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The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
We meet the creator of a dessert business whose story starts in her parents’ bakery. Vivien Wong tells us how she faced a family loss and ev...
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rate of entrepreneurship in the world, according to the World Bank, and most founders there are women. Wh...
Artificial Intelligence has upended the market for entry-level jobs, but could AI be blocking graduates from getting a foot on the jobs ladd...
Getting a barrel of crude oil out of the ground in Saudi Arabia costs around $25. The market price right now is around $95. So where does th...
Amsterdam has become the world's first capital city to ban commercials for low-cost flights, petrol and diesel cars, and burgers from its bi...
We speak to the Emirati entrepreneur who set up a business making biodegradable cutlery made from discarded date palm trees, driven by the g...
The world of sport is being reshaped for the algorithm, with new formats emerging for quick, shareable moments online. From influencers mana...
The price of natural gas has shot up around the world after the war began in Iran, but how is the gas price linked to electricity in some co...
Diamonds in places like Sierra Leone have long had a tarnished association with war and corruption – blood diamonds, as they’re known. There...
We’re in Sierra Leone where the gems have helped to fuel war and, many would say, decades of corruption. The closure of the country’s bigges...
We meet Kate Kallot, the founder and CEO of Amini AI, a startup working to make farming and environmental data easier to obtain across Afric...
We explore the costly and growing problem of cheating in video games. It’s an issue that frustrates many players, but what about the impact...
Kenya is emerging as one of Africa’s leading producers of geothermal power. While it remains a niche but growing industry globally, in Kenya...
Have you ever travelled to another city to run a marathon? Or gone away to train with your amateur tennis or hockey club? Millions of holida...
In one of the most remote and unforgiving regions on the planet, the final stretch of any delivery becomes a test of endurance, ingenuity, a...
Isaac Larian left Iran as a 17 year-old with $750 and went on to build a successful career in the US toy industry. Today, at 72, he’s the fo...
Professional wrestling has grown into a global entertainment industry worth billions of dollars, driven by sponsorships, new broadcasting de...
Kodak was written off as a casualty of the digital age. Now, it's betting on film again. We hear from the chief executive, Jim Continenza, o...
Iran’s economy is under strain from war, long-standing sanctions and a nationwide internet shutdown. We hear from people inside the country,...
Today - a Dutch fishing village that could be wiped off the map to make room for a mega‑energy hub. We visit Moerdijk, to meet families, eel...
When the Samsung Chairman has a heart attack, his heir is pushed into the spotlight. The complex manoeuvring to secure his succession re-ope...
We meet Alexander Rinke, the co-CEO and co-founder of Celonis, a billion-dollar company that started life as a university project between th...
Conflict in the Middle East has sent shockwaves through the global food system. Even with signs of a ceasefire, the impact may not be over....
Anthropic’s rise from startup to one of the world’s leading players in artificial intelligence has been staggering, but so in recent weeks h...
Headspace started life as a mindfulness app. Now it's partnering with the US Navy and investing in artificial intelligence for mental health...
Highly exposed to volatile fossil fuel prices and intensifying climate change, island nations around the world are starting to ask: could th...
We hear from a founder who taught himself how to code as a child, set up several businesses, and now with his drone delivery firm Manna Air...
We look at the fallout from the recent court case which found Meta and Google liable for harming the mental health of one their young users...
We explore the growing industry built around the legacies of celebrities after their deaths. We hear from estate managers, the agents repres...
We hear from a man who was once a high-earning, high flyer in the finance industry. But, after he blew the whistle on a major financial scan...
For nearly 12 months, a raft of import duties - tariffs - have made it much more expensive to ship consumer goods into the United States. Th...
We meet the founder of Hero Cosmetics, the brand behind Mighty Patch, a skin patch that's designed to improve the appearance of acne. Patche...
With a state of emergency in the Philippines and a series of four-day working weeks and fuel rationing across many countries, the global ene...
Last year, around 4000 federal officers were deployed in Minneapolis in a major immigration crackdown. Local firms say the resulting upheava...
We explore the potential and the challenges for Arctic shipping. As global warming causes sea ice to retreat, passages are opening up throug...
Cuba is in the grip of a deep economic crisis. The country’s communist government says it will open up the struggling economy to greater pri...
We meet Chika Madubuko, the founder and CEO of Greymate Care, an online platform that connects people that need support with professional ca...
As the world faces another energy crisis, what can past shocks teach us? We look back at earlier oil crises to understand how conflict has d...
If you’re living thousands of miles from home, how do you keep in touch, especially when your loved ones don’t have reliable internet? There...
Germany is in the throes of a demographic crisis, in which there are not enough young people entering the labour market to replace those who...
We look at what China’s latest “Two Sessions” reveal about the direction of the world’s second-largest economy. With Beijing setting its low...
We meet the founder of one of India’s largest private aviation companies who overcame several life challenges before starting the business....
Ever since the US and Israel began their war against Iran, economies around the world have been coping with the impacts of energy prices and...
We look at the rising threat of kidnap for ransom. In West Africa, it's a growing criminal industry. But how should any of us respond if or...
From humble beginnings in England in the 12th century, to landmark civil rights court cases in the US in the 1960s, class actions are now ra...
250 years ago, on the 9th of March 1776, a book was published that didn’t just explain the economy, it changed it. The Wealth of Nations, wr...
Rahul Tandon talks to a man whose family chocolate business – founded by his father in Syria in the 1980s - was destroyed by war. His family...
From Hollywood adverts fronted by Idris Elba to glittering skylines and global events, Gulf countries have spent decades pitching themselves...
In the final episode of our series on the weight-loss drug boom, we explore how the global surge in demand for obesity medications could be...
GLP-1 weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound are reshaping the treatment of obesity around the world. But even whe...