BBC Radio Podcasts from Business Daily

Corruption at port

What do seafarers have to go through to get our goods to us across the oceans?

The rise of women voters in India

Could they hold the key to the 2024 general election?

Can you be sued for writing a bad review online?

Cosmetic surgery patients in the UK who complained about their care face legal action

Business Daily meets: game designer Brenda Romero

The award-winning video game developer tells us what she thinks makes a great game

Africa's video gaming boom

We look at why it's so popular - and the challenges the industry faces

Video games in concert

How gaming soundtracks are boosting audiences at concert halls

What’s happening to the gaming business?

Thousands of workers have lost their jobs in this global, multi-billion dollar industry

Business Daily meets: Maarten van der Weijden

The Dutch Olympic medal winning swimmer has raised millions for charity

Nigeria’s graduates vulnerable to kidnapping

Young people are risking long journeys to take part in NYSC

The business of scent

The people, places and marketing tricks behind the multi-billion dollar fragrance world

Capturing CO2 from the air

We find out whether this technology could help to fight climate change

The growth of 'quiet luxury'

A fashion aesthetic where less is more, logos are out, and pieces are designed to last

Business Daily meets: ILO Director-General Gilbert Houngbo

A conversation with the head of the UN's International Labour Organisation

Is tidal power a viable energy source?

We're in Scotland where the latest technology is being developed

The billion-dollar rise of Padel

It's a rapidly-growing sport, loved by celebrities and investors

How do you keep food cold?

Tackling the challenge of keeping food fresh in emerging economies

Will high interest rates be cut soon?

Financial markets predict that interest rates in the US and Europe will fall this year

Business Daily meets: Leigh Steinberg

The sports agent known as the real Jerry Maguire

Is Saudi Arabia softening its alcohol ban?

The Kingdom's new liquor shop signals a change in approach as the tourism industry grows

Why is Temu so cheap?

The Chinese-owned store is trying to dominate the US market by offering ultra low prices

Would green hydrogen be a drain on Uruguay's water sources?

The country is embracing the new renewable wave, but there are concerns about water usage

Business Daily meets: CEO of Proton Andy Yen

We meet the founder of the company behind Proton Mail, an encrypted email service

Stockholm: The capital of music tech?

Spotify and Soundcloud were born in the city, and now, more startups are springing up

Nato: Who’s spending what?

We look at the economics of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

The sugar price surge

Why has the cost of the commodity gone up?

European farming’s existential crisis?

Why farmers from different countries are uniting in their grievances

Business Daily meets: Ben Ainslie

The most successful Olympic sailor of all time talks about life as a CEO

The repercussions of the Hollywood strikes

How are businesses faring after the biggest drama in Hollywood history?

Disruption and drought in the Panama Canal

We look at the impact of extremely low water levels for shippers and consumers

Tourism’s sustainability ambitions

We hear how countries around the world are trying grow the sector in a responsible way

How are farmers adapting to climate change?

Planting trees or keeping livestock near crops could reduce global warming's effects

Bonus: Good Bad Billionaire

We bring you a brand new podcast episode focusing on the fortunes of Warren Buffet

Business Daily meets: Mariana Mazzucato

The economist on why she thinks consultancy firms are weakening business and governments

Is it okay to be mediocre at work?

We look at the trend of being average, or 'good enough'

Would you like to work 'near' home?

Work from home or in the office? We explore a third way, co-working spaces in the suburbs

Chile's move to a 40 hour work week

We look at the implications as the country gradually reduces from 45 hours

How Sweden led the way on parental leave

It's fifty years since the policy was introduced - we look at how it's working

Business Daily meets: Ingrid Robeyns

The economic philosopher who wants to cap the wealth of the super-rich

Ukraine's economic rollercoaster

We find out how businesses are faring, two years after the start of the war

Peak profits

How climbing has become big business

What happens when you run out of coins?

The Philippines has a small change shortage

Global trade’s new normal?

The Red Sea attacks: how international trade is navigating choppy waters

Business Daily meets: Tony Fernandes

A conversation with the co-founder of AirAsia

The making of a billionaire athlete

How did four sportspeople make it to the 10 figure club?

A scary business

Why spooking people has become a real money-spinner

The content moderators taking Big Tech to court

We find out why outsourced workers in Kenya are locked into a David vs Goliath battle

Business Daily meets: Jagan Chapagain

A conversation with the CEO of the International Federation of the Red Cross

The global quest to boost productivity

From tackling the long commute to sleeping on the job...

Is it worth being a B Corp?

We look at why companies want to join this exclusive business club

Denmark: Cashing in on Sweden's Eurovision

Why Copenhagen might end up being the real economic winner, not Malmö

Business Daily meets: Dizzee Rascal

The Grime music pioneer on how the genre became a billion dollar industry

What's holding back Africa's fashion industry?

We hear about the challenges - and meet a new generation trying to find solutions

Business Daily meets: Mahen Kumar Seeruttun

We hear from Mauritius' Minister of Financial Services

How to shut down a nuclear power station

We go behind the scenes to find out what happens when the reactors are switched off

Should dynamic pricing be regulated?

We look at whether the retail strategy is fair on consumers

The rise of dynamic pricing

How the strategy is transforming the retail landscape

How can tourism become more accessible?

We hear from the people who want to make travel better for tourists with disabilities

Business Daily meets: Masaba Gupta

The fashion designer and TV star talks about what inspires her

Can the Olympics change an area’s reputation?

We're in the Paris suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis which will host most of the 2024 games

Why are we ageist?

We look at how many employers still base decisions on a persons age

Tackling ageism at work

One in two people are ageist, according to the World Health Organization

The business of bed bugs

Infestations in tourism hot spots have made headlines - so how are businesses responding?

Goodbye blue tick?

Does the monetising of verification mean the blue tick has lost its credibility?

Can cars and tourism boost Spain's economy?

We look at two sectors which are hoping to benefit in 2024

The race for the perfect running shoe

We hear from some of the companies hoping to create that winning formula

Business Daily meets: Michele Arnese

The advertising entrepreneur who helps firms build their own 'sonic identity' using AI

The race to secure semiconductor supply chains

Nearly everything with an on-off switch needs chips - and more nations want to make them

Food security in Puerto Rico

The Caribbean island imports 90% of its food - but locals want to change that

What is a digital twin city?

We find out about the new technology which could fight the impact of climate change

How to fix the US budget

Once again the country faces the prospect of a government shutdown - what can be done?

Business Daily meets: Kathryn Jacob

We meet the CEO of the cinema advertising firm Pearl & Dean

Being unbanked

How easy is it to open a bank account in your country?

Tricking the brain – are holograms the future?

These endlessly flexible 3D images are being used in huge variety of sectors

Living off-grid: Scaling up

Alastair Leithead and his wife Ana embark on an ambitious project in Portugal

Living off-grid in Portugal

We travel to the Alentejo region where people are installing water and electric systems

Business Daily Meets: Dr Yasmeen Lari

Pakistan's first female architect on rebuilding her country after the 2022 floods

Turkey adjusts to ‘bitter medicine’ of high rates

We look at the impact of the economic policy aimed at cooling rising prices

Battling snakes to gather Brazil nuts

We're in Bolivia - the world's biggest exporter

Was 2023 a bad year for IPOs?

A record low number of companies have chosen to go public this year

Has shoplifting become a global problem?

Retailers around the world are losing billions of dollars to theft - what's being done?

Business Daily meets: Niccolo Ricci

The CEO of the luxury suits brand, Stefano Ricci, on dressing the rich and powerful

Putting the 'F' word into climate talks

What does the COP 28 fossil fuel deal mean for the future of oil, gas and coal?

Taiwan: Prepping for war

We meet ordinary citizens reacting to growing threats of a Chinese invasion

Taiwan: The political mood

How are young people feeling ahead of the elections?

Kinmen: The Taiwanese islands next to China

What's it like to live on the edge of the one of the world’s most enduring flashpoints?

Business Daily meets: Joyce and Raissa de Haas

The entrepreneur identical twins behind the Double Dutch drinks brand

Star Wars: The empire strikes cash

We look at the growing market for vintage figures

Women, sport and business: Merchandise

We explore why merchandise and sports wear are so important for women's sport.

The K-rice belt: Seeds for self-sufficiency?

We find out how - and why - South Korea is helping countries across Africa

What’s holding women back from work in Sri Lanka?

We hear first-hand about the barriers women face when trying to enter employment

How to solve fashion’s waste problem

More than a quarter of all clothes made are never actually sold - where do they go?

Business Daily meets: Konrad Bergstrom

How the Swedish entrepreneur turned business failure into success

Is the corporate world too close to COP?

The international climate summit has embraced big business involvement - is it too close?

Can China stop its love affair with coal?

It’s the world’s largest polluter, but also the world’s biggest producer of green energy

Asia's air pollution problem

Why is the continent becoming a global hot spot for air pollution?

Why is Spain betting on green hydrogen?

The country is leading the charge to become a world leader in both production and supply

Who is Sultan Al-Jaber?

We find out why he's a controversial appointment for the COP28 presidency

The world's longest subsea power cable

The 764km Viking link is about to go live between the UK and Denmark

Kimchi: Korean food goes global

The tangy fermented vegetable dish is now being made and sold around the world

How to spot a diamond

What is the industry doing to give consumers confidence?

Disruption in the diamond sector

How the jewellery world is being re-shaped by the mass production of laboratory-made gems

Business Daily meets: Cycling boss Doug Ryder

The former pro cyclist set up the first African-registered team in the Tour de France

Argentina goes to the polls

Argentina chooses a new president amid a deep economic crisis

Biden and Xi to meet in San Francisco

We look at what the US and Chinese presidents hope to gain

The classic cars going electric

We look at the costs and motivation for spending thousands on conversions

How has war changed the lives of Ukraine’s working women?

A group of Ukrainian women discuss the impact the war has had on their careers

Business Daily meets: Silvina Moschini

The first Latin American woman to lead a company to 'Unicorn' status

Last orders for the Irish pub?

We find out why so many rural bars are closing

Caste bias in corporate America

South Asian Americans share their experiences of discrimination they've faced at work

The Chinese migrants trying to get into the US

We travel to South America to find out why people are making this dangerous journey

Saudi Arabia's multi-billion dollar football powerhouse bet

Is it an ambitious economic plan? Or sportswashing?

Why is the French wine industry struggling?

We’re in Bordeaux, where winemakers are facing difficult decisions

Business Daily meets: Babbel CEO Arne Schepker

We explore the growth of language learning online

The Crypto King and the journalist

Chronicling the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried

Spook-onomics: the global boost of Halloween

The ancient festival has become a multi-billion dollar business

The electric car race

Will countries reach their zero-emissions targets?

Elon Musk's X: The Twitter takeover a year on

What’s happened to the platform since it was bought by the world’s richest man?

Business Daily meets: Akinwumi Adesina

We meet the president of the African Development Bank

Short Stories: The amateur trader

We hear from an investor inspired to try the high risk strategy

Short Stories: The CEO

What’s it like to be on the wrong side of a big short?

Short Stories: The activist short seller

We speak to one of the most prominent new voices, Carson Block

Business Daily meets: Andre Schwammlein

The chief executive of Flix on his drive to make bus travel fashionable

What makes a stadium special?

How to design a profitable sports ground with enough atmosphere to keep the fans happy

Why is the US building electric car battery factories?

We’re at the site of a new facility in the state of Kentucky

Bottles or balsa: What should wind turbine blades be made from?

We talk to people on both sides of the debate, and see some wind turbine blades in action

The impact of India's rice export ban

What happens when the world’s biggest supplier stops exporting?

Business Daily meets: Durreen Shahnaz

From Bangladesh to Wall Street and back again

Dumb Money: Unpicking the GameStop saga

The short squeeze of the stock of the US video game retailer is dramatised by Hollywood.

The rising price of fuel in Nigeria

We look at the impact of ending subsidies

Fire-proofing California’s wine industry

We hear how wildfires are threatening the Napa Valley's famous vineyards.

The Commonwealth Games in crisis?

We look at what's gone wrong for the sporting event

Fashion: Becoming a designer

We speak to Greek designer Dimitra Petsa - founder of Di Petsa

Fashion: Paying less for the wedding dress?

We find out how brides across the world are cutting back

Fashion: Doing business in Paris

How do Paris and the fashion industry help each other?

Fashion: Dupe culture

We explore the growing trend of 'duplicate' products

Fashion: The rise of sports brands

What happens when sports brands start appearing on the catwalk?

Is green methanol the future of shipping?

We're on board the world's first container ship to run on the fuel

Where next for China’s Belt and Road?

President Xi Jinping’s infrastructure spending spree is 10 years old

The industry that saved an animal from extinction

How the fleece of endangered vicunas became one of the most valuable wools in the world

The growth of tattoo removal

We meet the regretful clients and the companies cashing in

Meet the 'Finfluencers'

We look at the financial advice being given out on social media

Business Daily meets the Queen of Biscuits

How do you make an artisan product at scale?

Is India ready for Tesla?

It's been a long wait - we look at the challenges that lie ahead for Elon Musk

The cost of migration: Europe's response

How the EU is trying to address irregular migration from Africa

The cost of migration: The rescue boats

The increasing running costs facing charities operating in the Mediterranean Sea

The cost of migration: The journey

We're on board a charity rescue ship in the Mediterranean

Business Daily meets: Mohit Lad

We meet the co-founder and CEO of tech start-up, ThousandEyes

Syria's broken economy

We hear from people protesting in government-controlled Sweida

K-Pop: Going green?

We find out why fans buy so many albums just to throw them away - and what's the solution

Business Daily meets: Desmond Shum

An insider's glimpse into corruption in China

Guyana: The world’s fastest-growing economy

We talk to the president of the tiny country which is having an oil boom

Business and Science: Communicating science

We meet the people building careers and businesses helping us understand the world

Business and science: Quantum computing around the world

It's the cutting edge of computing - but is it actually making any money?

Business and science: What is quantum computing?

We go to see one of the super-fast computers in action.

Business and science: How risky is SynBio?

Synthetic biology is a fast growing industry, but who is regulating it?

Business and science: What you need to know about SynBio

We explore the synthetic biology industry, estimated to soon be worth $30bn

Cutting waste in the beauty industry

We meet the Nordic tech companies trying to personalise the way we shop

The row over Uruguay's pulp mills

Is the paper industry using too much water at a time of drought?

The importance of sleep

We look at the economic benefits of getting a good night’s rest

The UNESCO effect

What are the consequences of being designated a World Heritage site?

Ireland's data centre boom

These tech powerhouses bring in money and jobs but can be environmentally problematic

Swiftonomics

Taylor Swift's Eras tour will make a record amount of money - but how?

The end of the office?

We find out whether the coronavirus pandemic has changed working habits for good

The return of the wine cork

We visit the world's largest cork producing region in Portugal where business is booming.

What should I eat on a night shift?

We look at the impact of working irregular hours

Is Bangladesh ready for digital only banks?

Can you ensure financial inclusion for everyone when moving away from traditional banks?

Picture perfect cakes and cafes

How tastes and habits are changing when it comes to buying and eating cakes and puddings.

Giving cash directly - the future of aid?

We look at the best way to help people in need

Business daily meets: Ida Tin

The woman who invented Femtech and co-founded one of the first period tracking apps.

China's rising youth unemployment: Part 2

Time for a new economic plan?

China's rising youth unemployment: Part 1

Is trouble brewing for the world’s second largest economy?

Business Daily meets: The rum distillers

Paul and Jacine Rutasikwa turned a side hustle into a full-time business.

Business Daily meets: Mattel's CEO

Ynon Kreiz on transforming Barbie into a movie

Business Daily meets: Sir Robin Millar

The record producer was behind hits such as Smooth Operator.

Business Daily meets: Kelly Hoppen

We meet one of the world's leading interior designers.

Business Daily meets: The founders of Seatfrog

We hear how a mutual need for more leg room inspired a brainwave

The price for Mexican heritage

We take a look at Mexico’s drive to get historical artefacts returned

Rebuilding Turkey after the earthquake

Six months on, we visit the worst affected region to see the massive rebuilding project.

Is it possible to grow food on the Moon?

Biologists are attempting to grow crops in regolith, the kind of soil found on the Moon

Working at altitude

What are the implications for health and wellbeing?

Is France leading the way on nuclear?

We explore whether it's the answer to current and future energy worries.

European Para Championships: A new sporting event

We're in Rotterdam which is hosting the inaugural competition.

Business daily meets: Janelle Jones

The first black, female, chief economist in the Labor department in the White House.

The chocolate village

A king’s quest to use cocoa to transform the fortunes of his kingdom.

The new Panama Canal?

The Bioceanic Highway goes from Chile to Brazil, how will it change lives and businesses?

Is Georgia benefitting from Russian money?

Georgia has seen huge economic growth but is there a cost to doing business with Russia?

Women's football: Life after retirement

We find out why many ex-professional players are investing in the game.

Women’s football boots: A bad fit?

We explore the need for more tailored equipment

Women's football in South America

In a football-mad continent, why haven't women's teams had the success of the men's game?

Australia and New Zealand: The perfect sporting hosts?

The 2023 Women's World Cup is the latest major event to be staged in the region

Is women’s football a good investment?

Ahead of the 2023 Women's World Cup, we look at its growing commercial value.

Business Daily Meets: Gary Neville

The eight time Premier League winner on his successes and failures in business.

Spanish election: How will young people vote?

We find out which parties and policies are impressing first-time voters.

The celebrities investing in alcohol brands

We speak to Real Housewives star Bethenny Frankel and ask, is it a trend that will last?

Turkey: Fixing a broken economy

The new finance minister has promised a return to rational economics, will it work?

AI: Looking to the future

What impact could artificial intelligence have on our future working lives and jobs?

Investing in Africa: Who benefits?

How are loans and grants distributed? And how high are the returns?

Investing in Africa: US and AGOA

Does the tariff-free scheme have a future in South Africa and Ethiopia?

Investing in Africa: Media

Chinese influence on media operations, and why the streaming giants are moving in.

Investing in Africa: Russia and the CAR

What is the future of the relationship for the Central African Republic?

Investing in Africa: What needs to change?

Business leaders tell us how Africa can escape it's funding crisis.

Uorfi Javed: India's most controversial influencer

One of the most searched for social media stars in Asia says she struggles to get work.

Do you like a noisy or quiet workplace?

We find out about the offices which are being redesigned to control noise.

Why big projects go wrong

Explore the reasons why so many buildings cost more and take longer than expected.

La Palma: Rebuilding after a volcano

We visit the island to see how businesses and homeowners are faring, 18 months on.

Deep sea mining

The rush to extract battery metals from the bottom of the ocean.

Paris Air Show: The future of aviation

We look at the latest innovations unveiled this week.

Business Daily meets: Iñaki Ereño

The CEO of private healthcare firm Bupa on the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tackling India's heatwaves

Soaring temperatures make work and life very difficult, what is being done to help?

Portugal’s digital nomads

Why locals want an end to visas allowing high value, short stay workers into the country.

The rising popularity of surrogacy in Georgia

Demand has increased now Russia and Ukraine are no longer an option for couples.

Tourism: Emily in Paris

How TV series, films and social media can impact the travel industry.

Tourism: Speciality cruises

How special interest cruises for fans of yoga, music or sci-fi are revamping the industry

Tourism: The economics of the all inclusive

The number of all inclusive resorts is growing but do they help local businesses?

Tourism: Africa bouncing back

Why African tourists are key to helping the travel sector recover post-pandemic.

Tourism: Halal holidays

What are the top destinations for Muslim travellers and what makes a resort halal?

Business Daily Meets: Iyinoluwa Aboyeji

The Nigerian tech entrepreneur on how he built two billion dollar businesses.

The tech supporting women's health

We hear from femtech businesses supporting women in low income countries

Money and love: Your questions

When should you ask your partner about money? Have increasing costs changed dating?

Inside Europe's biggest LNG terminal

We find out how liquefied natural gas kept the lights on in Europe this winter.

The US banking system on life support

Meet Tim Mayopoulos, the "financial first responder" brought in to protect SVB customers

The 'right to repair' movement

World Service listeners tell us about making items last a lifetime.

The economics of cocaine

The illegal trade in cocaine could be contributing as much as 4% to Colombia's GDP

Business Daily Meets: Tony Elumelu

Rethinking the role of business in Africa with the Nigerian economist.

Microfinance in Sri Lanka: part 2

One Sri Lankan woman’s struggle with debt after taking a small loan.

Microfinance in Sri Lanka part 1

How taking out small loans has left many women in rural Sri Lanka with crippling debts.

Music and business: Gigging

Musicians, promoters and comedians take us inside the grass roots gigging industry.

Music and business: Gospel

Gospel: Is the spiritual message of the music getting lost in the world of commercialism?

Music and business: Breaking in

The music industry is worth billions of dollars - how can you get a slice of the pie?

Jason Derulo: Music and business

The musician reveals how an unlikely investment made him millions of dollars

The game that shocked the world

Grand Theft Auto changed gaming. Controversy and creativity drove its success, but how?

The world's fastest EV

Mate Rimac tells us how he designed and now produces the world's fastest electric car

Is a four-day working week the future?

We hear from companies and employees who've been trialling the idea.

Leaving Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Economic chaos means more people are leaving than ever before.

A new coal mine for the UK

Bringing jobs and investment – or an environmental backwards step?

Eurovision 2023 heads to Liverpool

We look at the value of hosting, and hear from fans making the journey.

Turkey election: Young people and the economy

Turkey election: How will 5 million young people vote as the cost of living soars?

Northern Ireland and American investment

Are American firms really ready to triple investment in Northern Ireland?

The dominance of the US dollar

For decades the US dollar has been king when it comes to global trade, is that changing?

Bridging the gap between creative and tech

We hear from Thomas Dolby, Jan Harlan and Lyndsey Scott.

Business Daily meets: Sir John Hegarty

What's the future of the advertising industry? And how businesses can survive recession.

Making money and doing good

Social entrepreneurs contribute billions of dollars to the global economy.

Female electrical line workers

The women who work in very challenging conditions to keep the electricity flowing.

Recycling heat from kitchens to keep restaurants warm

The start-up that's worked out how to use hot fumes from kitchens to heat restaurants.

The homes only locals can buy

Londoners are moving in thanks to a ownership scheme which started in the US in the 1960s

Business Daily meets: Tim O'Reilly

We speak to the Silicon Valley veteran about failing tech stocks, and an AI revolution.

GM mustard in India

Could growing genetically modified mustard be the answer to oil shortages in India?

Peru’s blueberry boom

How Peru became the world's top blueberry exporter in just a decade.

Quiet quitting in France

Why are so many young French people feeling demotivated and quitting their jobs?

Is Mexico benefiting from the US-China trade war?

US-based multinationals are moving their operations closer to home

Business Daily meets: Athletic Brewing CEO Bill Shufelt

The non-alcoholic craft beer company has become one of the largest in the US.

Counting the cost of Iftar

We find out how the rising price of food is affecting Muslims around the world.

Argentina: Still a nation of beef lovers?

The much-loved meat is becoming unaffordable for some consumers.

Why are African flights so expensive?

Prices are around 45% more expensive than equivalent trips elsewhere.

How Covid shifted US tipping

With customers using less cash, we look at the impact.

Bringing the Tasmanian Tiger back from extinction

Australian scientists are aiming to bring a long-extinct animal back to life.

The Phantom of the Opera: Goodbye Broadway

After 35 years, the musical is closing in New York.

Inside the semiconductor factory

Almost everything electronic is powered by chips. But what goes into making them?

The Good Friday Agreement: 25 years on

Has stability in Northern Ireland helped the economy?

Business Daily meets: World Chess CEO Ilya Merenzon

How do you make a game with a conservative image more marketable, and more profitable?

Coffee: Time for a new bean?

Could the Liberica bean future-proof the world's favourite drink?

Fair pay for rooibos tea

We hear from the people who discovered rooibos tea and are now being paid back by farmers.

Happy Birthday barcode

The barcode turns 50. What next for one of the most important innovations in retail?

Population: Your questions answered

Dr Jennifer Sciubba, population expert, on the impact of having more people in the world.

Japan's aging population

We look into what the ever decreasing workforce means for businesses in Japan.

Nigeria's brain drain

We look into Japa - Nigeria's problem with highly skilled people leaving the country.

Italy's low birth rate

Italy’s population is shrinking rapidly – we take a look at the economic impact.

India's growing population

India is about to become the most populous nation on earth, we explore what that means.

The business of returning treasures

We explore the debate around returning problematic museum artefacts

Venezuela: 10 years on

The country has been through an extraordinary economic collapse. Where does it go next?

Chatbots and business

We explore how AI chatbots are changing the way businesses are run.

Afrobeats: A multi-million dollar industry

We find out whether other sectors can capitalise on the music genre's success.

Antibiotics: How to fix a broken market

Research into new antibiotics is crucial - how can we fix the market so it happens?

Business Daily Meets: Sarah Willingham

The hospitality entrepreneur talks about launching a business in the pandemic.

What is Rumble? The streaming platform building an alternative internet

We take a deep dive into the alt-tech company “immune to cancel culture”

Syria's child labour problem: Abdullah's story

Abdullah, 14, tells us he's been forced into child labour just to keep his family fed.

Syria: Life after the earthquake

A month on from the devastating earthquake in Syria. How does life and business rebuild?

How wearing glasses can improve the economy

A simple solution which improves literacy, job prospects, and keep families safe.

The modern pilgrimage boom

How new pilgrim paths and trails are boosting local businesses.

Oscars: Celebrity gifting suites

Behind the scenes at a celebrity gifting suite, who gets what and what does it cost?

Health apps: Are we sharing too much?

We find out whether companies can protect our data in an ever changing environment.

The unbanked

We ask why 1.4 billion people can't get a bank account, and what's being done to help.

Do attractive people earn more?

How our physical appearance affects our earning potential

Opening up Uzbekistan: Part 2

Young entrepreneurs and digital businesses are central to creating a new Uzbek economy.

Opening up Uzbekistan: Part 1

How increasing tourism and private investment is helping the Uzbek economy grow.

Trains in the USA: Your take

US citizens share their experiences of using the rail network in America

A story of modern slavery in the UK

Ayo tells us about being trafficked from Nigeria into domestic slavery in the UK.

How Portugal is cycling to success

Portuguese bike manufacturers tell us why business is booming.

Unionising the US workforce

There has been a surge in the number of people voting to join a labour union.

Syria: Starting a business in a warzone

The founder of Syria's first ride-sharing app tells us about starting his business.

The importance of handmade products

We explore why the market for real handmade products has surged in recent years.

Ukraine war: Preserving culture

How the art world is trying to keep Ukraine's cultural and artistic heritage alive

Ukraine war: Refugees and resilience

Ukrainian refugees tell us about finding work and keeping their businesses going.

Ukraine war: Refugees starting again

We hear from three Ukrainian refugees rebuilding their lives and their businesses.

Ukraine war: Economic fallout

A year since Russia invaded Ukraine, we examine the real state of the Russian economy.

Turkey earthquake: What is the future for young people?

We speak to students facing a difficult decision.

Nigeria's election and the economy

We explore the challenges facing Nigeria’s economy as it goes to the polls.

Sweden leads green steel race

How a remote town in northern Sweden is racing to make the greenest steel on earth.

What does studying in the UK cost Africans?

We explore what some African students have to do to get a place to study in the UK.

Big sporting event, very small town

We explore the costs and benefits to a small town of putting on a big sporting event.

Getting into business: Founding a billion dollar firm

How Aadit Palicha founded Zepto, a grocery delivery firm valued at over a billion dollars

Getting into business: Start-up capital in Africa

Investment in African tech start-ups is growing 6 times faster than the global average

Getting into business: Starting out

Business owners tell us what it’s been like to start-up since the pandemic.

Getting into business: Selling on social media

How selling on social media is leading to sky rocketing sales in Southeast Asia.

Getting into business: Mentoring

Can having a mentor make you more successful?

What is the cost of lower inflation?

We ask whether central banks are taking the right approach

ASML: Inside Europe’s most valuable tech company

Tech giant ASML makes machines that print advanced microchips but who should have them?

My hijab, my way

We meet four women who make a living making, modelling, buying and selling hijabs.

The market for military memorabilia

The ethics of buying and selling military artefacts and replica uniforms

The boss of Africa's biggest bank

Ecobank CEO Ade Ayeyemi says African governments should subsidise less and tax more

Cost of living: Dresden, Germany

How the rising cost of living is affecting people, prices and power supply in Dresden.

Cost of living: Hospitality

Why, after surviving the pandemic, are hospitality businesses closing now?

Cost of living: Housing

Whether you’re renting or buying, your housing costs could be going up.

Cost of living: Childcare

The cost of living crisis is pushing parents to the edge of their finances.

Cost of living: Transport

How is the cost of living crisis affecting our transport systems?

The resurgence of vinyl records

Demand for vinyl records is rising but how is the pressing industry coping with the rush?

Long Covid and work

We explore the impact long Covid is having on people's working lives.

The nappy problem

Nappies are one of the biggest contributors to plastic waste - we look the alternatives.

Why does India have so many female pilots?

At 12.4% India has the highest percentage of female pilots in the world. We find out why

Tackling the global food crisis in 2023

How we can avert global famines in 2023? Find out why small hold farmers could be key

Why is Nashville a magnet for entrepreneurs?

Samira Hussain finds out what makes the US city so attractive and how residents feel

China's Covid nightmare: Can Beijing bounce back?

As borders open, we ask how much of a turning point this is for the Chinese economy.

The return to burning wood

Demand for wood to burn to heat homes is growing - but is that a problem?

Who is Jack Ma?

Brian Wong, former special assistant to Mr Ma, on working at Alibaba and what lies ahead

Business and conscription in Russia

How are Russian businesses coping as their employees are called up to fight in Ukraine?

Women, sport and business: Making NBA history

Cynt Marshall tells us how she became the CEO of the Dallas Mavericks.

Women, sport and business: Betting

Is women's sport the next step for the gambling industry?

Women, sport and business: Media deals

The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.

Women, sport and business: Haley Rosen

The former pro soccer player trying to change coverage of women's sport.

Review of 2022

We look at how the big business stories have affected your money and your work this year

Money jobs: Inside the auction house

Leanna Byrne goes behind the scenes at some of the world's biggest auction houses

Money jobs: The reality for realtors

Find out what it’s like selling houses in the most expensive markets in the world.

Money jobs: The truth about trading

We find out what it's really like working as a commodities trader.

Money jobs: Cashing or crashing with crypto

Find out more about the risky business of trying to make a living in the world of crypto.

Money jobs: Making money on the tables

The high stakes world of working as a croupier or playing poker for a living.

The rising stars of football and their money

After the World Cup some lesser known players could land huge deals, but are they ready?

Toy trends: Are people still spending?

We look at the global toy market, and how consumer preferences are changing.

What's happened to the titans of big tech?

We explore why this is proving to be a tough time for Google, Twitter and Meta.

Nollywood: Nigeria's billion dollar film industry

Find our more about the fastest growing film industry in the world, Nigeria's Nollywood.

Regulating online gambling

Why moving gambling online means regulators are rethinking the rules.

Beauty Costs: Girls, beauty and advertising

How do pictures of women in the media make girls feel about themselves?

Beauty Costs: Why is Korean skincare so popular?

Why K-beauty has become the world's second biggest exporter of beauty products.

Beauty costs: Beauty disruptor brands

How start-up beauty companies are dominating the mainstream market

Beauty costs: A spotlight on skin lightening

Why are skin lightening products still selling despite being banned in several countries?

Beauty costs: How do you create a beauty empire? With Marcia Kilgore

Marcia Kilgore on how she created five huge businesses, including FitFlop and Beauty Pie

Business Daily Meets: Krept

The UK-based rapper talks about mixing music and entrepreneurship.

Growing opposition to mining in Panama

Will Panama ban open pit metal mining like a number of other Latin American countries?

Napping on the job

We explore sleep breaks at work and how a quick nap could make us all more productive

Floriade: Was it worth it?

As one of the world's biggest garden events closes, we find out how successful it was

Business Daily Meets: Mathieu Flamini

Mathieu Flamini tells us what playing professional football taught him about business.

Business Daily Meets: Patrice Evra

As the 2022 World Cup kicks off Patrice Evra talks to us about footballers and money.

Reinventing recycling in Louisiana

We explore a New Orleans project using recycled glass to fight coastal erosion

The cost of rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean

We meet the crew and some of those on board humanitarian rescue ship The Ocean Viking.

Africa Super League – new dawn for football?

Will the new lucrative club tournament help or hinder the game in Africa?

Business Daily Meets: Nico Rosberg

F1 champion Nico Rosberg is reinventing himself as a champion of green technology

Business Daily Meets: Boyan Slat

We speak to the man who wants to rid the world’s oceans of plastic.

Rebuilding lives after flooding in Pakistan

We hear from three people whose lives were devastated by the recent floods in Pakistan.

The Morality of Machines

We explore the ethical issues raised by new developments in artificial intelligence.

Africa’s Middlemen: Rent-seekers or cultural brokers?

Are Africa’s middlemen a crucial part of business transactions or a distraction?

How much is it costing fans to go to Qatar?

How much are football fans willing to spend to watch their team at the 2022 World Cup?

Women in business in Qatar

We explore the challenges and opportunities facing Qatar's female entrepreneurs.

The footballers transforming their home towns

The huge wages in Europe’s football leagues are making a difference in Africa.

Qatar’s World Cup tourism gamble

Will a boost in visitors for the Qatar World Cup lead to more visitors in the long run?

Qatar: The migrant workers behind the World Cup

We explore the questions still to be answered around mistreatment and compensation.

Business Daily Meets: Jason Bell

The photographer tells us about working with some of the most famous people in the world.

Sri Lanka: Life after an economic crisis

We revisit the country to see how much, if anything, has changed.

A special interview with the boss of the World Bank

World Bank President David Malpass on the consequences of global debt.

The rise and fall of the hot tub

We find out what happened after the lockdown sales boom.

Business Daily Meets: Dr Natalie Kenny

The founder of BioGrad shares stories from her remarkable life in science

How social media is changing farming in Kenya

Find out how farmers in Kenya are making more money thanks to social media platforms.

How students' right to earn shook up US sport

How name, image and likeness laws have reshaped college sport in America

Why men don’t want to work any more

We explore why people are not just quitting - they're leaving employment for good.

Greensill: What went wrong?

We explore the company's collapse which left investors facing billions in losses.

Will a multibillion dollar project get Americans back on trains?

We visit Penn Station in New York City which is getting a massive revamp.

Mahira Khan on Pakistan's mental health emergency

Actress Mahira Khan tells us why Pakistan is in the midst of a mental health emergency.

Can a giant seaweed farm help curb climate change?

We meet the UK-based company planning to grow huge sargassum farms in the Atlantic.

Rent-a-Robot

Can robots solve the post pandemic labour shortage? And with what consequences?

Space: The final food frontier

Will growing steaks under microgravity conditions help in the quest for food security?

How to quit

When is it time to move on and try something new?

Getting backpackers to return to Australia

We explore the visa scheme set up for young people to work and travel in Australia

Why food could be the future of fashion

The new materials being made from ingredients you would normally find on your plate.

Are home solar panels the solution?

We explore whether the energy crisis is leading to more installations in Europe.

Business Daily meets: Will Butler-Adams

The boss of Brompton foldable bikes tells us how he grew the business around the world

Comic Con economics

We found out why the global comic book industry is worth billions of dollars.

Business Daily Meets: Margrethe Vestager

The European commissioner for competition on competition and fairness in big tech.

Why Finland is building with wood again

We find out if using less concrete could help tackle climate change.

The fight for domestic workers’ rights

Stories from victims who've escaped modern slavery.

Can festivals bounce back?

We look at the challenges facing organisers, as the cost of living begins to bite.

Why everyone wants a ‘blue tick’ on social media

We investigate how accounts get verification - and what it's worth.

Business Daily meets: Paul and Mike Rabil

We hear how the Rabil brothers founded North America's biggest Lacrosse league.

Who benefits most from remote working?

We investigate the rise in people working from home.

The condiments (and sauces) that never change

Why do some brands outlive their founders by centuries?

The women kicking off their high heels at work

We speak to campaigners in the UK and Japan who want the right to choose their own shoes.

The real state of the Russian economy

Do Russia's recent military setbacks in Ukraine reflect a failure within its economy?

Nigeria's push to grow its own coconuts

The country has the perfect growing conditions, yet imports 70% of the fruit.

Should we be more open about salaries?

More companies are using salary transparency to entice applicants and narrow pay gaps.

Business Daily meets: Russ Glass

The chief executive of Headspace Health gives an insight into their global expansion.

Why Europe’s inland shipping network is drying up

Drought is causing huge problems in Europe, especially for river barges and their cargo.

Venice’s tourist problem: Are day trippers welcome?

The city authorities propose to charge visitors a daily fee to reduce overcrowding

Business Daily meets: Bruce Daisley

The former Twitter boss on how firms can help employees to become more resilient.

Using less gas in our homes

How the Dutch are tackling the challenge of reducing domestic gas usage.

Getting ready for Paris 2024

We report on preparations for the 2024 Olympics from the host city, Paris.

The unusual world of dark tourism

We explore the dark and tragic places around the world that attract tourists.

How to dispose of nuclear waste

It is a challenge facing leaders and governments around the world.

The refugee entrepreneurs starting again

Refugees from around the world talk about starting a new life and business.

War in Ukraine: Farmers and workers struggle on

We find out how the Russian invasion has devastated European agriculture.

Fighting Ukraine fundraising fatigue

Chef Olia Hercules continues to raise funds six months after Russia invaded Ukraine

Tunnelling under the Atlantic

The sub-sea tunnels being dug to keep remote communities in the Faroe Islands alive.

Can Japan become Asia's Silicon Valley?

Find out how the Japanese government plans to increase the number of tech start-ups.

Business Daily meets: La June Montgomery Tabron

La June Montgomery Tabron tells us about running one of the world's biggest charities.

Rainbow washing

We look into whether companies using the rainbow pride logo truly support the cause.

Tackling over-tourism in Greece

The Greek government is promoting new holiday destinations to ease issues elsewhere.

The electric transport revolution

We look at the rising popularity of e-bikes and scooters.

Subscribe and fly: the travel industry’s latest trend

How travel companies are using subscription models to keep travellers travelling.

Business Daily Meets: Pernilla Nyresten

Find out how Pernilla Nyresten built her company and made business history in Sweden.

Sweden’s light time economy

Find out what twenty four hour sunshine means for the economy in parts of Sweden

The fight for digital privacy

The tech firms aiming to profit from our desire to be more anonymous online

Managing our National Parks

We hear about the challenges and opportunities of running our rarest natural landscapes.

War in Ukraine: Venezuela's oil opportunity?

Will the war in Ukraine create a chance for Venezuela to emerge from US oil sanctions?

The power of fungi

We explore the commercial uses of fungi, from construction to medicine and fashion.

China's economic challenge

China's economy is slowing. What could that mean for the rest of the world?

Women, sport and business: Betting

Gambling companies are betting on a slice of women's sporting success.

The Hongkongers leaving for the UK

Hongkongers explain the challenges of establishing new lives in the UK

A crisis in US rural healthcare

One in three hospitals face closure as staff quit and patients can't pay their bills.

G'day and g'bye: it's the end for Neighbours

Why can't Australia's biggest entertainment export afford to carry on?

The women breaking into skateboarding in South Africa

We ask how much will it cost to make the sport accessible to everyone?

Women, sport and business: Making NBA history

Cynt Marshall is the first black female CEO ever in the National Basketball Association.

Commonwealth Games 2022: the most sustainable ever?

Organisers are promising this year's event will leave a carbon neutral legacy.

How Kenyan farmers are adapting to climate change

We look at the challenges farmers are facing and how they're trying to find solutions.

Business Daily meets: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Meet Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, founder of one of India’s largest pharmaceutical companies.

Fertility problems and pesticides in Panama

The men who say working with pesticides to grow bananas in Panama left them sterile.

Women, sport and business: Media deals

We ask whether women’s sport should go digital.

How virtual reality is changing healthcare

Find out how virtual reality technology is changing how we treat some health conditions.

Military contracts in India

Government plans to shorten military contracts in India have led to protests.

Lollywood or Bollywood?

We explore what the future holds for the film industries in India and Pakistan.

What's going on with weightlifting?

A governance crisis has engulfed the sport of weightlifting.

Women, sport and business: Merchandise

We explore why merchandise and sports wear are so important for women's sport.

Making money out of 'kid-fluencers'

Find out why brands and families around the world are cashing in on kid-fluencers.

Pension dipping in Peru and Chile

Millions of people are emptying their pension pots to cope with rising prices.

The business of streaming games

Why watching other people play video games is such big business

Brazil's election and the economy

Brazilians will elect their next president in October, the economy is a crucial issue

Women, sport and business: Haley Rosen

A former pro soccer player trying to change coverage of women's sport

Are they listening?

Are companies REALLY using our own smart devices to eavesdrop on us?

Peat and the environment

Should the use of peat in compost be banned?

Business Daily meets: iPod and iPhone co-creator Tony Fadell

Find out how he came up with his world-changing ideas.

Cost of living: Mechanics

As the cost of motoring, power and car parts keep going up how are mechanics coping?

Cost of living: Farmers and food producers

How the cost of living crisis is affecting food production from Malawi to Canada.

Cost of living: Bakeries

We explore how the cost of living crisis is affecting bakers from France to Uganda.

Cost of living: Hairdressers

How rising power and product prices are affecting hairdressers around the world.

Business Daily meets: Tech entrepreneur Frederic Kerrest

Find out how Frederic Kerrest helped build a multi-billion dollar tech firm from scratch.

Love in virtual reality

Looking for love? Find out more about the businesses bringing love into the metaverse.

Race and DNA ancestry tests

The ancestry testing company aiming to correct the racial bias in DNA databases.

The club teaching women to say 'no' at work

Women are taking on the majority of non-promotable tasks at work, should they stop?

Floriade: A green global exhibition

Find out more about Floriade, an international horticulture exhibition held once a decade

The race to stop a Red Sea oil catastrophe

Will businesses help fund an emergency operation to stop an oil spill near Yemen?

El Salvador’s Bitcoin gamble

El Salvador has embraced Bitcoin as legal tender. Has it worked?

The adaptive fashion revolution

The business of designing and making stylish clothes for people who have a disability.

Communities bringing down energy bills

Community groups fighting the energy cost crisis hitting households around the world.

Egg freezing: the ultimate workplace perk?

Employers are increasingly offering fertility benefits. Is that always good for women?

Million by 30: Elwinder Singh

Elwinder Singh tells us how he set up a healthcare company used by six million people.

The emerging market for energy storage

How to store renewable energy when the wind isn’t blowing

Is a rare carbon sink under threat in the DRC?

Oil development in the Congo Basin threatens peatlands that store 30bn tonnes of carbon.

Working in India's heatwave

We explore the impact of record temperatures on the Indian economy.

Business Daily meets: Bank of England economists

Economics made simple by senior Bank of England employees.

Million by 30: Amarachi Nwosu

Amarachi Nwosu’s film about race in Japan reached one million people online

Excluded from digital banking

Some older people are struggling to access online banking, what can be done to help?

Business Daily meets: Kevin Rudd

The former Australian prime minister talks politics and US-China relations

Online advertising fraud

How criminals are ripping off advertising firms to the tune of billions every year.

Inside Gazprom

Russian energy company, Gazprom, is engulfed in the politics of war. How did it get here?

Million by 30: Sharon Tseung

Sharon made a million dollars before her 30th birthday building passive income streams.

Insolvency and the pandemic

Did the cash governments gave businesses during lockdowns really help keep them afloat?

Girls, beauty and advertising

The author and advertising executive helping girls decode images and concepts of beauty.

The women leading Africa’s FinTech boom

We speak to the female entrepreneurs who are digitalising money and services.

La Liga's record deal

Ashish Sharma investigates a 50 year deal La Liga has signed with an investment company.

Million by 30: Ally Salama

Ally Salama tells us how he started a podcast, which has had over a million downloads.

Spending on defence

How has Russia's invasion of Ukraine changed attitudes to defence spending?

Generation Z and crypto trading

Why some young people are drawn to risky digital assets like cryptocurrency and NFTs

Rebuilding Puerto Rico's electricity supply

Meet the Puerto Ricans trying to move their country to sustainable electricity sources.

Business Daily Meets: Estonia’s first billionaire

Kristo Käärmann tells us how a €500 mistake led to a multi-billion dollar business.

Million by 30: Iseult Ward

Iseult Ward explains how she made millions of meals from tonnes of food waste.

Eurovision: The price of performing

What is the economic impact of taking part in one of the world's biggest song contests?

Cash in a conflict

How does day-to-day survival work in a war when cash and food are in short supply?

The Royal Family: How strong is its brand?

How valuable is the British royal brand? How badly has it been damaged in recent years?

Turning waste into money

How rubbish can be turned into money, and opportunity.

Million by 30: Hertzy Kabeya

Tech entrepreneur, Hertzy Kabeya, tells us how he made a million before turning 30.

How the war in Ukraine has affected global tourism

Resorts hoping for a post-pandemic boom have now lost Russian and Ukrainian tourists

The DNA sequencing revolution

The fast and portable DNA sequencers that are transforming conservation and medicine.

Female digital entrepreneurs in Africa

How digital platforms are helping African women gain financial independence.

Living face-to-face with climate change

Coastal communities in Sâo Tomé and Príncipe tell us they're seeing homes washed away.

Disney's Florida fallout

Why has Florida's governor targeted Disney, and what will the row mean for the company?

The power of the brooch

The brooch might be a small accessory, but it’s got an awful lot to say

False banana: A new superfood?

Could enset, or false banana, help solve global food insecurity?

The cost of China’s zero-Covid policy

How is China's Covid policy affecting the country's economy, and the people living there?

Wealth from waste: can urban mining save the planet?

Can extracting materials from used products make us less reliant on traditional mining?

Sporting Sanctions

We look at how sport has reacted to the conflict in Ukraine.

Fleeing danger

We look at how businesses evacuate their staff from dangerous situations.

Will satellite internet technology connect the world?

Elon Musk gave satellite internet terminals to Ukraine and Tonga, but does it work?

Why whales matter

Can baleen whales rebound from near extinction and help revive ocean life?

The future of job interviews

Are face-to-face grillings a thing of the past?

The chocolate islands

São Tomé and Príncipe was once the world’s biggest cocoa exporter. What happened?

Nike’s most controversial ad campaign

Greg Hoffman, former Nike CMO, tells us how the ad with Colin Kaepernick came about.

Sri Lanka's debt crisis

Why is Sri Lanka facing its biggest economic crisis for decades?

Russian and Ukrainian seafarers: working together during a war

The two nationalities make up 15% of ship workers globally. So what now there's a war on?

Lebanon's wheat crisis

People in Lebanon struggle to buy bread as prices soar and Ukraine wheat imports dry up.

Europe's gas crisis: How did we get here?

We visit the German town where the Nord Stream pipelines end. But will gas keep flowing?

Youth unemployment in France

As France prepares to elect it's President, we ask why many young people are out of work.

How tech is being used to help Ukraine

Tech entrepreneurs are developing software to help Ukrainians stay safe.

Australia's tourism industry breathes a sigh of relief

We speak to tourism operators in Queensland now international borders are open again

The aid trail to Ukraine

People are donating by the lorry load, but is it better to give goods or money?

The Russians leaving their country

Why are so many Russians choosing to leave? And what will it mean for its economy?

What are Russia's mercenaries doing in Africa?

We look into the secretive Wagner Group's history of violence in Africa

Will a new gas pipeline be built in a 'pristine' Australian sea?

Australia is pushing ahead with new natural gas projects, but critics are fighting back.

How drones are helping to save lives

We hear from the people using the technology in medicine in Sweden, Uganda and the UK.

Rise of the high-tech border industry

AI, data analytics and drone surveillance are shaping refugees' futures

The cost of growing food

Global fertiliser prices are at record highs, as supplies from Russia begin to dry up

Pacific Islanders working for their futures

Pacific workers are raising concerns about exploitation in Australian labour schemes

Is sustainable finance just greenwash?

ESG funds are all the rage, but are investors being taken for an expensive ride?

The women fleeing Ukraine

Two young female refugees on their hopes and dreams for the future

Brazil at work: Black and held back

Why do black Brazilian professionals still feel overlooked and marginalised?

How European businesses are helping Ukrainian refugees

Some offer a place to stay, as others build digital tools to help refugees find work

Pacific Islanders building climate resilience

Climate change and disasters are imperilling livelihoods in the Pacific

Penalties for Chelsea?

How will sanctions on owner Roman Abramovich affect the club on, and off, the pitch?

War in the time of crypto

Could Russia use crypto to avoid sanctions?

Emotional and financial complications of fundraising during war

Ukranians are helping their loved ones survive. But sending aid to a war zone isn't easy.

How much is the Ukraine war costing Russia?

Munitions, equipment losses, sanctions - the Russian invasion comes with a big price tag

Australian floods and the billion-dollar clean-up

Thousands of Australians affected by recent floods say they can't afford insurance.

Superyachts and sanctions

Oligarchs fear asset seizures in Russian sanctions clampdown

Women in the Ukraine war

Ukrainian women and girls at war on International Women's Day

How the war in Ukraine is affecting food prices

Food price inflation was already a problem. Could the conflict make things even worse?

Business Weekly

Ukraine invasion: Presidents, oligarchs and sanctions

Could Europe turn off Russian gas?

The Ukraine invasion is forcing the EU to completely rethink its energy policy

War in Ukraine: the cyber frontier

How the conflict in Ukraine is playing out in cyberspace

Russian money in London

What will new legislation to crack down on “dirty money” in the UK be worth?

Women and NFTs

Non-fungible tokens are big business, but there's a gender disparity among their creators

Sanctions against Russia take bite

How the latest penalties for invading Ukraine will hit Russia and the world economy

Streaming wars: Survival of the smallest?

The multibillion dollar streaming industry is becoming fragmented to survive

How will sanctions impact Russia?

Publicly Moscow are brushing aside the latest sanctions.

The business of seed banks

How seed banks around the world are working together to protect our future

Fighting homelessness in Sacramento

California's state capital suffers from a serious shortage of housing

Business Weekly

The Court Battle at the Centre of Europe

Debt relief: Who should foot the bill?

There’s a credit crunch facing dozens of the world's poorest countries

Japan’s closed borders

The economic impact of Japan’s pandemic border controls

Sickening in America

Have US pharmaceutical companies created a web of disinformation to boost their profits?

Romance scamming: A global industry

Who is running online romance scams.... and who is falling for them?

Ending disability exclusion

Meet the woman challenging the world's biggest companies to end disability exclusion

Business Weekly

Taxing times: Should the energy giants incur windfall taxes?

Argentina’s latest IMF crisis

A failed 2018 loan was the biggest in IMF history

Rent-a-Robot

Can robots solve the post pandemic labour shortage? And with what consequences?

Is greed good?

Can accumulating wealth ever be a positive thing?

Making second-hand sexy

Can clothes resale apps like Depop help make the fashion industry more eco-friendly?

Cost of living crisis

Why are prices rising so fast and who is impacted the most?

Business Weekly

Spotify in the Spotlight over Podcast Controversy

Why gin is still fizzing

The rise and rise of the juniper-infused spirit

Can tourists help boost Turkey's economy?

Rising visitor numbers to Turkey help offset economic woes

The economic cost of conflict in Ukraine

Sanctions, energy supplies, cyber-attacks - what happens if things spiral out of control?

Pressure mounts on Olympic sponsors

Pressure is piled onto Olympic sponsors as governments boycott China games

African music goes global

African artists are taking centre stage in the US, Europe and beyond

Business Weekly

The Effort to Decarbonise Mining

The cooling conundrum

How to stop air conditioning making global warming even worse

Funding public service broadcasting

With the BBC's funding model under review, what are the alternatives?

Who should own a football club?

Are rich private owners the best way to fund football teams?

Who's winning the war on drugs?

Mexico's cartels are finding innovative ways to smuggle drugs into the US

The beauty tweakments industry

The rush for a fresher face

Business Weekly

Microsoft’s multi-billion dollar deal in the gaming sector

Why hair matters

For decades, some hairstyles have been discouraged at work

The fight for pocket parity

The humble pocket speaks volumes about gender roles and how women should behave.

Why are some Chinese embracing 'lying flat'?

It’s been dubbed ‘tang ping’ – shunning tough careers and chilling out instead

Has stock trading become 'gamified'?

Mobile trading apps are booming in popularity, but are they too much like games?

The future of flying

Move over superjumbo jets - the future is leaner and greener.

Business Weekly

US annual inflation rate hits 7%

Brexit and my small business

How are small-scale British exporters coping outside the European Union's trading bloc?

Kenya's fries crisis

Why can't multinationals like KFC source their ingredients locally?

What's at stake in Kazakhstan?

How the protests may shake up the economy, trade and business in the Central Asian nation

White privilege

Does the global economy need to start dismantling 'global white privilege'?

Healing the mind

Psychedelic therapy could provide a major breakthrough in the treatment of depression

Business Weekly

Apple hits the $3 trillion valuation mark

Starting a company to fight rare disease

We meet a mother who co-founded a biotech firm to find drugs for untreatable illnesses.

The death of the petrol station

Why electric vehicles mean we will barely need to stop at service stations at all

The many careers of Richard Leakey

An interview recorded with the famous Kenyan fossil hunter shortly before he died.

Lessons from the forest for climate change

Jane Goodall challenges us to find a zero-carbon path out of extreme poverty

How green is the global flower industry?

We follow the international flower supply chain from East Africa to Amsterdam and beyond.

Business Weekly

Staff shortages mount as Omicron spreads

Cocktail trends 2022

Shaken or stirred? We explore the cocktail trends that could be coming to a bar near you

Taking on fast fashion in rural China

We hear from two women challenging the fashion industry in two very different ways.

Men and cosmetic surgery

More men have considered cosmetic treatments during the pandemic

Moon missions and space junk

The business of space is hotter than ever, but at what cost?

Harry Potter and the phenomenally profitable franchise

Harry Potter is one of the most successful book and film franchises in history

Business Weekly

Gas prices soar across Europe

The ghost of Christmas yet to come

What will be left of human civilisation in the geological record 100 million years hence?

China prepares to face down Omicron

The new variant poses a threat to China's hitherto successful zero-Covid strategy

Lockdown, rebound, lockdown

2021 has seen some extraordinary economic changes

Millions still not back at school

The World Bank says this could cost the global economy $17 trillion

End of the roads

Austria and Wales reconsider plans to expand their road networks to curb pollution.

Business Weekly

Turkey’s interest rate slashed, despite sharp inflation

High risk investing

Why has it become so popular for millions of young people?

The Turkish lira and red hot inflation

The value of the lira has plunged by nearly half this year

The Meta data centre dilemma

What is at stake when a big company like Meta comes knocking on your door?

The pet food gold mine

Is expensive, premium pet food really worth it?

The problem of parasites: who pays for neglected tropical diseases?

The pharmaceutical industry has ignored some diseases for decades. So what can be done?

Business Weekly

Political change at the top for Germany

Blacklisted in China

Lithuania has provoked China's rage by going too far in recognising Taiwan

The arms race in cyberspace

Will the next war be waged online? We ask cybersecurity reporter Nicole Perlroth.

Healthcare workers are burnt out

What can be done to stem the tide of carers quitting the industry?

Super-fast grocery delivery apps are booming

Are apps delivering from the shop to your front door in minutes just a pandemic-era fad?

Why private adoption is big business in the US

Is it time to reform private infant adoption in America?

Business Weekly

Zara founder's family keeps control of fashion giant

The Omicron variant and vaccine inequality

Could a more equitable global vaccine rollout have stopped the new variant?

The collapse of Enron: Did we learn the lessons?

Two decades have passed since the scandal, but could another Enron happen today?

Wind of change in Germany

Can the new government's renewable energy plan overcome German nimbyism and Russian gas?

The kleptocrats club

Authoritarians are keeping each other afloat, with help from the West's financial system

The plight of girls under the Taliban

How hard is life in Afghanistan for the female half of the population?

Business Weekly

Alarm in Turkey as the lira slumps and prices rise

The coming cleantech mining rush

Can the minerals needed to decarbonise the global economy be dug up fast enough?

Why is Turkey's currency collapsing?

The Turkish Lira is in free fall, as President Erdogan pushes controversial policies

Baristas of the world unite!

Starbucks workers could be unionising, amid a resurgence of organised labour in America

How to live to 150

How medical and technological advances could extend our life spans

Texas abortion laws

What impact could America's most restrictive abortion law have on business in the state?

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Europe braces for another Covid wave

Why toilets matter

Hundreds of millions of people still have no access to a safe, clean, hygienic toilet

Hunger crisis in Afghanistan

Is it time to stop the freeze of the country's financial assets and donor aid?

Period pants, poverty and the environment

Can this multi-million dollar industry help the climate and fight period poverty?

Stalkerware: Tech-enabled domestic abuse skyrocketing

What if your partner was monitoring your every move through your smartphone?

What did the climate talks achieve?

What was really at stake at the COP26 negotiations in Glasgow?

Diversity at the top

Why is the black community still so poorly represented in leadership positions?

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The splitting of General Electric: is this the end of the era of global conglomerates?

Hong Kong, business and the national security law

Are Hong Kong's days as a major financial centre now numbered?

Corruption in Afghanistan

Ex-finance minister says country brought down by rampant corruption at a very high level

EU's green new deal and Africa

Will Africa’s economic development be held back by the world’s net-zero climate targets?

Can sewage spewing into UK waters be stopped?

Sewage entered British waters for over 3 million hours in 2020

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Good COP or Bad COP?

Nigeria's eNaira: Africa's first digital currency

What is the eNaira and how are Nigerians reacting to its launch last month?

Is inflation making a comeback?

As some economists predict a return of high inflation, should we be worried?

Guy Hands on deal making and private equity

A frank account of a career in buying and selling businesses

Buy now, pay later

The future of credit for the young, or just another way of getting into debt?

Silicon Valley and the climate crisis

Famous for disruptors and innovation, where are the big ideas to address global warming?

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COP26 – another last chance to save the planet?

Trophy hunting: Money and morality

The economics and psychology behind paying to kill big game

The $200,000 starting salary

A high new bar has been set for freshly qualified lawyers at big corporate firms

Net zero: Do corporate pledges make any difference?

More and more companies are making pledges to be carbon neutral ahead of COP 26.

Can global shipping go green?

How the maritime sector is developing environmental alternatives

Saving the Amazon with economics

A new platform aims to connect private sector cash with tropical forests worldwide.

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Credit Suisse fined over loan scandal in Mozambique

Big fat Indian weddings

Are the days of the big fat Indian wedding over?

'Fixing' Facebook's algorithm

Could regulation make Facebook a kinder platform?

Ticking timebomb in the Red Sea

Decaying oil tanker could trigger an environmental and humanitarian disaster

Bug burger anyone?

Is the Western diet ready for farmed insects in food?

Rethinking the future: cleaning up big emitters

Fresh ideas to help some of the world's dirtiest industries cut greenhouse gas emissions.

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Calls for aid to Afghanistan

Eyes on climate: new ideas to fight global warming

We bring you the conversation from the Countdown climate summit in Edinburgh.

The supply chain's weak link

How disruption in a single port, factory or freight centre can cause global chaos

China's gaming crackdown

Why the government doesn't like video games, and what's next for China's gaming culture

The economics of older mums

Why are many women delaying motherhood and how is technology helping?

The economics of donkeys

These beasts of burden are an economic lifeline for many. Why are they often mistreated?

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Was this Facebook’s worst ever week?

Working in your 80s: The Artist

What can octogenarians teach us about the nature of work? We ask Geraldine Robarts.

Life at Kenya's Dandora rubbish dump

Kenya's biggest rubbish tip could soon close but what will that mean for local residents?

Big tech and carbon

Google pledges to be carbon free by 2030 ahead of next month's UN Climate Summit

Living in the metaverse

Are virtual online worlds the future of the internet?

Can technology transform emergency services?

What do you do in a medical emergency if there is no 9-1-1 service where you live?

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Energy crisis hits Chinese homes and businesses

Smart cities and broken dreams

Do smart cities justify the hype? And will planned tech hubs in Africa ever be realised?

Evergrande and China's property woes

Evergrande's debt distress and what it tells us about China's economic model

Inside an influencer house

An advertising model for the smartphone generation

Decentralised Finance on the rise

Regulators are taking a close look at new crypto-trading environments

Climate weighs on German elections

The fight to succeed popular German chancellor Angela Merkel could not be tighter

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COP 26: Should we rethink our economic priorities?

Can Ethiopia be brought back from the brink?

It's embroiled in an internal war which has huge humanitarian and economic implications

US war on e-cigarettes

Nearly a million e-cigarettes have been rejected from the US market by the FDA

World gas prices surge

Small energy firms are among those struggling to stay afloat

Lebanon in dire need

The new Lebanese government has been in place for a week

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How to protect teenagers' mental health online

The business of seed banks

How seed banks around the world are working together to protect our future.

The US and its trillion dollar infrastructure bill

Why is this bill facing such a treacherous political road ahead?

The future of vaccines

Breakthrough biotechnology that led to the first covid vaccine may fight more diseases

Rethinking tourism in Africa

Safari tours aren't going away, but the industry is changing

Does sustainable investing make any difference?

A former Wall Street executive on why corporate social responsibility doesn't work.

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Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador

Where have the UK's lorry drivers gone?

The UK's suffering a huge shortage of lorry drivers, but where have 100,000 drivers gone?

Reviving Kenya’s ancient trading port

How Lamu is betting on a new deep sea port for an economic renaissance.

Where next for AI?

Artificial Intelligence is at a tipping point says one industry insider

Kenya and coronavirus

How Kenyans have coped financially during the coronavirus pandemic

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The Cost of Extreme Weather

Should you trust reviews?

How can you tell the difference between real and fake reviews?

OnlyFans flip flops on porn

The controversial platform suspends decision to ban sex workers after backlash

Life after Messi: FC Barcelona's financial mess

How did one of the world's biggest sporting brands end up in such a financial mess?

Child marriage is getting worse in India

Closed schools and economic hardship are seeing more young girls married off

Is office wear dead?

Will casual work from home clothes make their way into post-pandemic offices?

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Kamala Harris’ South East Asia Charm Tour

From 'nudge' to 'sludge'

Nobel laureate Richard Thaler talks about why his 'nudge' theory needs a re-boot

Life under the Taliban

Gaisu fled the Taliban when she was 18. Now she's fleeing again

Sexism, tribalism and housing

Finding a place to live in Nigeria’s big cities

The economics of the Taliban

The economy of Afghanistan is collapsing as remittances and aid dry up

'Youngism' in the workplace

Age discrimination doesn't just affect the elderly

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What next for Afghanistan?

Rethinking time

How thinking about time may stop us wasting it

Controversial new Alzheimer's drug in the spotlight

The approval is under investigation. What are the consequences for patients?

Should our photos and messages always be private?

Apple is to scan users' iPhones for images of child abuse. Privacy advocates are dismayed

Killer robots

Are these the future of modern warfare and how concerned should we be?

Sexism in the alcohol industry

Women in the drinks industry share their stories to try to change a culture of harassment

No boss, no problems

One of the happiest companies in the world has no hierarchy and staff equality

Neurodiversity at work

How workplaces can embrace different ways of thinking

Electrifying Sierra Leone

The teenager who brought electricity to hundreds

Bitcoin ban has opposite effect in Nigeria

Why a government ban made Bitcoin so popular in Nigeria

Doping in eSports: the billion-dollar pill

Doping is a growing problem in the multi-billion dollar industry of online competitions

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The Beirut Blast: one year on

China's Tech Crackdown

Is China's behavior towards its innovators separating the country further from the world?

Why isn't Africa producing vaccines?

The barriers to vaccine production in Africa, and why it matters.

GMOs - from 'Frankenfoods' to Superfoods?

Can genetically modified foods help reduce malnutrition and effects of climate change?

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Big Earnings for Big Tech

The rise of digital therapy

Can mental health care apps be as good as face-to-face?

Miles Copeland's life in the music business

Lessons from nearly fifty years producing and managing bands

The billionaire space race

Why Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are battling it out among the stars

The great resignation wave

Has the pandemic encouraged more of us to quit our jobs?

Just how bad is rental fashion?

Rental fashion is in the spotlight when it comes to climate footprint

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Vaccinated Visitors: How the push for health passes is gaining ground in Europe

Will the Tokyo Olympics pay off?

Japanese businesses are struggling with the lack of tourists

The future of the Afghan economy

What will the US withdrawal from Afghanistan mean for the economy?

The long shadow of Covid on kids' education

The pandemic has left an indelible mark on the education of children around the world

Vatican reforms see a cardinal on trial

An Italian cardinal will face a Vatican trial for alleged financial crimes

Chefs call time on abusive practices

Is it time the old trope of the brilliant, angry chef gets retired for good?

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Is inflation back for good?

Amazon's fake reviews problem

Online marketplaces are being flooded with bogus reviews

Carlos Ghosn speaks out

Carlos Ghosn was a car industry legend. Now, he’s a fugitive

Why gin is still fizzing

The rise and rise of the juniper-infused spirit

Tokyo Olympics: Battle of the super shoes

Have the so-called super spikes become the key factor for success in athletics?

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China cracks down on big tech

Climate change: the financial fight

When it comes to climate change, what is the world of finance doing?

Bustling or bust: How is the City of London coping after Brexit?

How is the financial services industry in the UK getting on six months after Brexit?

The tyranny of merit

Can anyone make it in the modern western world with a good education and hard work?

Player power

Footballers and other athletes are standing up to the sponsors who subsidise them

Tapping the sun beneath our feet

Could geothermal energy play a big role in decarbonising the world economy?

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Recovering tourism: Will global travel be the same in a post-covid world?

Do oil companies have a future?

Shareholders and courts pile pressure on the oil majors.

The rise and rise of plant milk

In the last decade, alternatives to dairy have taken the market by storm

How would we trade with aliens?

What would extra-terrestrial trade look like?

Menopause - the last workplace taboo?

Can dedicated leave reduce the stigma? Or increase discrimination?

How to be Idle

Is crushing office boredom a curse or an opportunity?

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No singing, no cheering, no alcohol. How Tokyo is looking to keep Olympic spectators safe

Co-ordinating intimacy

The new job on film sets that has grown out of the #MeToo movement

Can we trust Big Tech with our health data?

Artificial intelligence promises huge healthcare advances but major trust issues remain

How to communicate

The art of cross-cultural communication

Healthcare's digital future

Is medicine about to be transformed by digitisation and artificial intelligence?

The economic life of Gaza

Can the international community help rebuild the economy without also enabling Hamas?

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On trial: The men who helped Carlos Ghosn flee Japan

China's birth rate problem

After decades of restrictions, China's leaders want women to have more children

Game over for test cricket?

Do audiences, sponsors and broadcasters still have the patience for five-day matches?

Sexual harassment: Can smart tech help?

Can apps tackle the stigma often associated with reporting workplace sexual harassment?

Gretchen Carlson: My fight to stop sexual harassment

After successfully suing her boss at Fox News, she now campaigns for a safer workplace

The global youth unemployment crisis

After the Coronavirus pandemic, are stable jobs for young people a thing of the past?

Can bad news be delivered well?

How can bosses do better when communicating bad news?

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The app trap - how the FBI used a messaging company to catch crooks

Rich and frugal?

Why some millionaires - and billionaires - don’t splash their cash

Diversity in the US tech industry

What it’s like being black in the US software industry

The booming ransomware business

Hackers are making millions from ransomware attacks. What can be done to stop them?

Noisy decision making

Daniel Kahneman, Gillian Tett and Ann Cairns explore the world of decision-making

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A baby boom for China?

A Chinese immigrant living the American Dream

What can Mei Xu's story tell us about the American and Chinese economies?

Lebanon sinks further into crisis

The World Bank declared it one of the worst economic crises since the mid-19th century

The death of the petrol station

Why electric vehicles mean we will barely need to stop at service stations at all

Family tree DNA data crack cold cases

But booming forensic genealogy industry raises privacy concerns

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Goodbye to Malaria?

How to be mediocre

Not everyone can be special, so should we embrace our mediocrity?

Dogecoin or bust

Will the craze for the cryptocurrency started as a joke end in tears?

Sexual harassment in the workplace

Does it pay for vicitms to complain?

The fight for San Francisco's Chinatown

Amid anti-Asian attacks and Covid lockdowns, it's been a brutal year

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End new fossil fuel development, says IEA

Lifting the burden of malaria

A new vaccine could help eliminate the disease. What would it mean for African economies?

The new inflation threat

Faster price rises are coming, but how bad will it be?

Syria: Failed state or narco-state?

How ten years of conflict have destroyed the country's economy

Pandemic preparedness

Michael Lewis on how America’s health system got the Covid pandemic all wrong

What happened to driverless cars?

Why hasn't the autonomous car revolution happened yet?

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Hackers in the pipeline

Who should control the vaccines?

Calls are rising for a waiver of patent protections on Covid-19 vaccines

What is the real death toll in India?

The chief scientist for the WHO acknowledges the frailty of the official numbers

The dirty business of old car batteries

Recycling lead acid batteries poses a growing health hazard in many developing countries

The battle for football

Why plans for a European Super League won't go away

Can flying go green?

Paying extra to plant trees or stop deforestation may not cut your carbon footprint

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Could an Epic battle take a bite out of Apple?

Who owns colour?

The ongoing battles between scientists, artists and engineers for the rights to colour

Life after Jack Ma

What next for China's giant tech companies?

Electric vehicles hit the big time

The car industry is preparing to go fully electric sooner than you might imagine

Will Covid decimate India's middle class?

Millions of Indians risk being thrown back into poverty by the latest coronavirus upsurge

Making multinationals pay

Will President Biden's push for a minimum global corporate tax rate succeed?

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Big Promises of Big Spending

Men and cosmetic surgery

More men have considered cosmetic treatments during the pandemic.

Biden's trillions

The US president announces a massive spending plan for the US economy

Changing a city's name

Why do they do it and what does it cost?

Does business travel have a future?

Why fly when you can videoconference? That may be the lesson from Covid

Covid in paradise

How are small island tourist destinations coping with the shutdown of global travel?

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India battles second wave of Covid

Big Data, conspiracy theories and ‘Magical Thinking’

Filmmaker Adam Curtis questions the value of Big Data in society

Is the digital ad market overvalued?

Large companies have slashed their digital marketing budget

Can Biden woo the world on climate change?

President Biden hosts a virtual summit this week as the US seeks global climate action

Demille and the gig economy

Recorded over five years, the story of a young courier navigating London's gig economy

Meeting expectations

How did meetings evolve and just how effective are they at actually getting stuff done?

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Climate Crisis - Time to Talk

A part-time return to the office?

A hybrid model mixing home working with office time is being favoured by major companies

President Biden and his strategy for China

Will the US President continue with an increasingly hostile attitude towards China?

Boom time for scammers

Why lockdown living is making us more vulnerable to financial scams

A conversation with Greta

The world’s most famous climate activist just turned 18 and is as uncompromising as ever

Telegram in the spotlight

With plans to monetise the app, we look at how lax moderation may put lives in danger

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Greenland says no to rare earths mining project

Mega ships

After the Ever Given blocked the Suez Canal, how much bigger can container ships get?

Mining the ocean

How rocks on the ocean floor could be key to the transition to electric cars

Tracing cotton’s DNA

Can technology help eradicate forced labour from global cotton supplies?

Where art and cryptocurrency meet...

Selling art with non-fungible tokens: Crypto craze or thing of value?

What happens to whistleblowers

How exposing the truth at work can cost you your career

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The most spectacular loss of personal wealth in history?

How to complain

From psyching yourself up, to getting what you want

Josephine's story: Bouncing back

In Africa’s largest urban slum, a single mother struggles to survive lockdown

Feminist cities

Why do so many women still feel unsafe walking the streets of our cities?

Hydroelectric power in focus after disaster in India

After the Uttarakhand dam disaster, should India revise its clean energy strategy?

Palm oil politics

An EU ban on the commodity's use in biofuel has upset Indonesia and Malaysia

Business Weekly

A giant container ship stuck in the Suez canal leaves global trade in a jam

Nigeria's kidnapping industry

What happens when your loved ones are ripped away from you

Josephine’s story: Debt

In Africa’s largest urban slum, a single mother struggles to survive lockdown

The rise of food delivery apps

How the growth in food delivery apps could change the restaurant industry forever

Could China pull the plug on coal?

A letter to the Bangladeshi government suggests Beijing may be clamping down on coal

Business Weekly

Vaccine Wars in Europe

Why your boss is incompetent

An explainer on why the wrong people get promoted

Josephine’s story: Starting a business

In Africa’s largest urban slum, a single mother struggles to survive lockdown

How the pandemic feeds online trolling

Lockdown frustrations have led to a rise in people intentionally upsetting others online

Has the food industry made Covid worse?

Obesity is a major factor in which countries have the worst Covid death rates

Business Weekly

The Covid-19 pandemic: one year on

Sexual assault in the music industry

Women are beginning to speak out against sexual violence and harassment

Josephine’s story: Covid hits Kenya

A single mother’s struggle to survive in Africa’s largest urban slum

Lab grown meat: The new food frontier?

Are lab grown chicken nuggets the ultimate innovation or a flash in the pan?

The digital currency race

As central banks digitise their currencies, it could upend our relationship with money

Women, work and lockdowns

On International Women's Day, we explore the pandemic's impact on gender equality

Business Weekly

Women forced out of the workforce, teens growing up in lockdown, and mental health.

The joy of work

How to work your way to happiness, and break that daily grind

Covid: Healthcare worker burnout

A year of crisis has taken its toll on those tasked with caring for the sick and elderly

Guyana and the pandemic

How has mental health in the South American country been affected during lockdown?

Growing up in lockdown

How the pandemic has affected teen mental health

Lockdown breakdowns

Many embraced working from home at the start of the pandemic. But has it lost its lustre?

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Some say they will help us return to life as we knew it. Others warn of ethical concerns

Why does Bitcoin consume so much energy?

The cryptocurrency now uses as much electricity as Argentina, but is that sustainable?

China's vaccine diplomacy

Poorer countries in search of Covid-19 vaccines are looking east

Love in the time of coronavirus

Covid-19 has ruined millions of wedding plans. Will 2021 spark a race to the altar?

The plastic pandemic

The pandemic has brought with it a massive rise in plastic waste

Will hydrogen prove a life saver?

Could this explosive gas fill some critical gaps in a future zero-carbon energy system?

Business Weekly

When the chips are down: The squeeze on semiconductors

Why hair matters

For decades, some hairstyles have been discouraged at work

The Paystack effect

How the biggest start-up acquisition out of Nigeria is resonating across Africa

The great semiconductor shortage

Why Taiwan isn't making enough computer chips

Teaching children about money

Are we preparing kids for life in a money-controlled world?

Bill Gates versus climate change

The world's greatest philanthropist sets his sights on decarbonising the global economy

Business Weekly

Risky Business? The trials and tribulations of part-time share trading

African Free trade: What’s in it for women?

The African Continental Free Trade Area is yet to recognise women's roles in the economy

Brexit and the City

Is one of the world's mighty financial centres under threat?

The rise of amateur day traders

App-based share trading is causing a stir in global markets

Satellites to breach the digital divide

The new space race to bring internet for all

Stormy seas for global shipping

We explore the twin crises affecting the shipping industry

Business Weekly

Following the money in Myanmar

Moon landings and economic priorities

What America’s Apollo mission to the moon taught us about economic management

What's a song worth?

Music streaming services have changed the game

Will the Olympics be postponed (again)?

Uncertainty continues to mount over this summer's delayed Tokyo Olympic Games

How the military controls Myanmar's economy

Myanmar's military has announced it has taken control of the country

Gamestop: Is it really a case of David vs Goliath?

What is Wall Street's role in the surge in Gamestop's share price?

Business Weekly

Combatting Covid: Closed Borders and Quarantine Hotels

The pandemic pet boom

Homeworking has led to booming pet sales. What happens when people head back to work?

The economic cost of closing schools

A lost generation of children because of school closures

Kidnap in the Gulf of Guinea

Is there a new piracy crisis afflicting Africa's shipping lanes?

Gorillas, guns and oil

Rangers are putting their lives on the line to protect Africa's largest wildlife park

Covid: Rethinking wealth and fairness

How the Covid pandemic is changing the way we see wealth and economic fairness

Business Weekly

Will Biden be good for business?

Biden's $15 minimum wage

The new US president's plan to introduce a $15 minimum wage has sparked debate

The practicalities of Brexit

What Brexit means for businesses

Joe Biden vs climate change

How the US is set to return to the fight against global warming

Is Covid causing a shortage of medical oxygen?

Where does medical oxygen come from and what is the problem with its supply?

When will a Covid-19 vaccine be available to you?

Covid-19 vaccine rollouts across the world demonstrates huge global health inequalities.

Business Weekly

Social Media, Trump and Free Speech

Who owns colour?

The ongoing battles between scientists, artists and engineers for the rights to colour

Trump: The corporate backlash

Will it last and why have stock markets been shrugging off political developments?

Should Trump be banned from social media?

President Trump's ban from various social media raises the question of its regulation.

Forced labour in supply chains

How many companies benefit from China’s ‘tainted’ cotton?

Choosing a career: Don't follow your passion?

When it comes to a career, should you do what you love or learn to love whatever you do?

Business Weekly

Chaos on Capitol Hill – the fallout and the future

What makes Elon Musk tick?

The billionaire talks to the BBC's Justin Rowlatt about what drives his tech ambitions

Can the Democrats make economic change?

The Democrats and President-elect Biden have won control of the US Congress

Predicting the future of retail

Is the coronavirus destroying retail, or just speeding up its demise?

“Remote working” in the Indian Ocean

Lessons in remote working from a solo yachtswoman

Thinking global, acting local

Lessons in rethinking the climate emergency from Sierra Leone and the US

Business Weekly

Global vaccine hopes for 2021

UK completes separation from European Union

Replacement arrangements for travel, trade and immigration have come into force

Millennial money management

How millennials are planning for their financial futures

Casual dining in a pandemic

How have food businesses adapted to empty high streets?

Lockdown lunches

How lockdown has changed the way we cook and buy food

What’s next for China?

China is bucking a global trend and its economy is growing again

Business Weekly

Channel port closures cause Christmas chaos for UK and European trade

Will cities ever be the same?

We take a look at the long term impact of coronavirus on cities around the world.

Brexit talks continue ahead of likely deal

Talks between the UK and the EU continued during the night

Cargo shipping in the pandemic

How the shipping industry has fared in 2020

Has the time come for a 4-day working week?

Unilever in New Zealand is the latest firm to trial a 4-day week without cutting pay

Selling Christmas in 2020

How do brands strike the right tone in advertising during a global pandemic?

Business Weekly

High Noon for Big Tech?

Cannabis in the USA: An illegal tax-paying business

Cannabis businesses are barred from accessing most financial services in the US

The monopoly case against Facebook

Why US regulators want to break up the social media giant

Meeting in the virtual world

Could virtual offices provide an alternative to endless Zoom calls?

Trusting the algorithm

Rolls-Royce has developed a system that tests whether AI makes trustworthy decisions

Still no Brexit trade deal

Negotiators from the UK and EU are to begin a new push to reach agreement

Business Weekly

Restoring reputations – what Covid vaccines can do for Big Pharma.

Can post-Brexit Britain ban live animal exports?

Britain is looking to ban the export of live animals for slaughter and fattening

Brexit: 'Large gaps' remain after trade talks

Boris Johnson's dinner with Ursula von der Leyen has ended without a Brexit agreement

Big Pharma: Vaccine Heroes or Profiteers?

How much does the pharmaceutical industry stand to benefit from the Covid vaccines?

Is Boeing's 737 Max fit to fly?

It was grounded worldwide after two tragic accidents. But will it really be safe now?

The end of the line for commuters?

How passenger fears and remote working are prompting a crisis in public transport

Business Weekly

Shell in court: Why environmentalists claim the oil giant is too focused on fossil fuels.

The rise and rise of Instagram

Sarah Frier, author of No Filter, talks about the corporate drama behind Instagram

Is the Hyperloop coming of age?

In November Virgin Hyperloop trialled its first ever journey with passengers

Are we giving suits the boot?

Is the era of the suited office worker at an end?

The EU's latest row

Hungary and Poland threaten to veto a sorely-needed Covid economic recovery fund

Saving the Amazon rainforest with economics

Economics has a solution to halt rapid deforestation but can it be implemented?

Business Weekly

Will the Covid vaccine boost the global economy?

Preppers: Apocalypse, now

How prepping or survivalism has gone mainstream, with Silicon Valley leading the way

The fight for compensation

Are NFL players being denied compensation because of racial-norming?

What it takes to vaccinate the world

With Covid-19 vaccinations preparing to roll out, how do we make sure everyone gets it?

Rich countries line up for Covid-19 vaccine

After the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, a third arrives from the University of Oxford

What children owe their parents

Is it up to children to take financial care of their parents?

Business Weekly

Turning on to electric cars

How Africa's economies are withstanding Coronavirus

Many African countries have been praised for effective campaigns against coronavirus

Can Fintech fuel Africa’s Covid recovery?

2019 was a landmark year for investment into digital financial services across Africa

Your digital legacy

The companies managing your online life after death

Varoufakis: My alternative to capitalism

The former Greek finance minister on his radical vision for market economics

The Pink Frontline

A lack of legal protection in many workplaces can leave transgender employees vulnerable

Business Weekly

Examining how the vaccine be administered around the world safely.

The problem with polling

Is the polling industry the real loser of the American presidential elections?

Does 'Green Finance' offer a solution to climate change?

Big names in the finance think they can reverse capitalism’s effect on the planet

Ukraine’s fight against corruption

What’s holding back President Zelensky’s efforts in tackling corruption?

The 'milestone' vaccine is already having an effect

Stock markets have rocketed on hopes of a Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough

US Elections: How will Biden approach the economy?

A Biden presidency faces myriad legal challenges and an economic crisis before it begins

Business Weekly

Final furlongs in the Race for White House

Uber and Lyft's big win

A vote in California could have far-reaching consequences for the gig economy

What does this all mean for the US economy?

The US vote count continues amid a Trump legal challenge

The billionaires' pandemic

How the world's richest people have become even richer

Lessons from the homeless

What happens when you give homeless people an upfront payment of thousands of dollars?

Business Weekly

Carbon neutral Japan by 2050?

What do parents owe adult children?

Should parents give their children money long into adulthood?

How Dharavi coped with coronavirus

Has one the biggest slums in India escaped the worst of Covid-19?

The nuclear industry dreams small

Could the future of nuclear power be the mass production of small modular reactors?

Cinemas: Open, but nothing to show

Delays to Hollywood blockbusters are prompting a crisis in the cinema industry

How to spot fake news

A former CIA analyst shares her tips on separating what’s true from what’s false

Business Weekly

America First: Has President Trump’s policy worked?

Why BP is betting against oil

BP's chief economist warns against complacency about the speed of the energy transition

Contact tracing apps: Worth the hype?

Why contact tracing technology has been slow to make an impact

Google hit by competition lawsuit

The company is accused of violating competition law

Trading with the USA

What does the international business community hope for from the US elections?

Biotech: Guilt-free palm oil?

A commodity associated with tropical deforestation may soon have a synthetic replacement

Business Weekly

Golden passports and cash for citizenship.

Brexit - ready or not

What sort of Brexit are businesses preparing for?

Africa's animation scene: Ready for takeoff

A grassroots animation industry is building across the continent

Over 50 and out of work

What's it like for older people losing their job in the Covid pandemic?

Sexism in African investment

Why do female entrepreneurs in Africa not get the investment capital they need?

The future of Hong Kong

Can Hong Kong retain its position as Asia's financial capital?

Business Weekly

Should big tech hit the reboot button?

The end of the oil era

How will the energy transition transform geopolitics?

The end of the line for cruise ships?

Once a lucrative market, cruises have been all but wiped out since the coronavirus

Does big tech need a reboot?

A leading Silicon Valley boss says the big tech companies need more empathy and diversity

Is Facebook bad for democracy?

How the social media platform is poisoning politics around the world.

Is it time to rethink the electricity grid?

Are our century-old grids fit for the era of solar and wind power?

Business Weekly

What policies on the economy or the environment did the US presidential candidates offer?

Final countdown for a Brexit trade deal

Why state aid may be the sticking point for a Brexit trade deal

Trump's taxes

What can the NY Times' revelations can tell us about the President's financial affairs?

Facebook's face-off in Australia

Why Facebook has threatened to ban all news on its Australian site

China to the rescue?

Has President Xi just fired the starting gun on a global race to decarbonise the economy?

Business Weekly

US Election: The Power of The Swing States

London's dirty financial secrets

How some of the world's biggest banks are helping criminals launder money

Venture capital in Africa

Investment in African based start-ups is more likely to go to non-African founders. Why?

Why is fashion still not sustainable?

It’s been a cause célèbre for decades, but it seems like little has changed.

Craft beer in a pandemic

How is the craft beer industry faring during the coronavirus pandemic?

Has Coronavirus killed the nightclub?

Nightclubs around the world are struggling to survive with social distancing guidelines

Business Weekly

The US Elections: What’s at stake?

US Elections: California burning

The West Coast wildfires have lifted climate change to the top of the campaign agenda

US Elections: The end of Reaganomics?

Will the elections usher in a sea-change in economic thinking?

US Elections: Immigrants welcome?

President Trump's immigrant crackdown is popular with his base, less so with businesses

US Elections: What it means for healthcare

How voters' decision in November could affect their coverage

US Elections: The view from Beijing

Would China policy differ all that much under a Biden or Trump presidency?

Biotech: The future of food

How technology is re-engineering the food on our plate

Business Weekly

Resurrecting dead viruses and and raising curtains in theatres once again.

Biotech: The future of materials

Can spider silk and grasshopper rubber wean us off our addiction to oil-based plastics?

Biotech: How can it stay safe?

GM microbes promise a new industrial revolution - but the technology also poses dangers

The economics of banning alcohol

Does prohibition ever work?

Democracy for sale?

Journalist Peter Geoghegan on the many ways in which private money is corrupting politics

Why doesn’t the economy care about older women?

Many women over 60 are finding new pursuits and business ventures

Business Weekly

Avoiding slave labour in supply chains

Africa's malware problem

Many Africans are buying Chinese-made smartphones that steal their information

Can Western universities survive without China?

Some universities fear they have become too financially dependent on Chinese students

Would you buy a T-shirt made with slave labour?

How can firms keep Uighur forced labour out of their supply chains?

Restaurants adapting to survive

Eateries around the world are adapting to survive, but how much longer can they last?

Boredom: The secret to creativity?

Why being bored might be good for us

Business Weekly

The mining giant Rio Tinto comes under fire for the destruction of archeological sites

Biotech: The future of farming

We hear from those who argue biotechnology is about to disrupt agriculture for good

Romance scamming: A global industry

Who is running online romance scams.... and who is falling for them?

Education in Africa

Is the continent looking at a lost generation of students because of Covid-19?

A nudge in the right direction

Can a nudge - or a shove - persuade us to act for the common good?

Business Weekly

As strike action escalates in Belarus, what is the future for the former Soviet republic?

Will TikTok find a US buyer?

President Trump has given the Chinese firm a deadline to sell off its US operations

Sudan: Dealing with Covid and Sanctions

Relief efforts are impeded by Sudan’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism

Breaking the silence in Belarus

President Alexander Lukashenko is facing ever stronger resistance

African women and Covid

Is the virus hitting the economic opportunities of women in Africa the hardest?

Coronavirus: A disaster for feminism?

The impact of the pandemic on gender inequality

Business Weekly

Why are the members of Syria’s powerful ruling elite pitted against each other?

Destruction and corruption in Beirut

The businesses hoping to rebuild after Beirut's port explosion

Does online networking work?

Conferences during Covid-19: The challenge of taking face-to-face events online

US evictions crisis?

Millions face losing benefits and eviction after Congress failed to extend the Cares Act

A family rift in Syria

Why does the President of Syria seemingly want to destroy his cousin Rami Makhlouf?

Rich and frugal?

Why some millionaires - and billionaires - don’t splash their cash

Business Weekly

A veteran scientist's view on the planet's future

Paid not to work: Burden or opportunity?

Did furlough schemes get people out the habit of work?

Trump's climate rollback

Environmental regulations are being systematically weakened by the US government

Evading sanctions

How easy is it to get around sanctions?

Will live streaming gigs save the music industry?

Musicians tell us how they are finding innovative ways to get around the pandemic

"Gaia Hypothesis" creator celebrates 101 years

Veteran environmentalist James Lovelock reflects on his career and the planet's future

Business Weekly

The radical plan to tackle mass unemployment

Homeworking: Is it messing with your head?

Why companies shouldn't give up the office just yet

Bolivia's lithium bonanza

The Salar de Uyuni, a stunning salt flat high in the Andes, is worth billions of dollars

What actually happened in Sweden?

The nation of 10 million has one of the highest coronavirus death rates per capita

Are companies really committed to diversity?

US companies are spending around $8 billion a year on diversity training.

Dealing with mass unemployment

Do we need to radically rethink the way we tackle joblessness?

Business Weekly

North and South - will the EU's Covid deal heal the bloc's divisions?

Brexit: still worth it?

A free trade deal between the EU and UK remains elusive

TikTok under pressure

Can TikTok survive as a US-based social media platform?

Coronavirus: A killer blow to US healthcare?

What happens if you lose your health coverage during a pandemic

Changing career in a pandemic

Some people aren’t letting coronavirus put their plans on hold

Designing a better city

Can the lessons learned during Coronavirus help make urban environments smarter?

Business Weekly

Racism and the banking system - is discrimination rife?

Fixing world trade

Trade wars - what will it take to end them and restore order to global commerce?

China's plan to redesign the internet

As the UK expels Huawei amid a US-China cyber cold war, Beijing has bigger plans afoot

Homeworking's winners and losers

The economic impact of the working-from-home revolution

Venture capital's diversity problem

Will Black Lives Matter bring change to an industry accused of being too white?

Why do we ignore catastrophic risk?

Covid-19 is showing up a general failure by governments to prepare for the worst

Business Weekly

A corporate scandal in Germany - how Wirecard went from fintech darling to disaster.

Trump's tax returns

What the US Supreme Court's ruling means for the US President and his election campaign

Voting amidst a pandemic

Could electronic voting help the US hold an election?

Rising tensions with China

Why does China seem to be upsetting countries around the world?

How brands are born

What’s in a name and why does it matter?

Africa's tech entrepreneurs

Coronavirus brings an unexpected boost to the tech industry in parts of Africa.

Business Weekly

Big brands step back from Facebook. But what should the social media giant be doing?

Nollywood under lockdown

Coronavirus has brought one of the most prolific film industries to a virtual standstill.

US states resist second lockdown

Coronavirus cases are on the rise in two dozen states, including Florida

Brands boycott Facebook

Can the Stop Hate for Profit campaign change how Facebook handles "toxic" content?

Rethinking the future

The 2020s will be transformational, according to the tech prophets of RethinkX

The billionaire and the pandemic

Egyptian tycoon Mohamed Mansour on the long-term impact of coronavirus

Business Weekly

Are incompetent people put into middle management to get them out of the way?

Does the WTO have a future?

The rules-based international trading system is being challenged like never before

Why your boss is incompetent

An explainer on why the wrong people get promoted

Can we guarantee a job for everyone?

Economist Pavlina Tcherneva on how we could get rid of unemployment

Lifting the lockdowns

Businesses are opening up to customers again, but at what cost?

Will China embrace fake meat?

Could supply chain issues help home grown synthetic meat go mainstream in China?

Business Weekly

How will big business in Hong Kong react to new Chinese security laws?

#BLM: Are brands cashing in?

Companies are pledging support, money and an end to systemic racism. Do they mean it?

Hong Kong's last gasp?

Is the banking gateway to China under threat from its new security law?

China's debt relief for Africa

What impact is the pandemic having on Chinese investment in Africa?

How batteries are powering ahead

Tesla plans some big announcements that could transform cars, electricity and the climate

A conversation with Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

The Nigerian economist on Africa, Covid-19, diversity, and her hopes to lead the WTO

Business Weekly

Should the United States pay reparations to the descendants of African slaves?

Greece: Will the tourists come?

And even if they do come, will they bring the coronavirus back with them?

Russia's covid crisis

What are the economic and political consequences as Russia lifts its lockdown?

Reparations for African-Americans

Should African-Americans be paid reparations for their ancestors' enslavement?

Bill Gates: the ‘voodoo doll’ of Covid conspiracies

Why are there so many online conspiracy theories about Bill Gates?

Offices and cities after coronavirus

Does commuting into the office have a future?

Business Weekly

Racism and Business: What should companies be doing to fight inequality?

The precarious world of sex work

Sex workers have seen their incomes disappear overnight since the start of the pandemic

Black Lives Matter: What should businesses do?

What companies can do more than just expressing support for #blacklivesmatter protests

Nouriel Roubini: The global economy after coronavirus

The renowned economist explains what he sees in store for the global economy

Universities face a shortage of students

Online lectures and no social life means many students are choosing not to go

Coronavirus in the Red States

In the US, political ideology and public health concerns are entangled

Business Weekly

Immunity Passports - Post Covid-19 essential or privacy concern?

Is coronavirus the EU's defining moment?

The EU's recovery plan is being billed as historic

The business case for immunity passports

How antibody tests could give the economy its confidence back

Can 'immunity passports' help us get back to normal?

Countries are working on certification methods to show someone is immune to coronavirus

The growth of fake coronavirus cures

How are so-called Covid-19 cures being marketed and who’s buying them?

The Green New Deal goes global

Plans for gigantic investments to decarbonise the world economy are gaining traction

Business Weekly

Safety versus privacy as lockdowns ease and we head back to work.

The future of movies after coronavirus

Will our lockdown streaming habits change the film industry for good?

Monitoring in the post lockdown office

The tricky balancing act between privacy and health as employees return to work

Should we keep paying workers to stay at home?

Covid 19 furlough schemes are costing governments billions - are they sustainable?

Venezuela: 'The world's weakest economy?'

Venezuela's latest gasoline crisis risks weakening the country's economy further

Business Weekly

Food supply chains after coronavirus. Plus, ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus on life and lockdowns

Coal vs coronavirus

Can the coal industry survive a knockout punch from the pandemic?

Billionaires and the Pandemic

Should we be questioning donations from the super-rich?

Feeding a world in lockdown

Lockdowns and the coronavirus pandemic have disrupted global food supply chains

How to build a bailout

Making corporate rescues fair

Business Weekly

Coronavirus coping tales from a New York chef, media moguls and single parents.

Markets and the economy: Two staggering drunks

Why are stock markets so buoyant as the global economy slides into possible depression?

Bringing back football

The English Premier League's plans to finish the season

How coronavirus broke Brazil's economic dream

Could the economy minister be the next key ally to abandon embattled President Bolsonaro?

After Coronavirus: A Trans-Tasman travel bubble?

Are New Zealand and Australia considering lifting travel restrictions too early?

Losing your business to the pandemic

US chef Gabrielle Hamilton had to shutter her restaurant as the coronavirus spread

Welcome to Business Weekly

The most compelling reports from the BBC's business programmes over the past week.

Single parents in lockdown

Lockdown is challenging, but for single parents, it can be a terrifying ordeal.

The rise of contact tracing apps

Will they get us out of lockdown?

The ethics of pricing lives

How do, and how should governments put a cost on human life?

Remittances: When the money stops coming in

Money sent home by migrant workers, so crucial to global poverty reduction, is in decline

Coronavirus: Can small businesses survive?

Can smaller companies withstand the coronavirus storm?

A new normal

What will the end of lockdown measures really look like?

A moment of truth for the EU

A crunch meeting of EU leaders today aims to show Italy solidarity against coronavirus

Coronavirus: End of the global supply chain?

How the coronavirus pandemic could send globalisation into reverse

Climate change and the pandemic

What will happen to the environment when economies get going again?

Tenants v landlords

Where does the buck stop in today's uncertain times?

Amazon’s pandemic

Will coronavirus make or break the e-commerce giant?

Coronavirus in Africa

How Covid-19 is threatening some of the most impoverished nations on the planet.

The great coronavirus oil glut

Demand for fuel has collapsed amid the lockdowns, but the world keeps pumping more crude

Comedy in a crisis

We look at the memes and videos helping many of us get through coronavirus uncertainty

Coronavirus and the surveillance state

Can we trust Big Brother to help fight the virus?

Coronavirus in Asia’s biggest slum

Life under lockdown for nearly a million residents of Dharavi slum in Mumbai

Can technology deliver in African skies?

Katie Prescott reports on the technology-fuelled future of Rwanda

Who will foot the coronavirus bill?

Governments are spending trillions of dollars to rescue their economies from the pandemic

Coronavirus pushes Europe to the edge

As the deaths continue to rise, Italians are asking why the EU is doing so little to help

Will there be a vaccine?

A vaccine would end the coronavirus pandemic, but how many months will it take?

Coronavirus: The race to find a treatment

Researchers rush to identify drugs that might cut the number of deaths from Covid-19

Coronavirus in confinement

How much social distancing is possible when you're locked up?

Coronavirus: Preppers and the Pandemic

Survival equipment and bunkers are in high demand during the coronavirus outbreak

Giving care in crisis

The mental health of workers on the frontline of the coronavirus epidemic

The cost of lockdown in the developing world

The region's poorest say they 'fear hunger may kill us before coronavirus'

Are there exit strategies for coronavirus?

China is beginning to ease restrictions as they claim cases of coronavirus have fallen

The working from home challenge

Snapshots of working from home across the world

Do we have the right data on coronavirus?

Why a cruise ship may provide some of the answers we desperately need.

Life under lockdown

Some of the world’s poorest areas are suffering under tough measures to combat Covid-19

Coronavirus: Where's the joined-up thinking?

What can be learned from East Asia's response to Covid-19, and from Ebola in West Africa?

Can the private sector help struggling hospitals?

Private firms are stepping in to fill the gaps in the world's coronavirus strategies

Can airlines survive coronavirus?

Airlines are cancelling flights and temporarily cutting staff

Coronavirus: Can the risk be contained?

The US has slashed interest rates, and public life is halting across the Western world

Wet markets and the coronavirus

Where the coronavirus came from and why these diseases aren't a one-off

The great North Korean crypto hack

Crypto-currency and cybercrime have helped continue fund the DPRK's nuclear programme

How to stop coronavirus crashing your economy

As much of Italy quarantines itself, what can authorities do to keep businesses afloat?

The psychology of panic buying

How the spread of coronavirus is changing consumer behaviour

The superforecasters

How to predict the future and beat the wisdom of the crowds

The great face hack

Facial recognition firm Clearview scraped billions of people's photos off social media

Coronavirus: Global recession?

Could the disruption caused by the pandemic push the world into technical recession?

Do stock-pickers have a future?

Research suggests they underperform robot traders, and most can't even beat the market

Moving Uighur workers in China

New evidence of the mass-transportation of forced labour to Chinese factories

Trump's immigration crackdown

How fewer Latin Americans crossing the US border is affecting the economy

Firestone and Liberia

River pollution and labour rights violations on the world's biggest rubber plantation

Coronavirus: Fake news goes viral

Misinformation about the coronavirus outbreak is undermining efforts to contain it

Supermarket archaeology

What can soap boxes, sweet wrappers and tin cans tell us about our shopping history?

A single West African currency

One currency for 15 nations - what difference would it make?

Cognac and hip hop

How brands forge strong relationships with music

The Airbnb rental scammers

Is the holiday lettings platform rife with bogus, unregulated and unsafe properties?

3D-printed pills

Could 3D printing have found a useful application - personalised prescription pills?

Why you should hire an ex con

Should employers simply stop asking job applicants if they have a criminal record?

A robot future and how to handle it

What will happen to our working lives when the robots take over?

EU farm subsidies: who's benefiting?

Is the European farm subsidy system being left vulnerable to corruption?

The case for free trade

Does the backlash against globalisation ignore the huge benefits of world trade?

Firing workers in Virtual Reality

VR is finding a surprising new use - training managers how to handle delicate situations

Tesla: To infinity and beyond

Can anyone stop - or even make sense of - the rise and rise of Tesla's share price?

Coronavirus: A shortage of masks

The business impact of the coronavirus outbreak

When a work colleague dies

How companies and staff deal with death at work

Out of jail but not out of work

Ali Niaz is a reformed drug dealer who built his own music empire

Saudi money, English Football

The Arab kingdom reportedly wants to buy Premier League football team Newcastle United

Will immersive tech ever go mainstream?

VR and AR have been around for years, and billions have been spent on popularising them

So is the future hydrogen?

The gas could provide the critical missing piece in decarbonising the global economy

Does coal have a future?

Could burning coal to generate electricity soon become commercially unviable?

Brexit day, Brexit visions

As the UK officially leaves the EU, what kind of economic future should it aim for?

Does quarantining do more harm than good?

How will China's efforts to contain the corona virus affect the country's economy?

Britain's Huawei gamble

The UK's decision to let the Chinese firm into its 5G network risks US retaliation

Chinese forced labour: The brands

Are Western brands doing enough to keep forced labour out of their supply chains?

Forced labour in China

The Uighur Muslims forced to work in Chinese detention centres

What next for Africa's richest woman?

Isabel dos Santos faces charges in her native Angola

The products used again and again and again...

Why don't more manufacturers embrace the principles of the circular economy?

Mapping paradise

We revisit the Zanzibar government's efforts to chart its territory using drones

Cities at a standstill

How strikes and protests affect business in Paris and Hong Kong

Being watched at work

The ethics of monitoring technology in the workplace

Insomnia and the smartphone

Modern tech is accused of interfering with our sleep, but could an app provide the cure?

Microworkers teaching robots

How the rise of 'microwork' is helping develop artificial intelligence

Where has all the good soil gone?

How soil degradation is reducing crop yields and adding to climate change

The power-hungry internet

Why our growing use of technology is a threat to the planet

The next big thing

How easy is it to predict where tech will take us in the next decade?

Brand Meghan and Harry

Royal brands and the value of the monarchy

OK Boomer...

Can’t save/won’t save? The raw financial deal facing millennials and generation Z.

North Korea: Suffering under sanctions?

Are the toughest economic sanctions in the world actually having any effect?

Uber and Lyft vs California

A battle is looming over the future of the gig economy

The US and China in 2020

How the battle of the superpowers might unfold this year

LA's housing crisis

LA's housing crisis is pushing city dwellers to the limit

The workplace re-imagined

Can workplaces be designed to make you want to come to the office?

Rights of nature

If nature had the same legal status as humans, would it be better protected?

Phosphates and the disputed corner of north-west Africa

Morocco dominates phosphate fertilisers thanks to its disputed control of Western Sahara

Reinventing capitalism

Can corporations change to prioritise society and the environment over profit?

Are friends electric?

When will artificial intelligence be capable of providing intelligent conversation?

Hack my brain

Facebook and Elon Musk are among those investigating brain probes for mind reading

Will flying taxis ever take off?

Will giant drones one day ferry us all through the heavens all on our way to work?

Smart cities: Big Data's watching you

From Shenzhen to Toronto, city streets are becoming a valuable source of big data

Smart cities: How Barcelona learned to listen

Smart sensors can improve citizens' lives, especially when residents are put in charge

How 24/7 life is rewiring our brains

A group of artists look at how our modern hyper-connected lives are affecting our sleep

Our digital afterlife

What happens to your online presence when you die?

Have you paid your taxes?

Tax evasion is rife, from Bolivia to Greece, but are we taxing the wrong things?

When women aren't counted

Gender bias in data collection

Brexit: What happens next?

Three experts on the next steps for Boris Johnson, Britain and the EU

The death of expertise

Why do so many people think they know best? Is it putting dolts in charge of government?

Old city v new city

Should we conserve historic neighbourhoods when new homes are desperately needed?

Surviving the surveillance state

How facial recognition works, how it's spreading everywhere, and how it can be fooled

Delivering in the gig economy

How online shopping is fuelling insecure work for delivery drivers

US drug companies and the NHS

Is Britain's health service really up for sale?

A machine to break down all language barriers

The technology developers say can immediately translate any language into any other

How 'cheap' English is conquering the world

English language has become a basic skill that kids are picking up in surprising places

Taking football global

The pitfalls when soccer tries to break into the US and Asian markets

Hidden art

Why the owners of movies and artworks don't want you to see them

China moves from imitator to innovator

Chinese tech giants are gaining ground, but can they truly go global?

Meetings, meetings everywhere...

Meetings are the bane of many an office worker's life, so why are we having more of them?

The sea they plan to cover in turbines

Offshore wind power is about to hit the big time in northern Europe

How to change your career

A criminal turned athlete and a journalist turned teacher on the art of the career switch

What happened to austerity?

Do promises of increased government spending in the UK mean the end of benefits cuts?

Cryptocurrency's new frontier

Cryptocurrency mining is booming across parts of the former Soviet Union

Why Americans are loving trade unions again

US public support for trade unions is at its highest for years

Mental health in Africa

One of the continent's most neglected issues is finally getting some attention

The fight over the Parthenon Marbles

How Greece hopes to regain the ancient sculptures from the British Museum

Africa's tech hub explosion

What impact has it had on the continent's tech startup scene?

The scramble for Nollywood

The international companies investing in Nigerian cinema

Live long and prosper?

The longevity industry aims to let us all become healthy, active centenarians

Quantum computers: What are they good for?

Google has claimed a breakthrough in quantum computing, but what might it actually do?

The ethics of AI

One of the world's top thinkers on artificial intelligence says why we should be cautious

The billionaires who want to pay more tax

Two of America's billionaires explain why they should be forced to contribute more

Who wants to be a billionaire?

Should the richest be taxed out of existence?

Fake me an influencer

The murky world of fake Instagram followers, fake comments, fake likes

Make me an influencer

How hard is it to make money on Instagram?

The Cambridge Analytica whistleblower

Brittany Kaiser says our data can still be abused to manipulate the way we vote

The world's youngest Nobel-winning economist

Esther Duflo discusses her work on the economics of poverty

A hydro-powered Bitcoin boom in Georgia

How hydroelectric dams are powering cryptocurrency mining on the eastern edge of Europe

Tweaking your face

How social media is fueling the modern cosmetic surgery industry

The cancer scammers

How social media is being used to target cancer patients with fake cures

The diverse economy of the Lone Star State

Texas has long been known for oil but the state is pushing into tech and renewable energy

Can airlines pivot fully to biofuels?

Pressure is growing on airlines to turn to more renewable sources of fuel

Goodbye Super Mario

A changing of the guard at the European Central Bank

A meatless future?

The California companies racing to replace the meat we eat

Industry awards - worth the effort?

Does coming second still boost the bottom line? We ask some runners-up

What is the Green New Deal?

The plan to transform the economy and solve climate change has taken off in Washington DC

Bringing Uber back to Earth

Investors are losing faith in fast growth and disruption, and want to see actual profits

The business case for sleep

How lack of sleep is damaging productivity

Is the sun setting on Saudi oil?

Is Aramco finalising a much-delayed IPO just as markets are losing faith in fossil fuels?

Concrete's dirty secret

Cement and concrete have one of the biggest carbon footprints of any industry

How China slam-dunked the NBA

Does the bust-up mean China is falling out of love with US basketball - and US business?

Is the West really meritocratic?

US academic and author Daniel Markovits argues that meritocracy fuels inequality

How to be angry

From hotheads to curmudgeons, is anger bad for business or can we put it to good use?

The vaping scare and big tobacco

Why health concerns over vaping is bad for cigarette companies

Losing your mind at work

Handling mental health in the workplace

Why whistleblowers need protection

The EU grants new legal rights to those reporting corporate and government misbehaviour

Choose your own pay

What happens when a company lets its employees decide what their salaries should be?

The George Soros conspiracy

Why one financier is the target of a global conspiracy theory

End of the road for US truckers?

Truck drivers and the robots that could replace them

The right to repair

Why is it so hard to fix your own things?

The search for sustainable fabric

Cotton needs gallons of water, polyester comes from oil. Could mushrooms hold the answer?

The onward march of Chinese debt

Is the rapid build up of credit a threat to China's economic wellbeing?

Brexit and the currency speculators

Some traders are betting on the UK crashing out of the EU without a divorce agreement

WeWork and the cult of the CEO

How WeWork's Adam Neumann lost his job

Climate Action: Should we plant more trees?

Is reforestation the best way to tackle climate change?

Climate Action: The moral imperative

What is our ethical duty to eliminate carbon emissions?

Climate Action: Uninhabitable Earth

Just how bad will it get if the world fails to get to grips with climate change?

Climate Action: Greta Thunberg's mission

The teen activist on how she aims to get governments to take action on climate change

The future of Facebook

What next for the social media giant?

Robot race cars and AI

What robots driving cars can tell us about artificial intelligence.

Trading tinned fish and powdered milk

How economies spring up in extreme places from refugee camps to prisons

Whom should the corporation serve?

Should shareholders come first? Or employees, customers, and society in general?

Africa's mobile credit revolution

Will the roll out of online lending stimulate economic boom or just a credit binge?

The cost of sending money home

Why it's time to start paying attention to the global remittances industry

The cannabidiol craze

The cannabis extract is finding its way into soaps and cosmetics, but is it just a fad?

Going after Google

US state authorities fear the search giant has too much power over what we buy

Tackling the male fertility crisis

Tech start-ups are finally giving attention to the steady global decline in sperm counts

The world is running out of sand

A global construction boom is fuelling an illegal trade in sand used to make concrete

Can technology read minds?

The business of brain data

Brand Britain and Brexit

What the rest of the world makes of the UK's Brexit crisis

The hipster company that wants to save the world

Is WeWork an exciting new tech firm, or just an over-priced office rental business?

Air pollution gets personal

Can a greater understanding of how poor air quality harms us help us tackle this problem?

Hollywood vs Netflix

How are movie producers making money in the age of online streaming?

Can we trust Rwanda's data?

Dodgy statistics and aid money in Africa

Dying for insulin in the USA

Why do American diabetics have to pay so much for this life-saving drug?

How can women take charge of their finances?

Is the wealth management industry still too geared towards male clients?

Why not buy Greenland?

What Trump's shock proposal tells us about sovereignty and Arctic geopolitics

The challenges facing Syrian refugees in Turkey

Are Syrians now paying the price of Turkey's economic slowdown?

Ecommerce in Africa - still finding its way

Will online retailers overcome a lack of infrastructure and trust to conquer Africa?

Helping Africa feed itself

Supporting Africa's homegrown food-growing capacity

The singing president who disappeared

Turkmenistan's president mysteriously vanishes, while his country faces economic crisis

Are stock buybacks a corporate scam?

When corporations buy back shares is it for the good of the economy, or themselves?

Has 3D printing met the hype?

Are we any closer to the new industrial revolution promised a few years ago?

Should workers be offered unlimited paid leave?

Some employers are letting their workers take as much time off as they like.

Vanuatu's sacred drink

Could the traditional beverage known as kava boost Vanuatu's struggling economy?

Radical toilets

What can music festivals teach us about toilet technology?

A Brexit game of chicken

Is the UK's government really serious about a 'no-deal' Brexit?

How to be ambitious

Is it good or bad to be ambitious? And what do you do with it if you've got it?

The smart home hype

Has technology really made our homes better?

Vanuatu's missing women

What are the consequences of the country having no female MPs?

Sunscreen under the microscope

One dermatologist argues sunscreen isn’t always a good idea.

A global gig economy

Are freelancing platforms threatening worker's rights?

Gas-powered politics

How the US fracking revolution is changing geopolitics

A lesson in pioneering education

We look at the disruptive models of educating young minds across the globe

Can our planet afford meat?

The battle between the world's biggest meat producers could be exhausting the earth

When a work colleague dies

How companies and staff deal with death at work

Are we too scared of nuclear energy?

Why we fear nuclear radiation

The truth about natural gas

A bridge to a renewable future or just hot air?

Britain's Brexit saviour?

Boris Johnson has promised to get the UK out of the EU by 31 October, "do or die"

The death of Venice?

The Venetians who say cruise ships and tourist hordes are killing their city

Is air traffic control fit for purpose?

The system for keeping planes in the sky dates back to the 1940s - time for an overhaul?

Life on Mars

What are the obstacles for a permanent base on the Red Planet?

Rome: Drowning in rubbish

Italy’s eternal city is overflowing with history - and rubbish

Why has Italy fallen out of love with the euro?

And is Italy's populist government cosying up to Russia instead?

A degree from a screen?

How YouTube and other online platforms are coming to dominate our ideas of education

Banning foreign home buyers - the New Zealand experiment

Have homes become cheaper since NZ radically changed the law on foreign ownership?

How will China's credit binge end?

Hasty borrowing by Chinese consumers may leave the country's economy with a debt hangover

The US consumer debt pile

Payday loans, auto loans and student loans are overwhelming a sector of American society

Brand Rainbow

Is rainbow branding a step forward for diversity or a cynical corporate take-over?

The economics of Indian cricket

India loves cricket, but will other sports like football eventually take the glory?

Should we be ashamed of flying?

The aviation industry is one of the world's biggest contributors to climate change

Hong Kong crisis: The business impact

Is Hong Kong's position as a global financial centre under threat?

The truth about cookies

Should you let websites track your online movements?

Fast fashion: The ugly side of looking good

The hunger for quick short-lived clothes is bringing garment sweatshops back to the UK

Isolating Iran

New US sanctions are forcing firms to choose between their US and Iranian businesses

Money management for millennials

The financial literacy gap

Making money out of music festivals

It's not as easy as it looks

Shutting down the internet

Government shutdowns of the internet are having an economic impact

Protecting kids from porn

The UK plans compulsory age verification for access to online porn - is it a good idea?

Get a job?

Is unemployment in the West so low because people have simply given up on finding work?

Life in an unrecognised state

How do you do business when nobody officially accepts that your nation even exists?

The Facebook currency

Why Facebook's Libra project will attract the attention of regulators

The next agricultural revolution

Do we need to transform the way we grow food if we are to head off disaster?

Istanbul's vexed elections

The Turkish city votes again for a new mayor after March's election result was overturned

Hostile environment for immigrants

How Western immigration policy is prioritising populism over business interests

The next financial crisis

Could the fund management industry be the epicentre of the next big financial earthquake?

The global trade in trash

Asian countries have told the West to stop dumping its plastic waste on them

Oil, guns and pollution

Oil giant Shell tells us why it struggles to clean up its operations in the Niger Delta

Is it time to tax robots?

With ever more jobs being automated, should the automatons be taxed the same as humans?

Jobs for prisoners

The challenge of getting ex-offenders back into work

Is Google too big?

Is Google's share of our attention and data too dominant? We ask Eric Schmidt

Romantic fraud

The cruel multi-million-dollar business of scamming lonely hearts online

Europe votes for uncertainty

With the EU parliament becoming more fragmented, how will it affect business sentiment?

India election: Modi's report card

Fergus Nicoll travels through Indian Prime Minister Modi's home constituency of Varanasi

The plastic in the ocean

Why plastic ends up there and how to stop it

The trillion dollar coach

What Silicon Valley learned from the American football coach Bill Campbell

Education for all

How can educators ensure that every child in the world has access to a decent school?

The meat-free burger

Can a burger help save the planet?

A new port in India

India's bid to capture a slice of global shipping

The magic money tree

Should governments spend more money?

Climbing the student debt mountain

Could a new scheme alleviate the crippling cost of university fees for young Americans?

The cyber arms race

Was the 2016 NotPetya attack a portend of devastating cyber-wars in the future?

The coming floods

With the sea level rising, will the world's coastal cities find themselves underwater?

Disabled on Wall Street

Getting more disabled people into the workforce

Rebuilding an economy after two cyclones

In Mozambique, Cyclones Idai and Kenneth did tremendous damage to the lives of millions

India's caste quota controversy

Is PM Modi's tinkering with the reservation system just an election ploy?

Netflix moves into Africa

The video streaming service has announced a series of original African productions

The price of bread

This global food staple used to account for half of some people's income

The value of domestic work

Housework and caring - an essential but overlooked part of the economy

A four-day week?

The campaign for a four-day working week is gaining traction, particularly in the UK

The mega factory that never was

Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn is causing a political headache for President Trump

What young Indians want

As India holds elections, getting decent jobs is top of the agenda for most young voters

Youtube: Cracking down on crackpots

What the video-sharing site needs to do to stop promoting dangerous conspiracy theories

When computer glitches ruin lives

Imagine losing your home, your job or your reputation, all because of a computer error

The global affordable housing crisis

Is rent control the answer to the increasing cost of housing in the rich world?

Pricing in climate change

Are markets and companies beginning to grasp the threat of global warming?

The true cost of periods

Is it time to rethink the way we manage menstruation?

TED2019: Facebook, Twitter and democracy

Jane Wakefield reports from the Ted conference in Vancouver

TED2019: Space junk, rockets and aliens

Companies set on exploring the cosmos converge on the TED conference in Vancouver.

Should prostitution be a normal profession?

How best to help sex workers: Full decriminalisation versus abolition

Pakistan's young entrepreneurs

How the country’s young businesses are making a mark in fashion, beauty, music and tech

The death of the local newspaper

How the decline of the local newspaper industry is affecting democracy

WhatsApp in India

Are fake news and rumours still proliferating on the app as India prepares for elections?

Disney goes to war with Netflix

Is the market for streaming services getting too saturated?

An expensive democracy

India will spend billions of dollars on its general election this year

When big business sponsors the arts

Should galleries take money from the likes of big oil?

Millennial burnout

Are millennials working too hard?

The listening device in your pocket

Does the proliferation of microphones in our gadgets mean anyone can eavesdrop on us?

Bitcoin bounces back

Cryptocurrencies are on the rebound, but do they make any more sense?

Brexit: May reaches out

The British prime minister looks for a new deal to solve the deadlock over Brexit

India's fugitive diamond billionaire

The rise and fall of Indian jeweller Nirav Modi

Alexa, what are you doing to the internet?

Voice assistant apps are about to transform the economics of the web

Italy embraces China

Rome's decision to sign up to China's belt and road initiative has proved controversial

Is pan-African trade a pipe dream?

Can the continent remove trade barriers and create a billion-person internal market?

A hundred years of women in law

Why are so few women in the top jobs?

The essay cheats

People will write your university assignments for you - for a price

Ukraine: Trading across the front line

The economy of Russian occupied territories in Ukraine

Brexit: Oil, fish and bargaining chips

How is the Scottish city of Aberdeen coping with the UK's imminent exit from the EU?

A basic income for all?

Would a Universal Basic Income help solve inequality, or make it worse?

Is humankind on the verge of disaster?

Academics are assessing the odds of a catastrophe taking place sometime soon.

The periodic table turns 150

Are critical chemical elements of the periodic table in dangerously short supply?

Neverending Brexit?

As the UK parliament votes to delay Brexit, businesses brace for yet more uncertainty

Heineken in Africa

The brewer is accused of complicity with Africa's murkiest politics

More Brexit blues for business

A continued political crisis in the UK means more uncertainty for businesses

Ukraine's corruption problem

Ahead of the presidential elections, the country grapples with conflicts and corruption.

Education in India: In need of reform?

Too much emphasis on exams and academia might not develop workforce employers need.

Women in a man's world

In a world designed by men for men, women often come off worst

Big Sugar

Is the sugar industry's relationship with US politics just a little bit too sweet?

Overworked doctors

Are health services wilfully blind to the dangerously long hours worked by junior medics?

Fix my gadgets!

As appliances get harder and more expensive to mend, should we demand a right to repair?

Who's monetising your DNA?

Should the collection of vast genetic databases be dominated by private companies?

The family tree business

What can you really learn about your heritage from a home DNA testing kit?

Bad blood in Silicon Valley

The startup scandal that shook confidence in the tech investment scene

Is it time to regulate social media?

Should Facebook and others take responsibility for what appears on their platforms?

Is healthy eating affordable?

Poor diet can cause diabetes and cancer but do you have a choice if your budget is tight?

Zombie statistics

How bogus stats can get repeated again and again until they end up influencing policy

Businesses preparing for Brexit

Exporters express anxiety at the lack of a trade deal with just six weeks left to go

Where are the women in Hollywood?

Are women finally breaking through off screen in the film industry?

Capitalism in crisis?

Is the era of globalisation, unfettered markets and billionaires drawing to a close?

Rational partner choice

Should your head trump your heart when it comes to seeking lifelong love?

The education scam

The scam universities preying on African students

Poverty and Corruption in Nigeria

The economics of Nigeria's presidential election

Taxing the Rich

Does taxing rich people more put the brakes on innovation?

The Body Disposal Business

Funereal solutions on an overcrowded planet

The Future of Fashion Retail

Will online shopping and AI combine to kill or enhance the high street clothing store?

When to Pursue your Dream

At what point should you give up your day-job to pursue a "side-hustle" full-time?

Brexit: No Deal, No Food?

If the UK crashes out of the EU, how will it affect the country's supplies of fresh food?

The Burning Question

Climate Change: Can the world economy continue to grow without burning fossil fuels?

Peak Smartphone

Are Apple and Samsung running out of people to sell their smartphones to?

Keeping your Eggs on Ice

More and more women are freezing their eggs in their twenties - is it a waste of money?

Huawei and the Trade War

Will indictments against China's tech giant overshadow US trade talks?

A Deepening Crisis in Venezuela

Two rival presidents, oil sanctions and hyperinflation

Will Tanzania's Drone Industry Take Off?

The drones in Africa used for surveying and mapping

The Great China Slowdown

China's economy is slowing down. What does it mean for the rest of the world?

Bill Gates Makes His Pitch

The mega-philanthropist is in Davos raising money to fight infectious diseases

Selling Romance

Have dating apps reduced romance to a commodity?

Board of the Problem

The number of female executives in the UK’s biggest companies remains stubbornly low.

China’s New Silk Road Comes to Pakistan

China is lending billions to Pakistan in an ambitious attempt to disrupt global trade

The US Government Shutdown

Is the standoff in Washington DC starting to do serious harm to the US economy?

Ghosting at Work

When is it acceptable to vanish from a job without warning or explanation?

Decarbonising the Atmosphere

Removing CO2 from the air is technologically feasible, but is it commercially viable?

Making The Desert Bloom

Can salt-water plants save the world from climate change?

The Consequences of China Cyber Espionage

Did China steal the plans for its military hardware? And what is the US doing about it?

Our Hilarious Universe

Revenge of the nerds - how comedians are helping explain the world of science and tech

The Housing Disruptors

Can factory-made homes solve global housing shortages?

A Dog's Life? Yes please!

The global pet food industry is predicted to be worth nearly $100 billion by 2022

The Firm Where Everyone Has Autism

Jane Wakefield visits a software company which exclusively uses autistic employees

The Outlook for 2019

Jeffrey Sachs, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Mohamed El-Erian discuss the year ahead

The Electric Robotaxi Dream

Will we all be using self-driving taxi apps by 2030, or is this pure fantasy?

Can't Get No Sleep

Had a late night? Well here's a programme about insomnia

Bottoms Up!

How whisky became the world's favourite tipple

Africa's Missing Maps

What role can businesses play in filling Africa's cartographical gaps?

The Housing Crisis that Never Went Away

Some US cities have still not recovered from the 2008 property meltdown

Russian Money, Cypriot Haven

Known as a mecca for Russian money laundering, Cyprus is trying to clean up its act

Spice Islands & Slavery

The history of the spice trade, from Zanzibar to India, and the human misery behind it

Inhaling in LA

Will legal cannabis and smart scooters transform the smoggy air that Angelenos breathe?

Modern Love in India

Are dating apps like Tinder speeding up the decline of the arranged marriage in India?

Huawei: Who are they?

Is the company a front for Chinese espionage or just the victim of geopolitics?

DR Congo and Electric Cars

How elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo could impact a global industry

Robots and Video Games for Old People

How technology can help look after an ageing population

Bangalore: India's Silicon Valley?

The people vying for success in India's tech startup scene

Young, Gifted and Black

Racism persists in the workplace, and threatens to blight another generation of talent

How to Be Uncertain

An economist, psychoanalyst, soldier and statistician on how to survive uncertain times

Doing Business amid Brexit Chaos

Businesses are getting exasperated by the uncertainty over the UK's departure from the EU

Billion-Dollar Eels

Why smuggling one species of fish from Europe to Asia is a billion-dollar business

The Mug that Stood Up to the Mailman

How "Mighty Mug" got Donald Trump to threaten to pull out of the global postal system

The Internet: Welcome to Creepsville

It's easy for anyone, from criminals to stalkers, to dig up your personal data online

How Not to Save the World

Is "voluntourism" actually doing more harm than good at developing world orphanages?

The Forgotten Workers

Fighting for the rights of domestic workers in America

Brexit: The Easy Guide

Things are getting complicated in the British parliament

#MeToo: Why the Backlash?

Analysing the #MeToo movement one year on

Europe: Dream or Nightmare?

Could the 2019 European Parliament elections be the death knell for the federalist dream?

Poland Perturbed

The government in Warsaw is locking horns with the EU and dividing the population

Italy and the EU: Split or Quit?

Is Brexit boosting a bust-up with Brussels?

France and a Federal Europe

Why is President Macron pushing for a more federal Europe?

Europe's Future

How do German citizens feel about the future of the world’s largest trading bloc?

The Man Mapping Zanzibar with Drones

The Spice Islands' urban planning director is a pioneer in mapping technology

Mapping Africa’s Megacities

Cities like Dar es Salaam are urbanising at break-neck speed - can cartographers keep up?

Brexit: An Outside View

What the rest of the world thinks of Britain's exit from the EU

Amazon's New Headquarters

"Corporate welfare" earns the ire of residents in the company's proposed new home town

Green Rage

Climate Change: Can civil disobedience and carbon taxes save the planet?

Bossy Women and Women Bosses

Does increasing the number of women on a company's board boost financial performance?

Dating for Money

Young female university students are turning to "sugar daddies" to pay their tuition fees

Bosses, Babies and Breast Pumps

Engineers showcase new technologies to help women return to work after maternity leave

The Offline World

How to reach the half of the world's population who don't access the internet

Death of the Dollar?

Will Trump's re-imposition of sanctions on Iran simply hasten the end of the dollar era?

Minnesota at the Mid-terms

How is America's industrial heartland faring two years into the Trump presidency?

Could Big Data Kill Off Health Insurance?

Is the rise of fitness trackers opening a Pandora's Box for the industry?

Who Gets to Chase the American Dream?

A history of immigration in the United States

Bolsonaro's Economist

The man who wants to reform Brazil's economy

Buying the Midterms

How candidates raise and spend billions of dollars in US elections

The Hunt for Stolen Artwork

Thousands of stolen pieces circulate in the art market, occasionally some get returned

When to Switch Off from Work

Is the "always on" culture of work emails and messaging destroying our health?

Will Flying Taxis Take Off?

The drone technology that could solve our urban transport needs

The Confusing Curve

Keeping an eye what government debt is worth isn't the easiest thing in the world

Is the Internet Fit for Purpose?

Overrun by bots and identity thieves, does the worldwide web need a fundamental overhaul?

Trump's Tax Scandal - Who Cares?

Why has there been so little fall-out from claims that the US President is a tax fraud?

Holidays in Space

The biggest commercial opportunity in space exploration could be tourism

Lab-grown Meat on your Table

Are new forms of 'artificial' meat about to change the food industry?

Sexist Science

Does STEM still have a problem with women?

Italy Goes Rogue

Rome and Brussels look set to clash over the Italian government's spending plans

Indonesia's Disasters - Natural and Man-Made

Tsunamis, quakes and a sinking capital - not all its problems are due to Mother Nature

Has Elon Musk Already Won?

Whatever the fate of Tesla Motors, is the electric vehicle revolution now inevitable?

The #FoodPorn Business

Instagram is transforming the food industry, but is it destroying the dining experience?

Bill Gates on Africa

Bill Gates discusses the urgent need to invest in Africa's exploding youth population

The Company Without Managers

Most companies run on a vertical hierarchy and power flows down. Is there another way?

Welcome to Wakaliwood

Uganda's home-grown film industry is a hit on YouTube, but does it glorify violence?

The Trouble With Bike Sharing

Why Chinese bike-share companies are struggling to replicate their success abroad.

The Class of 2008

What happened to those who graduated straight into the worst financial crisis since 1929?

Remembering Lehman

10 years on from the global financial crisis, we hear from those at the centre of it

Vaping: A New Addiction?

Is the multi-billion dollar e-cigarettes industry doing more harm than good?

Looking Back at Lehmans

Ed Butler talks to historian Adam Tooze about the legacy of the 2008 financial crisis.

Why Do So Few Women Work in India?

Only 27% of women in India are in paid work, and participation rates are dropping. Why?

Handmade By Hipsters

Why having a back story is key to selling to millennials

The Business of Conspiracy Theories

What is the business model that is fuelling the rise of conspiracy websites?

The Trouble with Tourists

Should cities be worried about 'overtourism'?

Has Mining Cleaned Up its Act?

Why does mining in the developing world still spark violent protests?

Stars, Shirts and Sponsors

How are elite football clubs able to raise so much money to spend on the top players?

India's Tea Crisis

There's trouble brewing in India's tea industry.

What's Up with Whatsapp?

The popular chat app is accused of spreading malicious rumours in India and Uganda

Welcome to Nicaragua

How is political turmoil hitting tourism and the economy, and where will it all end?

The Skin Business

Skincare is a multi-billion-dollar industry. But do skincare products really work?

The Business of Body Curves

Designers and retailers have long thought of the plus size market as high-risk.

How to Spot a Narcissist

The person whose self-belief exceeds their abilities and who belittles their co-workers

The Death of the Job Interview

Can AI takeover from the traditional job interview?

The Future of TV

As young people turn their backs on the TV set, is it stimulating a golden age of drama?

Are Things Getting Worse?

Millennials are set to be worse off than their parents. Norway is the exception.

Putin's Great Nemesis

Businessman Bill Browder was singled out by President Putin as a "person of interest"

Bosses, Babies and Breast Pumps

The high-tech solutions to help mothers return to work after maternity leave

Music Stardom in the Spotify Age

Recording artists and industry figures on the impact of the streaming revolution.

Pride and Prejudice

What should corporates do to promote LGBT rights in countries where being gay is illegal?

Living Fast and Slow

Abbreviated books, short-form TV - has the cult of speed gone too far?

Fighting Fraud in the Food Chain

Could blockchain technology solve the global problem of food fraud?

Battling Mongolia's Pollution Problem

Breathing in part of Mongolia's capital is like smoking two packs of cigarettes a day

A Spectacular Merger

Two companies dominate the global eyewear industry - and now they are becoming one

Mongolia's Mega Mine

The Oyu Tolgoi copper mine will make somebody rich, but how many Mongolians will benefit?

Britain's Brexit Befuddlement

The UK still doesn't know what kind of relationship it wants with the EU post-Brexit

Is Germany Losing its Mojo?

Does Germany's loss of confidence on the football pitch mirror economic angst back home?

Trump's Trade War

The US businesses and jobs being hammered by the escalating tariffs spat

Turkey's Refugee Workforce

Millions of Syrians, including children, work long hours for low pay in Turkey

Trump's Conflicts of Interest

Does the US President mix his business with his politics? And is this anything unusual?

The Kidnapping Business

Is kidnapping really that lucrative, and why is Mexico plagued by the crime?

What Can We Do About Fake Reviews?

As online shopping grows, reviews gain more and more importance. Including false ones.

Imagining an Open North Korea

Would you invest in North Korea? If you would, you'd be a frontier investor.

Shades of Privilege

Colourism harms the work and love prospects of darker skinned people around the world

Dirty Money in Zimbabwe

People queue all night to get filthy notes in a country which is running out of cash

Mongolian Yoghurt and the World Cup

The usual western sponsors in the World Cup have been replaced by Asian brands. Why?

Tackling Trump in Trade Talks

Pro-wrestling tips for G7 countries on how to fight off the US President's steel tariffs

Zimbabwe's Mineral Wealth

Zimbabwe is "open for business" but can it finally put its natural resources to good use?

Do We Really Decide for Ourselves?

Why do we behave the way we do in a group setting? And does the memory play tricks on us?

When the Bitcoin Miners Come to Town

The real-world impact of the cryptocurrency business.

Who is Elon Musk?

He’s had a few outbursts recently. Is he a genius, behaving like a bully, or both?

Being Watched at Work

Why we are being watched by technology, including in the workplace

Rebranding Africa

African companies don’t have the same profile as western brands, even at home. How come?

Ecstasy on Prescription

MDMA, found in the illegal party drug ecstasy, may soon be approved as a medicine

Racist AI

Can artificial intelligence and face recognition technology be racist?

Europe's Data D-Day

Could the EU's GDPR rules, coming into force today, spell the end of spam mail?

The Death of Traditional Advertising

How do brands survive in an era of big data, social media, and consumer cynicism?

Pointless Jobs

The people paid to do nothing at work, and the damage it can do to their health.

Agony in India

Millions of people live and die in excruciating pain due to a lack of opioid drugs

Venezuela in Tatters

Depression, hyper-inflation, oil seizures, sanctions - can the Maduro government hold on?

Is China Tech a Trojan Horse?

Are US allegations against Huawei motivated by genuine suspicion or trade protectionism?

Fighting Ad Fraud

The fake clicks and downloads costing companies billions, and how they're fighting back.

Italy: The EU's Next Headache?

How a eurosceptic coalition in Rome could destabilise plans for closer EU integration

Are You Ready for GDPR?

The EU's new data protection rules are proving to be a headache for businesses worldwide

Netflix vs the Silver Screen

Will the streaming service wipe out the cinema, in the same way it did video rentals?

Hormones: The Pill

The pill liberated women worldwide, and now an injectable version is taking off in Africa

Justice on Death Row

The inmates training to be lawyers and fighting for a fairer justice system in Africa

Tech Solutions for the Poor

How can we think differently about some of the gritty economic problems facing the poor?

Economists in the Doghouse

The failure to foresee the 2008 financial crisis has prompted a lot of soul-searching

How Economists Forgot Housework

Feminist economists argue that GDP statistics ignore care-giving and housework

Paying the Price of Prison

Parking fines and high bail demands are landing Americans in prison. But someone profits

Iran Nuclear Deal Hangs In Balance

What would scrapping the agreement mean for Iran, and for US and European businesses?

Africa's Free Trade Pact

Will the African Continental Free Trade Area bring jobs and prosperity?

Iran's Foreign Currency Problem

With the US threatening more sanctions, Iran remains frozen out of the financial system

Creativity in the Digital Age

How do designers and advertisers get people's attention with so much competition online?

Malaria: Costs and Cures

The disease that still cripples a continent and the technologies behind a possible cure.

Has #MeToo Backfired in India?

How some company bosses won't hire women due to fears of sexual harassment claims

Will Tariffs Save US Jobs?

Donald Trump says tariffs on Chinese goods are necessary to 'protect American workers'

Good Looks and Getting Ahead

How much does your physical attractiveness affect your career prospects?

Transgender in the Workplace

What happens if you have a high profile job and come out as transgender?

What's in a Name?

FYR Macedonia and Greece are battling over a name, but so are many corporate brands

Does Trump Have a Trade Plan?

Focus shifts from China to new potential US trade sanctions targeting Russian companies

TED2018: Can We Fix the Internet?

Internet pioneer Jaron Lanier thinks there should be a mass deletion of social media

Who Needs Cash?

The winners and losers of the cashless economy, from Sweden to India

Hope for Ethiopia?

Can a new leader bring stability to a booming economy wracked by discontent and violence?

A Crisis in Tech?

Facebook, Amazon and Google shares fall further amid rising political and user pressure.

Farming's Future: Food Factories

Technological solutions to mass farming

West Africa: Youth and Ambition

Job opportunities for West Africa's young

Sierra Leone's Economic Struggle

Sierra Leone's fight to rebuild its economy after Ebola

Yemen: Trade in Wartime

Remarkable stories of Yemen's civil war

Tricking Yourself to Save

Saving is hard. Luckily, economist Dan Ariely shows us some tricks that might help.

Who Profits from Nuclear Weapons?

Why a major US nuclear defence upgrade could be lucrative for a handful of contractors.

What Should We Look Out For in 2018?

We predict and discuss the biggest business and economic trends of the coming year

Paradise Papers: Apple's Secret Tax Bolthole

Apple's tax affairs under scrutiny

Paradise Papers: Secrets of the Global Elite

How the global elite invest in offshore tax havens

The Stigma of Great Wealth

We explore the anxieties of the wealthy

Does it Pay to Be Nice in Business?

The path to a profitable business could lie in your ability to be nice

Bitcoin bubbles and safe havens

In times of economic crunch, where should you store your savings?

Computer Says No?

Will robots and artificial intelligence help us in our daily lives, or steal our jobs?

The Texan Energy Revolution

How Texas has managed to take control of its own energy needs.

Taxing Times in India

India's financial shock therapy continues with an all-new tax system

Working refugees

How can refugees improve their lot?

Should all Drugs Be Legal?

Are most countries' policies on drugs irrational?

The $18tn Question

What will central banks do to unravel their money printing programmes?

Emojis: Love 'em or Hate 'em?

They're everywhere, but can businesses actually make any money out of them?

Are We Overmedicated?

We ask if patients are being prescribed too many medicines.

Record High US Consumer Debt

Household debt in the US soars as consumers spend, spend, spend. Is there trouble ahead?

Could China Shut Down North Korea?

We report from the border between China and North Korea on the economic relationship

Japan's Exploited Foreign Workers

Low-skilled workers face exploitation and a fight for their rights and wages in Japan.

A Basic Income for All?

Should we all get a basic income from the state?

Machine Learning

Machines are getting smarter all the time, but do they already take too many decisions?

A Snap Election in Britain

How will the UK general election affect business and Brexit?

Oil's Murky Future

How the Middle East and Russia will cope in a world of cheaper oil.

Libor Lowballing

Did the Bank of England know about criminal rate manipulation between UK banks?

Russian Hacking

The story of a Russian bank robber, also allegedly spying for Moscow.

Trump v China, Should We be Scared?

Mr Trump warns US could tackle N. Korea alone, ahead of talks with China's President Xi

How to Age and Keep Working

Why we should all be working well into our twilight years

Unpacking Russia's Economy

Two years after Russia banned some western food imports, what impact has it had?

How to be Frugal

What happens when you abandon consumerism?

Australia's Drought

"It looks like a lunar landscape", one farmer says of Australia's drought effects.

Regulating Our Food Choices

Should governments intervene in what we eat – and does it work when they do?

The Economics of Migration

Is migration good for an economy? And India's Maggi food scare continues to hurt Nestle.

China's Defence Budget

What China really spends on guns, India's Muslim job-seekers, and Azerbaijan's oil curse.

Where are India's Working Women?

Why do women make up such a comparatively small proportion of India's formal work force?

China: Innovator or Thief?

More dismal factory data, plus claims and counter-claims over Chinese IP theft.

Elements: Hydrogen and Acids

These powerful chemicals are essential for industry, but are dangerous to handle.

Elements: Iron and Industrialisation

Steel demand in China and India, and the collapse in iron ore prices.

Elements: Iron and Manganese

The chemistry behind steel - one of humanity's most versatile and complex materials

Elements: Iron and the Industrial Revolution

Two moments in history that transformed iron into the key material of modern life

Elements: Technetium

Essential for medical imaging, supplies of manmade element Technetium are not guaranteed

Elements: Fluorine

A ferocious gas and building block for CFCs and other gases that have endangered mankind

Elements: Chromium

The metal that links Harley Davidsons, leather jackets and flick-knives.

Elements: Nickel (& Rhenium)

The story of nickel - the metal that made the jet age possible.

Elements: Uranium

Nuclear power is carbon-free but leaves radioactive waste - a real dilemma for Greens

Elements: Lead

Lead is the sweetest of poisons, so have we learnt how to handle this heavy metal?

Elements: Caesium

The caesium-based atomic clock has redefined the very meaning of time

Elements: Bromine

Bromine-based flame retardants are all over your home, but are they a health risk?

The Elements: Plutonium

The past and the future of this extraordinarily potent chemical element

Elemental Business: Silicon and the Sun

Why Silicon is crucial to the future of power for our planet

Elemental Business: Silicon Chips

Moore's Law shrank processors a million-fold, but is the computer revolution at an end?

Elemental Business: Vanadium

The obscure metal that hardens steel and could be vital to the future of solar energy

Elemental Business: Nitrogen Fertiliser

Artificial fertilisers have made food abundant, but is it at the expense of the oceans?

Elemental Business: Nitrogen Explosives

The chemical element that has brought life and death to humanity, both on an epic scale

Elemental Business: Carbon Plastic

Can a new generation of plastics offer effectiveness without the environmental damage?

Elemental Business: Lithium (long version)

Lithium batteries may be the future for cars, but does Bolivia hold the keys?

Elemental Business: Rare Earths

Rare earth elements are key to wind turbines and the miniaturisation of technology.

Elemental Business: Carbon Diamonds

Could synthetic diamonds pose a threat for the gemstone market and for de Beers?

Elemental Business: Carbon Materials

How carbon, the building block of life, is being fashioned into incredible new materials

Elemental Business: Carbon Energy

Carbon, the fundamental building block of life and source of virtually all our energy

Elemental Business: Gold

What makes gold so valuable?

Elemental Business: Mercury

Can the use of this beautiful but deadly element be phased out?

Elemental Business: Aluminium

Light, strong and incredibly durable - is aluminium the metal that just keeps on giving?

Elemental Business: Helium

Helium is very rare on Earth so why is it wasted on kids' party balloons?

Elemental Business: Phosphorus

Why phosphorus, a key fertiliser, may become as strategically important as oil in future.