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Good Derivatives?

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Last broadcast on Sun, 25 Oct 2009, 19:32 on BBC World Service (see all broadcasts).

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A different view of those much abused financial gizmos, derivatives. The energy business National Grid tells Lesley Curwen that they use them everyday and contrary to popular belief, they make their business safer. But US academic Doug Elliott says the pain of regulation is worth it.

Plus one man's tips on how to evade sanctions on Iran and Lucy Kellaway reveals her secret addiction - to praise.

There's also a look at the world's most common type of business - the family firm. We examine the eternal drama of family owned companies - where love, loyalty and commercial life collide. Ernest Antoine Seilliere talks about his personal experience of running his family's firm and INSEAD Professor Randal Carlock tells us why training as a counsellor is useful when visiting family owned companies.

Broadcasts

  1. Fri 23 Oct 2009
    23:32
  2. Sat 24 Oct 2009
    10:32
  3. Sun 25 Oct 2009
    06:32
  4. Sun 25 Oct 2009
    13:32
  5. Sun 25 Oct 2009
    19:32

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