Business Daily Podcast
The daily drama of money and work from the 蜜芽传媒.
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Record High US Consumer Debt
Wed 14 Jun 2017
Household debt in the US soars as consumers spend, spend, spend. Is there trouble ahead?
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Could China Shut Down North Korea?
Tue 2 May 2017
We report from the border between China and North Korea on the economic relationship
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Japan's Exploited Foreign Workers
Mon 1 May 2017
Low-skilled workers face exploitation and a fight for their rights and wages in Japan.
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Machine Learning
Tue 25 Apr 2017
Machines are getting smarter all the time, but do they already take too many decisions?
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A Snap Election in Britain
Wed 19 Apr 2017
How will the UK general election affect business and Brexit?
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Oil's Murky Future
Tue 11 Apr 2017
How the Middle East and Russia will cope in a world of cheaper oil.
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Libor Lowballing
Mon 10 Apr 2017
Did the Bank of England know about criminal rate manipulation between UK banks?
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Russian Hacking
Tue 4 Apr 2017
The story of a Russian bank robber, also allegedly spying for Moscow.
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Trump v China, Should We be Scared?
Mon 3 Apr 2017
Mr Trump warns US could tackle N. Korea alone, ahead of talks with China's President Xi
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How to Age and Keep Working
Fri 5 Aug 2016
Why we should all be working well into our twilight years
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Unpacking Russia's Economy
Tue 2 Aug 2016
Two years after Russia banned some western food imports, what impact has it had?
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Australia's Drought
Fri 5 Feb 2016
"It looks like a lunar landscape", one farmer says of Australia's drought effects.
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Regulating Our Food Choices
Wed 3 Feb 2016
Should governments intervene in what we eat 鈥� and does it work when they do?
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The Economics of Migration
Fri 4 Sep 2015
Is migration good for an economy? And India's Maggi food scare continues to hurt Nestle.
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China's Defence Budget
Thu 3 Sep 2015
What China really spends on guns, India's Muslim job-seekers, and Azerbaijan's oil curse.
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Where are India's Working Women?
Wed 2 Sep 2015
Why do women make up such a comparatively small proportion of India's formal work force?
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China: Innovator or Thief?
Tue 1 Sep 2015
More dismal factory data, plus claims and counter-claims over Chinese IP theft.
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Elements: Hydrogen and Acids
Wed 19 Aug 2015
These powerful chemicals are essential for industry, but are dangerous to handle.
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Elements: Iron and Industrialisation
Wed 1 Apr 2015
Steel demand in China and India, and the collapse in iron ore prices.
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Elements: Iron and Manganese
Wed 25 Mar 2015
The chemistry behind steel - one of humanity's most versatile and complex materials
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Elements: Iron and the Industrial Revolution
Wed 18 Mar 2015
Two moments in history that transformed iron into the key material of modern life
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Elements: Technetium
Wed 11 Mar 2015
Essential for medical imaging, supplies of manmade element Technetium are not guaranteed
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Elements: Fluorine
Wed 4 Mar 2015
A ferocious gas and building block for CFCs and other gases that have endangered mankind
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Elements: Chromium
Wed 25 Feb 2015
The metal that links Harley Davidsons, leather jackets and flick-knives.
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Elements: Nickel (& Rhenium)
Wed 18 Feb 2015
The story of nickel - the metal that made the jet age possible.
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Elements: Uranium
Wed 8 Oct 2014
Nuclear power is carbon-free but leaves radioactive waste - a real dilemma for Greens
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Elements: Lead
Wed 1 Oct 2014
Lead is the sweetest of poisons, so have we learnt how to handle this heavy metal?
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Elements: Caesium
Wed 24 Sep 2014
The caesium-based atomic clock has redefined the very meaning of time
