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The US has filed a landmark lawsuit against Apple in which they are accused monopolising the smartphone market and crushing competition. Roger Hearing will be looking at what this means for the company going forward.

Turkey has raised interest rates to 50% to fight inflation at 67%, we find out how it affects ordinary citizens.

And as the EU moves to close unpaid internships but unions say it's not enough.

Roger will be joined throughout the programme by two guests on opposite side of the world: Diane Brady, Executive Director of Fortune Live Media and Editorial Director of the Fortune CEO Initiative in New York City. And James Mayger, China Economics Reporter for Bloomberg based in Beijing.

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The US central bank has left interest rates unchanged this month but says they will be cut three times before the end of the year. We look into the details.

The world's most expensive drug will soon be available in the US at a price of $4.25m. We hear about the rare disease it treats and the high cost of developing medicine to battle it.

Sam Fenwick discusses these and more business stories with two guests on opposite sides of the world: Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist at New York-based Invesco, and Yoko Ishikura, Professor Emeritus at Hitotsubashi University.

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The new law broadens the definition of state secrets in a way that could scare away investors. Will the city be able to maintain its place as a top financial hub?

The British band Chumbawamba is trying to prevent its biggest hit from being used by a politician in New Zealand. The lead singer tells us why.

And Star Wars creator George Lucas steps into the boardroom power battle at Disney to support the firm's CEO, Bob Iger. Will the Force be with him?

(Picture: Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-Chiu. Picture credit: DANIEL CENG/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock.)

The country has had negative rates since 2016. Now, the central bank could raise them for the first time in 17 years. We find out what consequences this could have.

Rare protests have emerged in Cuba over electricity and fuel shortages. We get the latest.

And Uber will pay $178m as part of a settlement to end a lawsuit filed on behalf of thousands of taxi operators and drivers. We look into the detail.

Sam Fenwick discusses this and more business news with two guests on opposite sides of the world: Oliver Stuenkel, an associate professor of International Relations at the Vargas Foundation in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Rebecca Choong Wilkins, senior Asia correspondent for Bloomberg in Hong Kong.

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The United States is warning the rest of the world that the US is the canary in the coalmine when it comes to the global opioid crisis. Our presenter Will Bain will be hearing what the US plans on doing.

We look at the challenges of exporting through the Red Sea during the holy month of Ramadan.

And St. Patricks Day is happening this weekend but how much of a boost will it bring to the US and Irish economy?

We will be joined throughout the programme by two guests on opposite side of the world: Takara Small technology journalist based in Toronto, Canada and Rachel Pupazzoni, national business reporter and presenter for ABC News in Perth, Australia.

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Former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Steven Mnuchin said he is arranging a team of investors to purchase Chinese social media giant TikTok. Our presenter Roger Hearing will be looking at how significant this move will be to stop Chinese influence in America.

Denmark moves to conscript women into the armed forces for the first time as part of a beefing up of its defences - but there are fears about what that will do to the labour market.

And robot taxis are introduced to Los Angeles for the first time.

Roger will be joined throughout the programme by two guests on opposite side of the world: Andy Uhler, Journalism Fellow at the University of Texas Energy Institute and Columbia University's Centre on Global Energy Policy in Austin, Texas, and Nga Pham, journalist and film-maker in Taipei.

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The US House of Representatives has approved a landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America.

The measure would give the social media giant's parent company ByteDance six months to sell its controlling stake, or the app will be removed in the US. Many people are concerned about the possible ban, including US business owners who use TikTok to boost sales.

Also in the programme, presenter Will Bain asks why the EU has decided to regulate AI and talks to a major donor from the US election campaign.

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The inflation rate in the US picked up in February, as prices for petrol and housing pushed higher.

The annual rate, which measures the pace of price increases, was 3.2% in February, up from 3.1% in January, the Labor Department said.

Airfare, car insurance and clothing were among the items driving the increase over the month.

Also, in the programme, Sam Fenwick will talk to a doctor striking in South Korea and finds out how the climate change is having a big impact on the cost of bananas.

(Picture: Inflation in the United States, Austin, USA. Picture credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, and leaders of the Caribbean bloc have held emergency talks in Jamaica on the state of anarchy sweeping Haiti. The United Nations-backed multinational security force will receive $100 million to help Haitian police fight gangs and the US will give $33 million in humanitarian aid.

Also, in the programme, Devina Gupta finds out what's happening with the Chinese economy and why US president Joe Biden is proposing to raise taxes.

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The firm's CEO has been cleared of any wrongdoing in an investigation of the events that led to his brief ouster last year. We get the latest.

TikTok urged users to call politicians to complain about a bill that would force its parent company to either sell or shut down the Chinese-owned app in the US. We ask an expert about the implications this could have.

A power company has admitted it might be responsible for the start of the largest wildfires in Texas history. We hear the details.

Roger Hearing discusses these and more business stories with two guests on opposite sides of the world: Takara Small, multimedia journalist and entrepreneur in Toronto, and Colin Peacock, producer and presenter of Mediawatch on Radio New Zealand, in Wellington.

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