minecraft? Also as India sees the launch of a new, cheap smartphone, we analyse why it's different to other phones.

The band U2 are offering their album for free to Apple users, but since then, a slew of advice has been released on how to delete the album. We ask if this partnership benefits Apple or U2 more. Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times tells us about the perfect sales pitch, plus we look at the similarities of the Scottish independence to Quebec and India.

Our guests this week inlcude Ralph Silva, an independent consultant in Toronto, and economist Song Seng Wun, of CIMB Research in Singapore.

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Tue 16 Sep 2014 00:05GMT

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