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Rahul Tandon is joined by broadcaster Stephanie Hare in the UK and president of AC Growth Delivered, Simon Littlewood, in Singapore.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to pay $965m in damages after falsely claiming the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax. We hear from Jennifer Hubbard whose daughter Catherine died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Malaysia’s 97-year-old former leader Mahathir Mohamad has announced he will defend his seat in the general elections expected next month. So, is experience a quality we value in leadership?

Is it time to talk about Covid again? As the Northern Hemisphere heads towards winter some experts are concerned that Covid could disrupt economies again.

(Picture: WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT - SEPTEMBER 21: InfoWars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media outside Waterbury Superior Court during his trial on September 21, 2022 in Waterbury, Connecticut. Picture Credit: Getty Images).

Sam Fenwick is joined by Shuli Ren, a journalist with Bloomberg in Hong Kong and Mitchell Hartman, a Senior Reporter for US radio show, Marketplace in Portland, Oregon.

The International Monetary Fund has warned that, for many people, next year will feel like a recession. Daniel Leigh heads the World Economic Studies division in the funds Research Department at the IMF. He explains how the war in Ukraine and rising prices worldwide are making an impact.

Chinese carmakers are heading into Europe to showcase their latest models. The move comes after years of just supplying models to a domestic market in China. Professor Peter Wells, Director of the Centre for Automotive Industry Research at Cardiff University explains why they're doing this.

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With the International Monetary Fund set to unveil its twice-yearly World Economic Outlook tomorrow, we're joined by former IMF Chief Economist Kenneth Rogoff to find out what we can expect to hear.

Shares in US semiconductor firms fell on Monday after Joe Biden announced restrictions on exports of microchips and chip manufacturing equipment to China. Chris Miller, author of Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology, explains how we got to this point.

With the US mid-term elections less than four weeks away, we begin a week-long look at what is often termed “dark money” in U.S. political campaigns.

And the BBC's Formula 1 reporter Jennie Gow explains why Red Bull have been given a red flag by the sport's governing body over alleged excess spending.

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Jobs growth in the US has slowed down for the second month in a row. US employers added 263,000 new jobs in September, the fewest since April 2021, while unemployment fell to 3.5%. But what's it like if you're trying to recruit a worker or find a job? We hear from Tracie Sponenberg, Chief People Officer for The Granite Group in Concord, New Hampshire. Yulia Yan is among those looking for work, she tells us about the challenges she's facing.

The United States has announced new export controls on computer chips to China to prevent Beijing from using the technology for its military. American firms will be banned from selling certain chips used for supercomputing and artificial intelligence to Chinese companies. Bill Reinsch from Center for Strategic and International Studies explains the likely effect of the ban.

Sam Fenwick is joined by Marketplace reporter Andy Uhler in Austin, Texas and ABC senior business correspondent Peter Ryan in Brisbane, Australia.

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The IMF says the risk of a global recession has increased as it lowers its growth forecast for the coming year. Its managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, said the gloomy outlook was fuelled by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the continuing impact of the Covid pandemic.

Hong Kong has relaxed several of its coronavirus restrictions in recent weeks. Now it's giving away 500,000 airline tickets worth $250 million in a bid to boost visitor numbers. Will it succeed?

The Rooney Rule was adopted by NFL teams in the US in 2003, with the aim of creating equal opportunities for Black coaches. But there's criticism that it hasn't achieved what it set out to do. Gus Garcia Roberts from the Washington Post has been investigating and shares his findings with us.

Sam Fenwick is joined by Tony Nash, chief economist at Complete Intelligence in Houston, Texas and Zyma Islam from the Daily Star in Dhaka, Bangladesh to discuss these stories and the other big money and work issues of the day.

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Members of OPEC+ have agreed to cut down production by two million barrels a day. A move the Opec Secretary General, Haitham Al Ghais, says is geared towards stabilising the oil market. But how much of stability can it provide? The founder and CEO of consultancy firm Crystol Energy, Carole Nakhle, tells us what she thinks.

People in Lebanon are struggling to withdraw money from their local banks due to strict withdrawal limits. An economist and Director of Kulluna Irada, a pressure group that works towards political reform in Lebenon Diana Menhem, talks us through the situation.

Vulnerable young citizens in Mexico are falling prey to a new trend of mobile apps offering rapid and easy loans. Daniel Alonso Viña, a business reporter for the newspaper El Pais in Mexico City explains.

The BBC'S David Reid finds out why a campaign is on to lure the humble backpacker back into Australia.

Should you eat meals at a set time every day? Dr Emily Manoogian is one of the authors of a study about the impact of this on the health and wellbeing of shift workers in particular. She tells us what she found.

Colin Peacock, from Radio New Zealand in Wellington joins us throughout the programme.

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Stella Bangura, a TV presenter based in Freetown Sierra Leone and Dante Disparte, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy at Circle in Washington are with us throughout the programme.

Billionaire Elon Musk has reinstated his plans to takeover Twitter. Molly Roberts, from the Washington Post reports.

The US labour market shows signs of cooling with the lowest job openings in nearly two and a half years. Institutional partner at Themis, Joe Saluzzi, gives analysis.

Alex Agius Saliba who is a member of the European Parliament explains why the introduction of just one cable for all electronic gadgets is a good idea.

And are driverless cars the future of transport? The BBC’s Silicon Valley correspondent has been investigating.(Picture: Elon Musk in Germany. Credit: Getty Images.)

Kim Kardashian is still in the news after agreeing to pay the fine levelled against her by the SEC over a crypto ad. Jatendra Sehdev, who's the author of a book, The Kim Kardashian Principle tells us what he thinks about the issue.

Why is the UN is telling the Federal Reserve to stop hiking interest rates? A question the BBC'S Jonathan Josephs finds answers to.

We dig deeper into the Credit Suisse story with Chris Low, from FHN Financial in New York.

Storm Ian has torn though the Carolinas and beyond - causing devastation in its path. How much will this chaos cost?

As energy costs continue to soar, we explore why the trend for solar panels is happening across Europe.

Elisabeth Braw, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute shares her thoughts regarding the implications of a massive exit from Russian workplaces as the Kremlin mobilizes and more men try to leave the country

An economist at the R.H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, Peter Morici and Jessica Khine, a business development consultant join us throughout the show.

Mehmal Sarfraz, Co-founder The Current PK, in Lahore, and Hayley Woodin, executive editor of Business in Vancouver, join Will Bain for global economic discussion.

We're in Puerto Rico and the US to hear about the devastation that Hurricane Ian is leaving, as thousands of people are without power.

Our panel discuss former UN climate change chief Christiana Figueres' suggestion that Pakistan should receive climate reparations.

We also hear from the Los Angeles Times' Middle East Editor, Nabih Bulos, on Afghanistan's problem with its cash - the notes are disintegrating.

Image: Caden Simmons, a local resident, walks with a U.S. flag on a flooded street after he recovered it from flood waters, as Hurricane Ian bears down on Charleston, South Carolina, U.S., September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake

ABC’s senior business correspondent Peter Ryan and Stephanie Hare, broadcaster & author, join us throughout the programme to discuss the latest business stories from around the world. We hear the latest from Florida where more than 2 and a half million homes and businesses are without electricity after one of the most deadly hurricanes in the state’s history. The BBC’s international business correspondent Theo Leggett gives us his assessment after Porsche shares climbed on their debut in one of Europe’s largest initial public offerings. We get reaction to what’s being called one of the worst data breaches in Australia’s history, after 40% of the population had personal data stolen. Also on Business Matters, with less than to months to go till the Football World Cup in Qatar we hear why Denmark have toned down their kits to protest against the host's human rights record and alleged treatment of migrant workers.