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21/03/2012
The daily drama of money and work from the 91Èȱ¬.
Taxing times for Greece and Portugal
Will cutting five out of every six Greek tax collectors solve Greece's economic crisis?
Of hay and humanity
Will smartphone apps be as important in the development of civilisation as hay?
22/03/2012
23/03/2012
Out of Africa?
Food production needs to rise 70% by 2050, are giant foreign farms in Africa the answer?
Hot jobs
Why the smartest young people in the Gulf states want jobs in the public sector.
South Africa's Dilemma
Can South Africa rise to the challenge of being a Brics country?
China's new leaders
How might China's new leadership change the way its markets work?
Burma opens for business
The prospects for business in Burma and, do Chinese communists make the best capitalists?
Rewarding whistleblowers
In the US whistleblowers now get cash incentives, will more come forward?
ECB policy concerns
Former ECB board member Juergen Stark says he resigned over its policy of bond-buying.
Aspiring China
The growing market for business books among Chinese entrepreneurs hoping to get rich.
Murdoch empire
How will global investors react to the latest blow to the Murdoch media empire?
World Bank leadership
How would Nigerians react if their finance minister won the leadership of the World Bank?
Economics: The Imperial Science?
Is economics posing as a science so that it can encroach on other academic disciplines?
The cashless society
Do you carry cash? Business Daily looks at the cashless society.
Russia and the BRICS
Should the BRICs become the BICs - does Russia's economy not belong?
Italy's labour laws
Italy's attempts to reform arcane labour laws which underpin the 'job for life' culture.
World Bank Leadership
The stakes are high in the race to lead the World Bank. Plus, the Titanic industry.
Credit ratings agencies
How are credit rating agencies reacting to EU moves to shake up their industry?
French elections
Nicolas Sarkozy's bid to be French President for a second term. Plus, banks and ethics.
Dr Jim Yong Kim - New president of the World Bank
An interview with Dr Jim Yong Kim - is he the right leader for the World Bank?
Denmark's green energy plans
Denmark to produce a third of its energy from renewable sources by the end of the decade.
Economics and the French presidency
Why isn't the state of the French economy a bigger issue in the presidential campaign?
Shadow banking
Regulators fear the next crisis could emerge from the unregulated shadow banking sector.
Is $1,000,000,000,000 enough?
The IMF increased its lending firepower to $1 trillion this weekend, but is that enough?
Is Infosys losing its mojo?
Justin Rowlatt crossexamines the COE of Infosys, the Indian technoloy giant.
Protectionism
Do countries need mild protectionism in order to thrive?
Curbing chief executive pay
What do top executives actually do in return for such large pay packets?
Business in countries that don't exist
How do you build an economy in a country that most of the world doesn't recognise?