Down to Business English

By Skip Montreux, Dez Morgan & Samantha Vega | Business English InstructorsEducation Language Learning

Down to Business English episodes

September 20, 2021 Corporate fraud and criminality
Skip Montreux and Samantha Vega discuss two corporate legal cases. The bankruptcy of Purdue Pharma and the fraud trial of Elizabeth Holmes, CEO of the bio-tech company Theranos.
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5 min
September 07, 2021 Ten years of Tim Cook
Skip Montreux and Samantha Vega take a look at Tim Cook’s career. What did he do before he joined Apple? How did he become Apple’s CEO? How has Apple grown under 10 years of Tim Cook as CEO?
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22 min
August 30, 2021 China's regulation crackdown
Skip Montreux and Dez Morgan discuss the various regulations the Chinese government has introduced over the past year.
What is behind this trend to regulate different sectors of the Chinese economy?
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21 min
August 21, 2021 Scarlett Johansson vs. Disney
Skip Montreux and Samantha Vega discuss Scarlett Johansson’s lawsuit against Disney over the release of Marvel’s Black Widow
Why did she file this lawsuit? What is Disney’s reaction?
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21 min
August 13, 2021 Whisky - the water of life
Dez Morgan and Skip Montreux report on the rebirth of the Whisky industry in Scotland, the history of whisky in Japan, and developments in the nascent whisky industry in China.
They also get to the bottom of why this spirit is spelled w-h-i-s-k-y in some regions, and w-h-i-s-k-e-y in others.
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25 min
August 06, 2021 COVID Hodgepodge
Skip Montreux and Dez Morgan report on three issues that are loosely related to the effects of the COVID pandemic on business. The nature of work, an increase in cybercrime, and the decrease in the quality of customer service.
6 min
July 28, 2021 Climate change & the economy
Skip Montreux and Samantha Vega take a deep dive into the impact climate change is having on the global economy.
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6 min
July 14, 2021 Aviation & Aerospace Industry Update
Skip Montreux and Dez Morgan talk about recent developments in the aviation and aerospace industry. Will supersonic air travel be back in business soon? And what is up with Jeff Bezos going to space?!
28 min
June 28, 2021 Career Profile: Marie Ohashi
Marie Ohashi, Executive Director of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan, talks to Skip Montreux about a career path that has taken her from Japan to Canada to the UAE and back to Japan.
35 min
June 15, 2021 The Global Minimum Corporate Tax
Skip Montreux and Dez Morgan take a close look at the agreement reached between the G7 on setting a global minimum tax rate for multinational corporations.
25 min

About Down to Business English

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A podcast for people who use English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) in their work environment and want to improve their overall language skills. In each episode, hosts Skip Montreux, Dez…