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HK Protests Descend Into Violence

As the situation in Hong Kong deteriorates, Gareth Leather from Capital Economics says the problem is the authorities can't give the protesters what they want.

As the situation in Hong Kong deteriorates, Capital Economics Asia specialist, Gareth Leather tells Rob Young the fundamental problem is that the authorities simply can't give the protesters what they want. Travis Kalanick, co-founder of Uber - the app that allows you to book a journey in a private car rather than a minicab - speaks to 大象传媒 Technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones about his firm's unpopularity among taxi drivers. Ello co-founder, Todd Berger, explains why he's not interested in making billions of dollars. Our own Theo Leggett gets his hands on some cool concept cars at the Paris Motorshow. And Katie Martin of the Wall Street Journal goes head to head with The Atlantic's David Freedman over Apple's tax affairs, Ukraine's economy, and whether Netflix is wise to start making movies. All that plus Professor Peter Gahan from the University of Melbourne live in the studio.

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Sat 4 Oct 2014 00:05GMT

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