World Business Report Review of the Year Episodes Available now
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Review of the year - 2005
Investors back internet stocks; largest US accounting fraud conviction; farm subsidy row
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Review of the year - 2004
Concerns for US economy; Chinese growth slows; EU fines Microsoft; Apple launches iPod
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Review of the year - 2002
Corporate America plagued by scandals; changeover to the Euro begins in western Europe
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Review of the year - 2001
World Trade Centre attacks; US and Japan both dip into recession; China joins WTO
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Review of the year - 2000
Dot com bubble bursts; Vodafone enters German mobile market; Japan works towards recovery
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Review of the year - 1999
Microsoft prosecuted as monopolist; Brazil currency peg collapses; high tech stocks soar
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Review of the decade - 1990s
East and West Germany merge economies; Hong Kong under China; America's economic bubble
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Review of the year - 1997
Britain hands over Hong Kong to China; Asian financial crisis; Kyoto climate deal
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Review of the year - 1996
US shares boom; Europe prepares for new currency; Australia's alcoholic lemonade is a hit
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Review of the year - 1995
Mexico's economy rescued; UK's oldest merchant bank collapses; India cancels Enron deal