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What cars say about America and the old Soviet Union
China's disguised bank loans
How China's banks hid the size of their lending, by disguising loans as investments.
Speculators and commodities
Are commodity prices too low? Is it right and fair for speculators to force them higher?
Is Europe's social model dead?
Is Europe's social welfare model unaffordable? And, should women show cleavage at work?
A brutal trade
The US law that tries to stop companies buying minerals which fund conflict and abuse.
Success in adversity
Why are there so few Muslim companies that make it onto the list of the biggest brands.
The road to the future?
Business Daily looks at voice control in the car of the future - would you use it?
Ethical and green?
Green hot air or green cool thought? With: high rises, eco funerals and treadle-mills.
Power failure in Iraq
Why is Iraq still crippled by power shortages? Plus, safety rules that test our patience
Do you wanna go 'double-dipping'?
Is America's economy on the slide, heading for a double-dip recession?
Extreme hospitality
What's in it for the sponsors of one of the most extreme forms of corporate hospitality?
Brains and emails
Why heavy use of smartphones and computers at work can change our brains
Austerity lessons from Latvia
Are there lessons for Europe from Latvia's savage austerity cuts?
Hard times and sacrifices
Does Ireland or Spain have the right approach to making public sector cuts?
Saving Germany's jobs
Germany's economy is booming and unemployment is falling. Is it thanks to job subsidies?
How to recreate a career
We talk to Nancy Temple who had a leading role with Enron's auditor, Arthur Andersen.
Pickled veg versus burgers
We report on the business of food in rural Romania.
Pension provision
Are pensions a human right, or just a privilege?
The India way
India's ambitious project to give identifying numbers to more than a billion people
Victory for the banks?
Are the new rules on bank capital too weak? Have the banks beaten the regulators?
OPEC at fifty
OPEC is fifty this week. Its secretary general tells us why it's really a force for good.
China's economy - does size matter?
Just how big is China's economy? We'll dig through the numbers in Beijing
The Next Wave of Growth?
Beyond BRICs; are emerging markets coming out of the shadow of the developed world?
Banking on a crisis?
Are governments about to cause a fresh European banking crisis?
Treasure in the Wilderness
What treasure lies beneath the melting Arctic ice cap?
African Dreams
Can Africa move beyond what it grows and digs from its own soil?
Digesting the Cost of Food
Is another hike in the cost of food working its way through the system?
Money money money
Is a financially divided society a successful one?
The rise of the machines
Are computers increasing the risk of a big stock market crash?
Young, talented and unemployable
Business Daily takes a look at what young people need to do to get work in tough times
Two bittersweet national anniversaries
Two nations celebrate anniversaries. But why do Nigeria and Germany still harbour regrets?