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August 09, 2023 Brazil has an "Amazon dream" and it includes stopping deforestation
Brazil's President Lula is hosting a summit in Belém, northern Brazil alongside seven other nations that share the Amazon. This is in a bid to save it and bring it out of economic turmoil.
The Federal Reserve reports that U.S. credit card debt has hit $1 trillion for the first time toward the end of July. We find out what it means for US consumers and the country.
And seeing as Frank Sinatra’s voice was used on a version of the hip-hop song “Gangsta’s Paradise” and various musicians are being mimicked by Artificial intelligence, Google and Universal Music have plans to license artists songs generated by A.I. We take a look at what this means for copyright claims.
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August 08, 2023 US trucking giant Yellow files for bankruptcy
US trucking company Yellow has filed for bankruptcy and will be closing down. The company had received a $700mn Covid-19 relief loan from the Trump administration during the summer of 2020. So will the loan be repaid? And what does it mean for the 30,000 workers expected to lose their jobs?
Also Roger Hearing finds out why Zoom is now calling time on homeworking - as they ask employees within 50 miles of a company office to go in at least two days a week.
And apparently Americans are eating their burgers and fries at home, in their cars and at the office. In fact anywhere but at the fast-food restaurants themselves. McDonald’s, Burger King want big investments in eating areas, prompting pushback from franchisees.
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August 05, 2023 US job figures reveal a mixed picture.
Employment in the US held steady last month, bolstering hopes that the economy will avoid a painful downturn. Latest job figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show employers added 187,000 jobs while the jobless rate dropped to 3.5%.
Plus presenter Leanna Byrne speaks to Shannon K.O’Neil, a Latin American expert and vice-president of the Council on Foreign Relations, a think tank in the US, about how inflation and increasing political pressures are pushing more people to leave countries such as Argentina and Venezuela and head north to the US in search of a better life.
Leanna Byrne speaks to Colin Peacock, producer and presenter of Mediawatch in New Zealand and Dr Stephanie Hare, researcher, broadcaster and author in London to discuss the day’s top business stories.
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August 04, 2023 Amazon and Apple serve up latest results
Tech giants Amazon and Apple have released their latest results, tech writer Alison van Diggelen in San Francisco and Sushma Ramachandran, a business journalist and columnist for The Tribune newspaper in New Delhi, join the programme to go over the numbers.
In India, the government is restricting imports of electronic items such as laptops, tablets and phones, we look at the reasons behind the decision and whether this could see the cost of such items rise in the country.
As part of our series on immigration we hear from the Argentine medical professionals leaving their homes and their country in search of better wages.
Three years on from the pandemic when Covid shut down international borders, Americans have rediscovered their love of vacationing abroad. Sam Fenwick speaks to Erika Richter, from the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA), about where Americans are travelling to and how much they’re spending on their trips.
52 min
August 03, 2023 Wheat prices soar as thousands of tonnes of grain destroyed
Roger Hearing is joined by Steven Bertoni in New York and Karen Lema in Manila to look at the big business and financial stories of the day.
Global grain prices have had a challenging day after Russian attacks on a Ukrainian port on the Danube river reportedly damaged tens of thousands of tonnes of supplies. Roger speaks to Marcelo Elizondo, Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce in Argentina to discuss whether smaller exporters like Brazil and Argentina could step up to fill the gap.
Plus how is Canada reacting after Facebook and Google blocked their Canadian news feeds; government plans to tackle immigration in Chile and the US-American plan to build a new International Space Station.
51 min
August 02, 2023 The finances of the former President
Roger Hearing is joined by Lori Ann LaRocco in the US and Colin Peacock in New Zealand to discuss some of the major financial stories of the day. The former US President Donald Trump is indicted on more charges - this time around the fallout from the 2020 election.
Ilya Espino de Marotta is the Panama Canal Authority's Deputy Administrator - she tells us about the struggle to keep goods flowing during the drought season.
Plus we ask if being mean in the office is actually the best way to climb the ladder.
PHOTO CREDIT: REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario/File Photo
51 min
August 01, 2023 Why falling prices are troubling China
A slow comeback from Covid has added to China's economic strain, but it's bucking the trend when it comes to global inflation. As an export ban on Chinese rare minerals comes into effect, we explore the impact it could have on the global chip industry. Host Roger Hearing is joined by Fermín Koop in Argentina and Kimberly Adams from Marketplace in the US.
(Picture: Customers at a supermarket in Qingzhou, Shandong province, China. Credit: Getty Images).
52 min
July 29, 2023 Argentina and the IMF reach agreement on a last minute loan
Argentina has reached a $7.5bn agreement with the International Monetary Fund, as it tries to get its troubled economy back on track.
The South American nation has been in negotiations with the Fund for months over its $44 billion loan program. That's the biggest outstanding deal that the IMF has with any country anywhere in the world.
(Picture: Close up of Argentine money, 200 pesos bills. Picture credit: Getty Images)
50 min
July 28, 2023 Biden announces measures to deal with extreme heat
A prolonged heatwave in the US has created concerns in the White House as medics are warning of a rising number of burns and heat strokes in the workplace.
President Biden has announced a number of measures to help Americans deal with extreme temperatures, as a heatwave spreads across large parts of the United States.
(Picture: Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, USA. Picture credit: Getty Images)
50 min
July 27, 2023 US Federal Reserve raises rates to historic high, again
Despite inflation being 3% last month, the Federal Reserve raised rates for the 11th time in just over a year.
The benchmark rate rose to a range of 5.25% to 5.5%, the highest level for over 2 decades.
Ed Butler discusses this and all the other business and economic news from around the world with Walter Todd, president and chief investment officer of Greenwood Capital in South Carolina and Jessica Khine, a Corporate Advisor for Astris Advisory, based in Malaysia.
(Photo: A trader works inside a booth, as screens display a news conference by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell following the rate announcement, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, 26 July, 2023. Credit: Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
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