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The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
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Trade tensions: EU vs China
Trade tensions rise as the EU investigates Chinese firms over possible unfair government subsidies. We hear from the China Chamber of Commerce to the...
Disney & OpenAI deal: Threat or opportunity?
Disney is investing $1bn in OpenAI, letting fans create AI-generated videos with its characters. But what will the deal mean for the future of enterta...
Interest rates: Will the cuts help Americans?
Could Americans finally get some financial relief? The Fed has cut interest rates to a three-year low, and President Trump promises to make ‘America a...
The chip race heats up as the White House eases rules on China
President Donald Trump has opened the door for China to buy Nvidia’s most advanced semiconductors — a U-turn on President Biden’s policy and a move th...
Paramount Skydance has made another offer to buy Warner Bros Discovery
Paramount is back, challenging Netflix in a takeover battle for Warner Brothers Discovery that could reshape the global streaming industry. What could...
Netflix to take over Warner Bros film and streaming business
Netflix has agreed to buy the film and streaming businesses of Warner Bros Discovery for $72bn in a major Hollywood deal. Warner Bros owns the streami...
Will Putin's visit to India help Russia to continue to trade oil?
President Putin has arrived in India for talks expected to focus on trade and expanding defence ties. India, like China, has been a big purchaser of R...
EU set to put forward proposal to spend Russian state assets
The EU's proposal would see €140bn of Russian state assets held in Belgium transformed into a "reparations loan". We hear the concerns from the Belgia...
Trump launches savings scheme for newborn babies
Ed Butler explores Invest America, a new US government initiative aimed at boosting long-term investment among younger citizens. The plan gives every...
US manufacturing sounds alarm bells on the economy
The two sides of the American economy today as consumers spend on Cyber Monday but manufacturers issue dire warnings.
Presenter Bisi Ade...
US Black Friday sales
Bisi Adebayo examines the sales statistics for Black Friday in the US to find out how confident the US consumer is feeling in an economy squeezed by h...
India economy grows faster than expected
India’s economy grew 8.2% year-on-year for the period of July-September. The figures are largely being attributed to a boost in consumption, which ma...
What a cyberattack means for Asahi beer
Japanese brewing giant, Asahi, has delayed publishing its latest financial results because of the major cyberattack that began in September. Leanna By...
What does the UK budget show us about global debt challenges?
What’s the right approach when major economies are weighed down by growing debt? As the UK Government unveils its latest budget, Will Bain examines ho...
Goodbye Doge
The US federal government's Department for Government Efficiency, Doge, has ended its cost-cutting mission eight months early. Bisi Adebayo examines w...
G20 summit opens in South Africa, despite US absence
Today, as world leaders gather in South Africa, Andrew Peach takes a look the agenda for the G20 and asks whether it matters that Donald Trump isn't t...
Is the Trump effect working on the US economy?
Is the “Trump Effect” working on the US economy? New figures show 119,000 jobs were added in September, sharply beating expectations after a slow summ...
Do NVIDIA results suggest AI boom or bubble?
Nvidia has smashed market expectations with more than $57bn in revenues in its latest results. It's a sign from the world’s most valuable company that...
AI bubble rattles global markets
We look at the AI boom in detail, in the wake of comments by Sundar Pichai, the Google boss, in a BBC interview. He acknowledges the risks of a potent...
Thousands leave Myanmar after scam hubs raid
Myanmar government takes effort to dismantle Southeast Asian-based call centre scams and human trafficking networks. We hear more from Erin West, Foun...
US agrees to reduce Swiss tariff rates to 15%
Switzerland and the US have reached a trade deal which cuts tariffs on Swiss imports from 39% to 15%. What will Switzerland do in exchange for this de...
European lawmakers dilute green rules
Lawmakers in Europe vote to limit green reporting rules for business. A boost for European competitiveness - or a backward step for the environment?
Up in the air
We examine how the longest shutdown in the US history has affected the airline industry and hear from stranded passengers and furloughed air traffic c...
Counting the cost of the longest-ever US shutdown
We hear from a worker who hasn't been paid in weeks and examine the wider impact on America's economy.
And, what's happening on the opening day...
US government shutdown grounds thousands of flights
There've now been more than two-thousand flight delays or cancellations in the US linked to the continuing government shutdown. International routes a...
Elon Musk’s record $1 trillion pay deal approved
Tesla shareholders have voted to approve a massive pay package meant to retain the services of its billionaire CEO Elon Musk. The deal requires Musk,...
Zohran Mamdani vows to cut living costs after New York win
New York’s mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani, is promising to tackle the city’s soaring cost of living. Ed Butler looks at what his victory could mean for b...
Supreme Court to consider legality of Donald Trump's trade war
Ed Butler talks with the owner of a Chicago toy importer who's brought his tariff fight all the way to the Supreme Court. From Wednesday, the Supreme...
US shutdown set to enter record sixth week
The US government’s been shut down for more than a month now, and if it carries on past this Wednesday it will become the longest shutdown in US histo...
Hurricane Melissa set to hurt Jamaican economy hard
Hurricane Melissa leaves Jamaican economy with a huge trail of damage and a massive repair bill to sort out. Some reports suggest the country could fa...
China and US agree closer ties after trade talks
The US President Donald Trump believes a trade deal could be signed "pretty soon", after holding talks with President Xi Jinping of China.
Pre...
China and US hold talks to end deadlock on global tariffs
President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping are meeting in South Korea for the first time since 2019. Presenter Sam Fenwick hears what’s a...
Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa causes major disruption as the Jamaican economy comes to a standstill. Tourists are also stranded on the island with the closure of...
Handshakes and trade deals as Trump tours Asia
US President Donald Trump has kicked off his trip to Asia by announcing a string of new agreements and a peace accord involving Malaysia, Thailand, Ca...
US federal workers miss their first paycheques since shutdown
Hundreds of thousands of federal employees have missed their full paycheques for the first time since the beginning of the government shutdown three w...
NBA stars and mafia arrested in illegal gambling crackdown
Two leading US basketball figures are among thirty-four people arrested as part of FBI investigations into illegal gambling and the Mafia. The Portlan...
Starlink cuts services to Myanmar scam camps
Elon Musk's SpaceX says it has cut Starlink satellite communication links to more than 2,500 devices used by scam compounds in Myanmar.
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Is Warner Brothers Discovery for sale?
Warner Brothers Discovery, which produced Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, and Succession, says it’s considering a sale after receiving several unsolici...
Amazon Web Services: Disruption around the world
Amazon's cloud computing firm says major service issues remain after an outage hit hundreds of sites worldwide.
As China's leaders meet...
Landmark global shipping deal paused
A landmark deal to cut global shipping emissions has been put on hold for a year after Saudi Arabia and the U.S. succeeded in ending the talks. Bisi A...