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Soft hearts and hard heads

How rich people ask tougher questions before giving. And charity and different cultures.

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Africa, mining and corruption.

Liberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf explains why mining deals were re-written.

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Why family businesses run the world

Why family businesses can survive for centuries, with Ernest Antoine Seilliere.

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Financial weapons of mass destruction?

Why companies reject new rules on derivatives.

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The Disappearing Act.

Should dollars disappear as the main world currency? And catching debtors who vanish.

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Iceland after the crash

One year on from Iceland's banking crash, what can the country do to get out of the mess?

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Sanctions Against Iran.

An Iranian businessman on how sanctions hurt. And an American who wants tougher measures.

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The Sage of Omaha, in his own words.

The Sage of Omaha, Warren Buffett, explains his investment theories and his personal life.

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(Secure ) Food For Thought

"Food security" is the great buzz phrase. But does it make sense?

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The Next Financial Crisis?

Economist Allan Meltzer warns America may be heading towards a fresh financial crisis.

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Log In To The Revolution

The man who sent the first internet message exactly forty years ago.

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30/10/2009

The daily drama of money and work from the ´óÏó´«Ã½.

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Talking Inside The Box

The ´óÏó´«Ã½ tracked a shipping container for a year. It's home and we broadcast from inside.

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Guinea

Guinea is resource-rich but cash poor. Can the economy survive its political problems?

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The East Is Not Red - Capitalism After The Fall of the Wall

Capitalism in the old Soviet bloc 20 years after the fall of the Wall.

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Ostalgie

Business life behind the old Iron Curtain twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall

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News on the Web: Who's Using Whom?

Rupert Murdoch criticised websites that offer links to his news free. Google responds.

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Food (And Flirting) For Thought

The CEO of a big food company on prices and global taste. Plus office flirting.

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Cash For Forests

Brazil's Finance Minister says old industrial countries must pay to keep its forests.

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Iceland's special prosecutor speaks.

Iceland's special prosecutor says cases will be brought within a year.

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China and the Dollar

How China's exchange rate affects whether you keep or lose your job.

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How confidence works

We look at the anatomy of confidence. If you think the economy's on the mend, it will be.

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Hunger and Climate Change

The role of nitrogen fertilisers, in the twin threats of hunger and climate change.

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Miracle of Malawi

The revolution in Malawi's food production, from subsidies for fertiliser and seeds.

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Norway's Energy Wealth

Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg talks about energy and the environment.

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Working for Free

The world of the intern: is it ever right to work for free?

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Future of economics

Just what is the future for economics?

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Brazil: Land of Opportunity?

Is Brazil the New Land of Opportunity?

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Brazil: Land of Energy

Much of Brazil's energy is from renewable sources. But does clean energy come cost free?

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Rich betray poor on climate change

Have rich countries have broken their financial pledges on climate change?

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