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Who's the boss?
Who's the boss - the tax-payers or the bankers?
Costing the earth
Should you spend like there's no tomorrow, or not panic and trust the market? You decide.
Christine Lagarde
France's economy minister warns bankers not to go back to their ways, but they bite back.
General Electric's economic cure
Jeff Immelt, CEO of GE, insists refocussing on technology will underpin economic recovery.
East German echoes
Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, has life changed for the East Germans?
Microfinance questions
Has there been too much hype about microcredit or banking for the poor, and does it work?
Are older people refusing to retire a barrier to young jobseekers?
As more people work past retirement age are they making it tougher for young people?
Shrinking Russia
The view from Moscow on what it means when a former superpower falls on hard times.
Regulating bankers
How do you juggle outrage at bankers' bonuses with the need not to overdo new regulation?
South Africa's fixer
Talks to the Maria Ramos, the new boss of one of South Africa's biggest banks, ABSA.
The risks of Cloud computing
Takes you to the Cloud, the far-away place where all your computing may one day be done.
Nanny state
Do we know best or should governments try to limit our choices sometimes?
Free global trade
As the leaders of America, Canada and Mexico meet trade barriers are still a problem.
Planet thrift
We take the pulse of a planet in thrift mode, belts are tightening everywhere.
Loan sharks
Capitalism's dark side, why people are turning to ruthless loan sharks in the recession.
Fixing America's healthcare system
Can President Barack Obama successfully overhaul America's troubled health-care system?
Women on top
Talks to a fabulous female boss of a very male business.
Economic stimulus
Asks whether your country's stimulus money is leaking out into other economies?
Will Africa reject American capitalism?
Will Africa reject American capitalism? Steve Evans asks Sierra Leone's foreign minister.
Afghan poppies and saffron
We look at an alternative to poppy farming in Afghanistan - might saffron be the answer?
Sir Adrian Cadbury
Should capitalism return to its 19th century roots?
Is the economic storm over?
Central bankers and economists meet in Wyoming to argue about whether the worst is over.
Sustainable economic recovery?
Is the global economic recovery sustainable or just a jobless mirage? Greg Wood reports.
Banking nostalgia
Is banking nostalgia what it used to be?
Capitalism in communist China.
Capitalism in communist China and advertisers that can read consumers' minds?
Derivatives
New regulations for the derivatives that caused the credit crisis.
Are Japan's businesses ready for economic reforms?
Food
The food revolution.
Vulnerable green shoots
Business Daily looks at the recovery's green shoots - and at what might kill them off.
Ultra high-speed share trading
How some big banks are making money by using super-fast computers to trade shares.
International shipping
What can the global shipping industry tell us about the state of world recovery?