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African Dreams
Can Africa move beyond what it grows and digs from its own soil?
Digesting the Cost of Food
Is another hike in the cost of food working its way through the system?
Money money money
Is a financially divided society a successful one?
The rise of the machines
Are computers increasing the risk of a big stock market crash?
Young, talented and unemployable
Business Daily takes a look at what young people need to do to get work in tough times
Two bittersweet national anniversaries
Two nations celebrate anniversaries. But why do Nigeria and Germany still harbour regrets?
The business of Africa
The challenges and opportunities of doing business in Africa
Down on the Farm
The rights and wrongs of global agricultural investment examined.
Bailout blues
After two years the $700 billion Tarp is winding down; but how well did it do its job?
China's Challenges
How can China grow, consume less energy and support its elderly poor?
Entrepreneurialism: Nurture or nature?
What does it take to be an successful entrepreneur? Is it taught or simply in the blood?
Migration in Hard Times
Would you consider migrating because of the recession? How rich nations are losing talent.
Deep Dirty and Dangerous
Who will make the world's mines safe?
Come Fly With Me
How can the global airline industry survive?
Global Imbalances
Is a global currency war getting closer?
The future of flying
The future according to Airbus: greener planes with mood lighting and a Zen atmosphere
A gathering storm?
Hedge fund manager, Lee Robinson warns of a gathering storm in financial markets.
The big idea
Economist Hernando de Soto says giving land rights to the poor can kick-start economies
BP claims concerns
Ken Feinberg, compensation czar for the BP oil-spill, says many claims are undocumented
Re-wiring the future
Siemens boss Peter L枚scher talks about how 'a smart grid' can save power
How will the axe fall?
How will the cuts in British government spending affect the economy?
Germany bounces back
Why is Germany's economy doing better than that of its rivals?
Foreclosure flaws
The growing scandal of how Americans lost their homes on the basis of false paperwork
Louisiana oilman blues
Gloom among Louisiana oil firms, plus heady optimism from business professor Srikumar Rao
Middle class angst
Does America's middle class feel worst hit by recession, and is market research bunkum?
Road to recovery?
More than $80 billion later, was last year's US car bail-out worth all the cash?
Quantitative easing
Will America's central bank use quantitative easing to pump new money into the economy?
Stimulus, mid-terms and China
What has the $800 billion stimulus money actually done?
Cost of Pakistan floods
Entrepreneur James Caan says the cost of rebuilding Pakistan is far larger than expected
Africa for sale
Sierra Leone's President tells us why he's opening all doors to foreign investment.
Burma and Ireland finances
Where's the money coming from to keep the Burmese military in power?