Business Matters

Donald Trump picks Scott Bessent as treasury secretary. Wall Street investor will seek to extend tax cuts from Trump's first term. We get the latest.

Andrew Peach discusses the announcement that Gary Gensler plans to step down as chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission when Donald Trump takes office as president on January 20. Gensler is known to be a sceptic of crypto currencies unlike the incoming President who received heavy backing from the crypto community during the election.

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani faces US fraud charges for allegedly orchestrating a $250m bribery scheme to secure lucrative renewable energy contracts.

US chipmaker, Nvidia, has reported record quarterly profits of $19bn - surpassing expectations.

Plus, we gauge reactions as Australia proposes social media ban for under 16s.

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Donald Trump has appointed Howard Lutnick, an investor and co-chair of his transition team, to head the US Commerce Department. Lutnick, the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, was a major fundraiser for Trump during his campaign.

Also, could Google face a potential breakup and be forced to sell Chrome, the world’s most popular web browser?

And satirical publication The Onion has acquired Infowars, the media outlet led by right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, for an undisclosed amount following a court-ordered auction. We hear from Tim Keck, the founder of The Onion.

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At the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Chinese President Xi Jinping urges for more international governance and cooperation on artificial intelligence, warning that AI should not be a "game of rich countries and the wealthy.

China celebrates the completion of the final phase of a major pipeline bringing natural gas from Russia to China, which marks a significant step in the countries' energy ties.

And in a pioneering move, Denmark’s Green Tripartite Minister, Jeppe Bruus, explains why the country is introducing the world’s first tax on livestock emissions.

Rahul Tandon is joined by Jennifer Pak in China and Peter Morici in the U.S.

We analyse the potential economic challenges the Trump administration could bring to the Eurozone, with forecasts already downgraded by the European Commission. Carsten Brzeski, chief Eurozone economist at ING Bank, offers his analysis on what this could mean for the region's future.

We also explore the race for the next U.S. Treasury Secretary and what it signals for future U.S. policy, with insights from Sylvan Lane, Business Editor at The Hill.

Finally, we turn to Sri Lanka, where President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s decisive election victory raises hopes for sweeping economic reforms. Shanta Devarajan, a professor at Georgetown University and former World Bank senior official, provides a closer look at the challenges and opportunities facing the country.

President elect Donald Trump Nominates Robert F Kennedy to lead US Health Department. Shares in vaccine companies fell on the news of the announcement

Ben & Jerry’s have filed a case against their owner, Unilever. They accuse Unilever of trying to prevent the ice cream company from making public statements supporting Palestinian refugees.

The President of Guyana has announced that every adult in the country will receive one- hundred- thousand ($100,000) Guyanese dollars -- or nearly five hundred US Dollars. We ask, why?

US President-elect Donald Trump has picked Elon Musk for a role in government cost-cutting, as part of his drive to "dismantle" bureaucracy. We speak to Trevor Traina, former United States Ambassador to Austria during Donald Trump's first presidency.

Also, China is showing off its latest generation of stealth fighter jets and other military hardware at its Zhuhai Airshow.

Why Germany is in the midst of a lot of political and economic trouble?

Devina Gupta explains us how businesses copying in Indian capital city Delhi while facing high levels of air pollution.

And the New York City council passed a bill that will prevent tenants from having to pay fees to brokers hired by landlords.

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President Xi goes to Lima, as Peru gears up for the thirty-first Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation economic leaders' meeting.

Bitcoin continues to hit new highs following Trump's victory. How long can it continue?

Jaguar is betting big on EVs and is even going so far as to stopping selling its new petrol cars in the UK entirely.

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It's been three weeks since Italy's far-right government signed the five-year migration deal with Albania. Now, a court has blocked Italy's plan to send asylum seekers to the Balkan nation, disrupting Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's main migration policy and raising questions about what's next.

Also, we find out why dockers have been locked out of the Port of Montreal after they reject their latest pay offer.

And we'll speak to one man who's riding the waves of retirement... quite literally.

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