News and insight from the business world, with Andrew Verity and Mickey Clark. 
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Election Debate
The three main party leaders went head to head last night in the first live TV debate. Our Wake Up to Money election panel sifts through what the top players had to say about the future of business and the economy. Dr Linda Yueh, an economics fellow from Oxford University, Tony Travers of the London School of Economics, and Francesca Lagerberg, a tax expert from Grant Thornton join us to fill in the gaps from the live debate.
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Home Sales
Figures released today by the National Association of Estate Agents show that he number of people trying to buy or sell homes rose in March. However, despite a slight increase in sales last month, the industry is still suffering from a lack of supply. Philip Bullman is South of England spokesman for the National Association of Estate Agents. He joins us on the programme.
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Independent Record Stores
The number of independent record retailers has fallen to less than 300, which is two-thirds fewer than five years ago. The industry is fighting back against the decline by promoting tomorrow as Record Store Day. Nigel House, co-owner of Rough Trade Retail, a group of two record shops, tells Wake Up to Money how independent record stores plan to beat back competition from online and high street retailers.
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BBC Radio 5 liveFri 16 Apr 2010 05:30 BBC Radio 5 live
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