Martin Webber takes stock of the year in business
World Service,Β·24 episodes
German monetary union; Tokyo slump; US junk bond scandal; Mrs Thatcher leaves office
The first Gulf War; US interest rates at a 27 year low; PanAm closes; Maastricht Treaty
UK crashes out of Exchange Rate Mechanism; NAFTA is formed; financial scandal hits India
World trade talks end; turbulent European currency markets; economic chaos in Russia
Mexico's economy rescued; UK's oldest merchant bank collapses; India cancels Enron deal
US shares boom; Europe prepares for new currency; Australia's alcoholic lemonade is a hit
Britain hands over Hong Kong to China; Asian financial crisis; Kyoto climate deal
Microsoft prosecuted as monopolist; Brazil currency peg collapses; high tech stocks soar
East and West Germany merge economies; Hong Kong under China; America's economic bubble
Dot com bubble bursts; Vodafone enters German mobile market; Japan works towards recovery
World Trade Centre attacks; US and Japan both dip into recession; China joins WTO
Corporate America plagued by scandals; changeover to the Euro begins in western Europe
Concerns for US economy; Chinese growth slows; EU fines Microsoft; Apple launches iPod
Investors back internet stocks; largest US accounting fraud conviction; farm subsidy row
YouTube sold; China booms; conflict between air travel growth and emissions targets
US housing turmoil leads to further regulation; first run on a UK bank in 100 years
Banks collapse, mortgage providers and insurers struggle; governments scramble to respond
Global economic output slumps; interest rates cut; money supply and public spending go up
Despite growth, sceptics say economic problems unsolved; IMF bails out Greece and Ireland
Earthquake and tsunami rock Japan; US loses triple-A credit rating; Steve Jobs dies
Obama re-elected; bank scandals continue; calls for fairer wealth distribution in China
Bangladesh factory collapses; Chinese housing bubble; Obamacare introduced; Mandela dies
Europe's economic woes; climate change under threat; OPEC struggles with oil prices
Commodity prices slump; EU refugee worries; Greek bailout; Volkswagen emissions scandal
