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• Biz Daily: A stronger Eurozone? 28 May 12

  Mon, 28 May 12

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  Whose idea was this single currency anyway? We speak to Graham Bishop, one of the founding architects of the euro, who believes reports of its demise are greatly exaggerated. We hear from the brewer SAB Miller on the role of big business in managing scarce global resources. And Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times reflects on parting shots; when quitting your job, what's the best way to abuse your ex-employer?

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• In the Balance:Who should fix climate change?

  Sat, 26 May 12

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  This week In the Balance goes to the beach. Lesley Curwen visits the Future in Review conference at Laguna Beach, California, to meet some of America's top technology entrepreneurs. Lesley asks: does business have a responsibility to come up with solutions to climate change? Or is that the job of governments? And how to give it all away - is philanthropy, giving away a fortune, even more fun than making the money in the first place? Jin Zindell, founder and chairman of Blue Planet Network, David Sarna, chief executive of Woodall Tech Inc and Peter Byck, director and producer of the film "Carbon Nation" discuss the issues. While Colm O Regan muses over whether he should set up his own In the Balance Foundation.

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• Technology and ethics 25 May 12

  Fri, 25 May 12

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  What are the rights and wrong of sending robots to war? Lesley Curwen meets innovators pushing the boundaries of technology and ethics at the Future In Review (FiRe) conference in California. The actress Julia Ormond tells us about using mobile phones to combat human trafficking. And Sheryl Connelly a futurologist at Ford tells us how they anticipate what cars the customers of 2030 will want to drive.

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• Future in Review 24 May 12

  Thu, 24 May 12

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  At the Future in Review (FiRe) conference in California, Lesley Curwen hears from innovators on a mission to change the world. Tony Lammers of Mar Systems tells us about technology to remove dangerous pollutants from drinking water. Philippa Lewis from Simavita explains how electronics can help elderly people manage incontinence. And we hear how cars could be propelled by oil made from algae, with Dan Simons of Heliae Technology Holdings.

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• China slowdown 23 May 12

  Wed, 23 May 12

  Duration:
  19 mins
  
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  With Europe hogging the headlines, we look at another major risk to the global economy - a slowdown in China. Wang Xiaobing, from the University of Manchester and Mark Williams from Capital Economics disuss the latest warning signs emerging from the world's second largest economy. Mark Anderson, the founder of the Future in Review Conference in California tells us how lateral thinking can turn new innovations into technological gold.

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• Egyptian Elections 22 May 12

  Tue, 22 May 12

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  The overthrow of President Mubarak's government last year has heralded a new era of democracy. But as Egypt prepares to go to the polls the country remains mired in recession. We have a report from Cairo, and we speak to Jordanian businessman Labib Kamhawi on the impact of the Arab Spring on the wider region. And we hear from Minouche Shafik of the IMF on what sort of international assistance the Arab world can now expect.

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• Eurozone: what don't we know? 21 May 12

  Mon, 21 May 12

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  19 mins
  
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  As uncertainty over the fate of Greece grips financial markets, we ponder the knowns and unknowns in the sovereign debt crisis with Dr Paola Subacchi of Chatham House and former UK government adviser, Vicky Pryce. Amidst all the fear, John Grout from Britain's Association of Corporate Treasurers offers practical advice to businesses whose trade depends on the eurozone. And our regular commentator, Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times, explains how saving rubber bands might just save a British corporate giant - The Royal Mail.

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• In the Balance: Collective Memory

  Sat, 19 May 12

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  27 mins
  
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  In the Balance gets to grips with why businesses DON'T learn the lessons of the past. Why for example banks like JP Morgan make huge trading losses. What's happened to the collective memory of organisations? And once the mistakes are made - what about the blame game - should it be the boss or the underlings who take the rap when it all goes pearshaped? Join Lesley Curwen and her guests, Bob Collymore, the chief executive of Safaricom, the African telecoms company; from Geneva, Thiierry Malleret, co-founder of the newsletter "The Monthly Barometer"; and from Boston in the USA, Professor Baskhar Chakravorti, senior associate Dean at the Fletcher School at Tufts University

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• JP Morgan Chase

  Fri, 18 May 12

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  Would new US regulations have prevented the trading scandal at JP Morgan Chase? Lesley Curwen discusses this with Roger Nagioff, co-founder of independent investment firm JRJ Ventures, and Dennis Kelleher, President and CEO of the non-profitmaking body, Better Markets Inc. Plus Lesley goes to a gallery in London to meet Edward Burtynsky, the photographer who is captivated by the workings of the global oil industry, to find out why he had an 'oil epiphany'.

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• Greece and Germany

  Thu, 17 May 12

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  18 mins
  
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  An adviser to the German government, Professor Christoph Schmidt, tells Lesley Curwen that Greece must stick to the terms of its bailout agreement, despite fears that Greek voters will reject austerity in next month's elections. But Giorgios Christides, the economics editor of the United Reporters news website, explains why there are contradictions in the attitude of the Greek electorate. And Julia Pittam reports on the Cambridge MBA students who are having a laugh with improvisation classes.

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