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US nominates candidate for World Bank president

Washington's choice for the new head of the World Bank has been announced: David Malpass. He's a man who isn't very keen on the World Bank - we ask if he will he get the job

Washington's choice for the new head of the World Bank has been announced: David Malpass. He's a man who isn't very keen on the World Bank - we ask if he will he get the job. And β€œa special place in hell” awaits Brexit voters, says Donald Tusk, president of the European Council. We ask why he said something so controversial at such a sensitive time in diplomatic negotiations. Plus, having a hobby that makes you money is often called a β€˜side hustle’ – and those in Sweden are getting government funding to turn theirs in to a business, as the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s Maddy Savage reports from Stockholm. And scientists are trying to track down the family who lost their USB stick, which was later discovered in the faeces of a seal in New Zealand. We discuss all this with live guests Peter Morici, professor of international business at the University of Maryland, and Sushma Ramachandran, former chief business correspondent at The Hindu.

(Image: David Malpass. Credit: Tom Williams / Getty Images)

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Thu 7 Feb 2019 01:06GMT

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