Big Boss Interview

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To discuss the big business stories of the day from around the world presenter, Roger Hearing, is joined by Zyma Islam, journalist at the Daily Star newspaper who's in Dhaka, and Kimberley Adams, Senior Washington Correspondent for Marketplace in Washington DC.

Latest data from the US shows the number of new job openings fell substantially in November, its lowest in two years, suggesting that the economy is less ‘hot’ than it was

Roger Hearing examines the extraordinary story of how a Chinese student’s family paid $80,000 in response to cyber threats alleging the young student was being held hostage and how the incident in the US has shed light on a growing trend in crime - cyber kidnapping.

In Australia Phil Mercer looks at the business of holograms as improvements in 3D flexible image technology mean they’re now being used by a range of industries including entertainment, education, design and defence.

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