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• WBR: Wall Street Update 23 May 13

  Thu, 23 May 13

  Duration:
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  Twitter offers the option to double up on security. Plus all the movers and losers on the US financial markets.

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• WBR: Sea of red for global markets 23 May 13

  Thu, 23 May 13

  Duration:
  28 mins
  
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  Global stockmarkets have fallen, led by a huge 7% plunge on the main exchange in Japan. The BBC's new chief business correspondent Linda Yueh explains how uncertainty over the money printing programmes in Japan and the US are contributing to the drops. Also we ask whether a pledge of $1bn in developmental aid from the World Bank could help the Great Lakes region - and in particular the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo. Leaders from several Latin American economies are meeting to try and cement a free trade zone - we ask how feasible the EU model is for the Pacific Rim. And can the Swiss hold on to its famed banking model amidst the furore over tax avoidance and evasion?

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• WBR: Wall Street Update 22 May 13

  Wed, 22 May 13

  Duration:
  7 mins
  
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  Are home insurance companies paying out in Oklahoma? Plus all the movers and losers on the US financial markets.

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• WBR: EU tax avoidance reforms 22 May 13

  Wed, 22 May 13

  Duration:
  28 mins
  
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  Leaders of the European Union have pledged action to crack down on tax avoidance and evasion, which is estimated to cost the continent upwards of 1.3 trillion dollars a year. Meanwhile as the row grows over tax avoidance by multinational firms, the head of Google - Eric Schmidt -said it was up to governments, not companies, to decide tax policies. We ask how likely reform is - and how easy it would be. We also hear from the charity Oxfam, who say individuals using tax havens are depriving the developed and developing world of huge amounts of cash. Also we speak to the German software developer SAP, which has pledged to hire hundreds of people with autism. Also will India opt for private or public healthcare to improve the lives of its citizens - and who are the world's most powerful women?

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• WBR: Wall Street Update 21 May 13

  Tue, 21 May 13

  Duration:
  5 mins
  
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  Microsoft unveils it's new console; the Xbox One. What's the verdict? Also, the biggest movers and losers on the US financial markets.

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• WBR: Apple grapples with Senators over tax 21 May 13

  Tue, 21 May 13

  Duration:
  28 mins
  
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  Apple chief executive Tim Cook defends the company's tax arrangements before Senators.

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• WBR: Wall Street Update 20 May 13

  Mon, 20 May 13

  Duration:
  10 mins
  
  Available:
  27 days remaining

  Yahoo has purchased blogging website Tumblr- is this a good move or not? Also, the biggest movers and losers on the US markets.

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• WBR: Yahoo takes Tumblr 20 May 13

  Mon, 20 May 13

  Duration:
  28 mins
  
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  Yahoo is taking a billion dollar punt on Tumblr. But can buying one of the hippest websites on the net really make Yahoo cool again? Burma's president is in Washington for talks with his American counterpart for the first time in half a century. But are US companies falling behind in the race for opportunities in the newly open Asian country? And Jamie Dimon, boss of America's biggest bank, prepares to face the music from shareholders over the London Whale.

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• WBR: Wall Street Update 17 May 13

  Fri, 17 May 13

  Duration:
  7 mins
  
  Available:
  24 days remaining

  One year on from Facebook floating on the stock exchange - what's the future for the company? And our US markets expert explains why he feels uneasy about the recent high share values in the country.

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• WBR: Rwanda 17 May 13

  Fri, 17 May 13

  Duration:
  28 mins
  
  Available:
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  Nearly two decades after the genocide which tore the country apart, Rwanda is making a come back. We hear from the country's finance minister that their determination to become a middle income country is paying off. We hear about the latest fleet of super container ships nearly half a kilometre long and as broad as an autobahn. And why Nepalese hill farmers are finding that coffee is just their cup of tea.

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