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• WBR: Wall St Update 25 May 12

  Fri, 25 May 12

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  The troubled Spanish lender Bankia has asked its government for a bailout of almost 24 billion dollars. And, what one prominent US investor makes of the Facebook share market debut most have branded a failure.

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• WBR: Bankia and Baku

  Fri, 25 May 12

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  Are problems at Spanish banks about to tip the eurozone over the edge? Bankia, Spain's fourth biggest lender, is about to ask its government for a multi-billion dollar bailout. We ask if Madrid itself could soon be forced to ask Europe for a rescue of its own. We'll hear from African businesses making money in China. And, the Eurovision song contest may be camp, but it's also a licence to print money - we hear why countries are so keen to play host to it.

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• WBR: Wall Street Update 24 May 12

  Thu, 24 May 12

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  How worried are US investors about the impact the lack of growth in Europe could have on American products? On Thursday investors gave their verdict on technology giant Hewlett Packard - who the day before had announced 27,000 job cuts after the markets closed.

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• WBR: Do we really need growth?

  Thu, 24 May 12

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  Business activity in Europe has fallen to its lowest level for nearly three years. We ask what can be done to make things better. We hear how Cubans are rushing to take advantage of their new freedom to profit from property. And, the woman known as the Princess of the Pilbara has just been declared the world's richest woman. So what is the Australian mining magnate Georgina Rinehart really like?

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• WBR: Wall Street Update 23 May 12

  Wed, 23 May 12

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  Joe Saluzzi at Themis Trading in New Jersey gives his view on Wednesday's market movements.

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• Egypt Elections 23 May 12

  Wed, 23 May 12

  Duration:
  27 mins
  
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  Will Egypt's first free elections for generations help bring prosperity for ordinary people? We'll be hearing the hopes of Egyptian people for the future, and asking if the country's new political elite can help secure them a better standard of living. Facebook's stock market float turns nasty - why investors are suing the company and its banks. Plus we hear from the Parmesan cheesemakers of Italy - as they count the cost of the country's recent earthquake.

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• WBR: Wall Street Update 22 May 12

  Tue, 22 May 12

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  Jim Lebenthal of Lebenthal Asset Management in New York takes a look at how economic uncertainty in Greece affected Wall Street on Tuesday. Plus, the private equity firm which controls Formula One motor racing has sold a significant part of its stake in the business.

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• WBR: More debt, anyone?

  Tue, 22 May 12

  Duration:
  28 mins
  
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  Germany and the European Central Bank should do more to stop the eurozone debt crisis from getting worse, according to the OECD. But is its suggestion of Eurozone-wide borrowing really workable? Also: dead, comatose or dozing? The US trade envoy gives us his verdict on the Doha round of global trade talks. And Africa scores its first hit in the list of the world's top one hundred brands.

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• WBR: Wall Street Update 21 May 12

  Mon, 21 May 12

  Duration:
  4 mins
  
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  Peter Jankovskis from Oakbrook Investments in Chicago takes a look at how Wall Street faired on Monday and whether investors are concerned about reports that JP Morgan Chase's losses could be even larger than first announced.

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• WBR: Will Merkel relax her call for austerity? 21 May 12

  Mon, 21 May 12

  Duration:
  28 mins
  
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  Germany is urged to focus more on growth than austerity. Yahoo reconsiders its position in China. The investors un-friending Facebook. And as Burma comes out of economic isolation can western companies overtake the Chinese firms already there?

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