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According to research from the University of Surrey in the UK, the country which wins the competition tends to enjoy an increase in exports.

(Picture: LUSAIL CITY, QATAR - DECEMBER 18: Lionel Messi of Argentina and team celebrate after winning the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Final match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium on December 18, 2022 in Lusail City, Qatar. Picture Credit: Getty Images).

The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance has revealed that the auditor Mazars has stopped working with it as outflows from platform swelled to $6 billion following the collapse of FTX earlier in the week.

The website offering digital trading cards showing Donald Trump in guises such as a superhero, astronaut and Nascar driver says the items have already sold out. The announcement drew criticism and mockery, including from Republicans.

And as the month-long FIFA World Cup tournament draws to a close, we evaluate how the competition not only proved to be a tourism boom for host Qatar but also for neighbour – the UAE and in particular – Dubai.

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In the UK, some Nurses in the Government-funded National Health Service are the latest group to take action over pay. The Royal College of Nursing wants a 19 percent pay rise and says below inflation increases are compromising care by making it hard to attract and retain nurses. But the government says that's not affordable. It's the latest in a series of strikes and we look at how the public and private sectors across the world are tackling the issue of fair pay.

Elsewhere we hear from Qatar, and ask what the World Cup has meant for the country's future.

Plus Avatar - which opens this weekend in cinemas around the globe. Just how important is it for the future of cinema?

Devina Gupta is joined by James Mayger in Beijing and Gaby Castro in Uruguay.

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It's a December to remember for many as workers in South Africa, Australia and South Korea down tools to demand for better welfare.

US central bank, the Federal Reserve, has increased interest rates by half a percentage point to try and cope with price inflation caused, in part, by higher wages.

Sam Fenwick is joined throughout the programme by Hayley Woodin, Executive Editor of Business in Vancouver a weekly magazine and Jasper Kim, Law Professor at Ewha University in Seoul, Korea and expert in international business law.(Picture: A view of an empty station during the strike in London, United Kingdom. Credit; Getty Images.)

Physicists have pursued the technology for decades as it promises a potential source of near-limitless clean energy. They say there is still some way to go before fusion powers homes.

As China eases covid restrictions we discuss plans by U-S vaccine maker Moderna to enter the Chinese market.

We find out if any of the investors in the crypto exchange FTX will get their money back.

And what sort of money will Morocco make after its sucess in the World Cup.

Sam Fenwick discusses these and more business news throughout the programme with two guests on opposite sides of the world: Frank Tsai Editor of the Shanghai Review in China and Shannon Najmabadi a reporter at the Colorado Sun in the United States.

Physicists have pursued the technology for decades as it promises a potential source of near-limitless clean energy. They say there is still some way to go before fusion powers homes.

As China eases covid restrictions we discuss plans by U-S vaccine maker Moderna to enter the Chinese market.

We find out if any of the investors in the crypto exchange FTX will get their money back.

And what sort of money will Morocco make after its sucess in the World Cup.

Sam Fenwick discusses these and more business news throughout the programme with two guests on opposite sides of the world: Frank Tsai Editor of the Shanghai Review in China and Shannon Najmabadi a reporter at the Colorado Sun in the United States.

(Picture: The interior of the target chamber at LLNL, where nuclear fusion takes place. Credit: Philip Saltonstall)

The arrest comes after the US filed criminal charges against former CEO of disgraced crypto firm. We hear the latest about the collapse of the $32bn company.

As temperatures fall in the US and Europe, we take a look at the growing demand of natural gas and the impact it's having on prices.

Also in the programme, we explore the ecosystems of innovation that brought us transistors, the devices that changed everything.

And the tech war between China and the US over advanced semiconductors is rapidly heating up with new players joining the row. Join us to find out who they are.

Sam Fenwick discusses these and more business news throughout the programme with two guests on opposite sides of the world: Peter Morici, an economist at the University of Maryland, and Sushma Ramachandran, an independent business journalist in New Delhi.

(Picture: The logo of FTX is seen at the entrance of the FTX Arena in Miami, Florida, US. Picture credit: Reuters)

Tech giant Apple has lifted a gagging policy on staff, meaning employees worldwide can speak out freely about their working conditions. It's the latest move by a major firm in response to lobbying from labour groups. Those who pushed for the move believe it will have major repercussions for other workers.

Also on Business Matters, one giant leap for a certain kind: we take a look at a Japanese investor's luxury mission to the moon, and what it means for space tourism.

(Picture: Staff inside an Apple store. Credit: Getty Images.)

Microsoft may be left unable to complete a $69bn takeover of fellow gaming giant Activision Blizzard, the company behind Call of Duty. The US Federal Trade Commission has started legal action to pause the buyout, amid claims it could stifle competition in the market. Microsoft has vowed to fight the case.

Also on Business Matters, Nigeria has lowered the amount of cash residents can withdraw from banks. It's part of an effort to move transactions online - but will it pay off?

We're also analysing China's latest inflation figures, and, in the run-up to Christmas, how children's toy makers are preparing for a busy season.

(Picture: A billboard for the latest edition of Call of Duty, one of the world's bestselling games.Credit: Getty Images.)

Devina Gupta is joined by business development consultant, Jessica Khine, and technology journalist, Takara Small, to discuss China lifting its most severe Covid policies - including forcing people into quarantine camps - just a week after landmark protests against the strict controls.

(Picture: TIN SHUI WAI, HONG KONG, CHINA - 2020/02/04: A volunteer measures a passenger's body temperature. In light of a coronavirus outbreak in China, Hong Kong district councillors and residents formed makeshift quarantine stations, screening passengers arriving from China.Picture Credit: Getty Images).