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June 02, 2022 Meta COO Sandberg leaves Facebook parent company after 14 years with the business
The Chief Operating Officer of Facebook's parent company Meta is stepping down after 14 years with the business. Sheryl Sandberg made the announcement on the social media site. We get reaction to her departure.
As Shanghai reopens, we hear from a resident in the megacity. People in the Chinese economic hub have been living under strict coronavirus restrictions for two months.
Ed Butler is joined by Andy Xie, an independent economist based in Shanghai, and New York-based political reporter, Erin Delmore, to discuss these and the other big business stories of the day.
(Image: Sheryl Sandberg speaks at the Texas Conference For Women 2017 at Austin Convention Center on November 2, 2017 in Austin, Texas. Credit: Getty Images)
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June 01, 2022 More of Europe faces Russian gas supply cuts
The Russian energy giant, Gazprom, is cutting gas supplies to the Netherlands and Denmark over their refusal to pay in roubles. It comes after the EU's decision to block most oil imports from Russia over the continuing conflict in Ukraine.
Elsewhere, US President Joe Biden welcomes New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to the White House to discuss the security situation in the Pacific.
Ed Butler is joined by Colin Peacock from Radio New Zealand in Wellington and CNBC business journalist and author Lori Ann LaRocco to discuss the key business issues of the day.
(Image:RUSSIA-UKRAINE-CONFLICT-ENERGY-GAS-EU. Credit: Getty Images)
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May 31, 2022 EU agrees on Russian oil import ban
The European Union council president, Charles Michel, has confirmed that the EU has agreed to ban more than two thirds of Russian oil imports. The block also agreed on measures targeting Russia's largest bank and three state-owned broadcasters.
Elsewhere, Chelsea Football Club is sold for more than $5 billion US dollars to an American investment consortium led by Todd Boehly.
Sam Fenwick is joined by University of Maryland economist Peter Morici and entrepreneur and real estate investor Kanwal Malik in Karachi, Pakistan, to discuss the big business stories of the day.
(Image: European Council Meet In Brussels For Special Meeting. Credit: Getty Images)
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May 28, 2022 A massacre divides America
Protests have been held in Texas after another deadly shooting claimed the lives of more than 20 pupils and teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde. Across the state, in Houston, the NRA - America's largest pro-gun group - is holding its annual meeting. Our first guest on the programme, NPR journalist Andy Uhler, joins us from Texas where divisions appear to be widening. We're also joined by author and expert on Hong Kong affairs Rachel Cartland.
After years of seemingly unstoppable growth, there's a slowdown in hiring across the board in America's tech industry. One former employee of Google and Twitter, investor Alex Roetter, tells us it's probably not a sign of worse to come.
The World Economic Forum has drawn to a close in Davos, with Ukraine high on the agenda. One business owner who's seeking shelter in Kyiv says the conflict has transformed the world.
We also hear about the Chinese shopping mall that's bringing the outdoor indoors, as business owners in Beijing gear up to welcome back shoppers. Architect Xiaoguang Liu tells us how it could fit in a post-pandemic China.
(Picture: Memorial to the 19 children and 2 teachers killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School, Uvalde, Texas; Credit: Michael M Santiago)
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May 27, 2022 US outlines strategy to counter Beijing
The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has outlined America's strategy to counter what he says is China's threat to the international order. In a major speech, he said the US is not seeking a 'cold war' with Beijing - only to ensure that international rules are followed.
We also hear about Russia's central bank's cut to interest rates. Elsewhere, Apple has increased pay for its retail staff amid cost of living increases and a tight labour market.
Sam Fenwick is joined by Diane Brady, Assistant Managing Editor of Forbes in New York, and Sushma Ramachandran, an independent business journalist in Delhi.
(Image: Secretary Blinken Outlines Policy Towards China At George Washington University. Credit: Getty Images)
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May 26, 2022 The economics of America's gun culture
Following the fatal mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, we discuss the economics of America's gun culture. The US Vice President, Kamala Harris, is calling for the country to pass "reasonable" gun laws after the attack which left 19 children and two teachers dead. We reflect on the impact of George Floyd's death, two years on from his murder at the hands of police in Minneapolis. We also discuss Pfizer's announcement to sell all of its patented drugs and vaccines at non-profit prices to the world's poorest countries. Rahul Tandon is joined by Michelle Jamrisko, who's Senior Asia Economy Reporter for Bloomberg in Singapore, as well as Kimberley Adams from our partners Marketplace in Washington, DC.
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May 25, 2022 Children killed in Texas school shooting
More than a dozen pupils have been killed in a shooting at a school in Texas. It happened at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. The 18-year-old suspect is dead, believed to have been killed by police officers. US President Joe Biden has ordered the US flag to be flown at half-mast until sunset on Saturday 28th May following the mass shooting.
Elsewhere, the commodities giant Glencore has agreed to plead guilty to corruption charges in the United States and the UK. It will pay more than $1 billion to end a five-year investigation into corporate malpractice. It was accused of directing traders to fix the oil market as well as using bribes to secure business in half a dozen countries, mostly in Africa.
Rahul Tandon is joined by Lori Ann LaRocco, who's Senior Editor at CNBC Business News and author of “Trade War- Containers Don’t Lie, Navigating the Bluster”. He also speaks with the Financial Times Tokyo Bureau Chief, Robin Harding about the big business issues of the day.
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May 24, 2022 Ukraine takes centre stage in Davos
In three months, conflict in Ukraine has destroyed parts of the country, hurt Russia's economy, and sent shockwaves across the globe. Countries are experiencing never-before-seen inflation, and a critical lack of supplies is forecast to worsen. Then there's the matter of who should pay for the colossal damage inflicted on towns and cities in Ukraine. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, world leaders are trying to solve the problem. A former Ukranian Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko, gives her view on the true cost.
Much of the world's focus is on the outcome of that summit, but there's another one happening in Tokyo which could set the course of Asian trade relations for years to come. The Quad countries - Australia, the US, Japan and India - are meeting to discuss matters like China, inflation in the south of the continent, and a new US-led Pacific trading agreement. Tanvi Madan. Director of the Indian Project at the Brookings Institute, takes us through what to expect.
ABC's senior business correspondent Peter Ryan is joined by Alison van Diggelen, Silicon Valley tech host, to talk about all the issues of the day.
Meanwhile, Germany is among the countries trying new solutions to help citizens come to terms with economic crises. We hear from the Eva Kreienkamp, the head of one of the country's biggest transport companies.
Image: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is seen on a giant screen next to Founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab during his address by video conference as part of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on May 23, 2022. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)
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May 21, 2022 Australia goes to the polls
Millions of Australians decide whether or not to vote back in the Conservatives after nine years under the party's rule. BBC's Katie Silver and Australian economist Tim Harcourt tell us more.
Rising fuel prices have led food delivery drivers to strike for days in the United Arab Emirates, where industrial action is banned. BBC's Sameer Hashmi explains their struggle from Dubai.
Adi Imsirovic from the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies gives us his views on the former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's recent resignation from the board of directors of Russia's state-owned oil company, Rosneft.
In Korea, president Joe Biden begins his five-day Asia trip with a visit to a Samsung semiconductor plant. We talked to Carolina Milanesi, president of analyst and market research firm Creative Strategies, about this.
Vivienne Nunis is joined throughout the programme by guests Tony Nash, Chief Economist at Complete Intelligence in Houston, Texas, and Karen Percy, Senior freelance reporter in Melbourne.
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May 20, 2022 Russia accused of weaponising food in Ukraine war
Vivienne Nunis is joined by Alexander Kaufman from the Huff Post in New York, and Jeanette Rodrigues from Bloomberg in Mumbai.
We start with the war in Ukraine and the ripple effects it's having on global food supplies.
Plus we look at Indonesia resuming palm oil exports next week - one of the world's most important commodities.
The leader of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi again warns that the US will not support a bilateral free trade agreement if the UK does anything to undermine the Good Friday Agreement.
Plus after another volatile day on the markets, we try to work out whether the US is heading towards a recession.
Image credit: Volunteers prepare food in the kitchen of "World Central Kitchen" for war refugees from Ukraine staying in Przemysl, Poland, 15 April 2022. EPA/DAREK DELMANOWICZ POLAND
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