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  • If China's exports are booming, why are consumers struggling?

    October 25, 2026 · 17 min

    China's booming export figures, driven in part by demand for AI-related products, suggest a high-tech economy that's thriving. Yet many consumers at home continue to face economic pressures. Ed Butler asks whether there's a link between…

  • Taking stock: What French protests, Netflix data and the Alberta referendum reveal

    October 22, 2026 · 25 min

    What impact have the protests in France had on businesses and the wider economy? What does Netflix's latest data and job-cut plans signal about the streaming giant's future? And what does a referendum in Alberta, Canada, highlight about…

  • Power players: Has Netflix hit a wall?

    October 21, 2026 · 25 min

    Netflix transformed the entertainment industry, changing how audiences around the world discover and consume media. But after announcing plans to cut 1,000 jobs and losing its content and film chiefs, questions are growing about the…

  • Founders: Olio CEO Tessa Clarke's fight against food waste

    October 20, 2026 · 17 min

    Tessa Clarke is the co-founder and CEO of Olio, the food-sharing app helping millions of people reduce waste by sharing food and household items with their neighbours. She explains how a simple idea grew into a global movement, the…

  • Follow the Money: The cost of sending money home

    October 19, 2026 · 17 min

    Some economies are increasingly dependent on migrants sending money home to their families. But how much does it cost, and who's making money from a business worth around $900 billion a year? Sam Fenwick follows a transfer from a…

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  • What China's solar panel obsession means for the world

    October 18, 2026 · 17 min

    China's latest trade data show another huge surplus, putting the country on course for what could be a record $1.5 trillion trade surplus this year. In the first of two episodes examining China's export machine, we look at the country's…

  • Taking Stock: Who owns Space?

    October 15, 2026 · 26 min

    From Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, to China and India, companies and countries are pouring billions of dollars to get ahead in the space industry. It's not just about interplanetary exploration, huge investment is going into satellites…

  • Power players: How did VW go off track?

    October 14, 2026 · 25 min

    Competition from China, weaker sales and a slower-than-expected shift to electric vehicles have left Volkswagen facing its biggest challenge in decades. VW says up to 100,000 jobs could go, with some of its biggest German plants facing…

  • Listen again: The supermarket billionaire, John Catsimatidis

    October 13, 2026 · 17 min

    Greek-born billionaire John Catsimatidis rose from working in a New York grocery store to build the Gristedes supermarket chain and a wider business empire after leaving university before graduating. Now head of the Red Apple Group, with…

  • Follow the money: Why is diesel so expensive?

    October 12, 2026 · 17 min

    The war in the Middle East has pushed up crude oil prices this year and that's had a knock-on effect on the price of refined oil products like diesel. But after months of conflict, the Gulf's oil-producing nations are now getting most of…

  • A global baby bust: why are birth rates falling?

    October 11, 2026 · 17 min

    Birth rates are falling across much of the world, raising questions about how economies will cope as populations age rapidly. Rob Young examines why people are having fewer children, from the financial pressures facing couples in the US to…

  • Listen again: Power Players - Why are young Indians joining the Cockroach protests?

    October 10, 2026 · 25 min

    A chance to listen again as Will Bain and Rahul Tandon are joined by the BBC's India Business Correspondent Arunoday Mukherjee to look at the rise of the 'Cockroach movement'. They discuss the economic concerns of young people and the…

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