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- Taking Stock: The downfall of Nvidia's Jensen Huang · 24 minAI chip giant Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stepped down after reports of two extramarital affairs were published. The first involved someone suspected to be a Chinese spy, while the…
- Power Players: Nvidia and the spy scandal · 18 minAI chip boss Jensen Huang is under pressure to quit Nvidia after reports alleging he had an affair with a suspected Chinese spy. Huang has acknowledged an extra-marital…
- Founders: Moving to Kenya and building a fashion business · 18 minJoanna Maiden was 26 years old when she arrived in Kenya and decided to open her business. Starting in a tiny outhouse with just four machinists, over the next few decades she…
- Follow the Money: Are prediction markets the real winners of the US midterms? · 17 minNearly $2 billion was bet on last week's US midterm elections on two prediction markets, Polymarket and Kalshi. The platforms say they're regulated financial exchanges, not…
- Why Europe wants to rely less on US tech companies · 17 minEurope has long relied on America's tech giants to power its digital economy. Now, as geopolitical tensions rise, it's seeking greater control over its digital future through a…
- Power Players: Can the Democrats tackle America's affordability crisis? · 19 minThe Democrats won big in the US midterm elections and have control of both houses of Congress. But Donald Trump still holds a presidential veto and is threatening to use it. Can…
- Taking Stock mid-terms special: The economy, Musk, Trump and data centres · 24 minAndy Uhler who's Energy Reporter in Residence at The University of Texas in Austin and Rema Rahman who is White House and Politics Editor at Bloomberg in Washington DC join Rahul…
- Power Players: Is Apple missing the AI boat? · 19 minAs other tech giants spent 2026 pouring billions into AI, Apple seems to have taken a more cautious approach. Its new CEO, John Ternus, insists that "we don't want to ship AI for…
- Founders: The entrepreneur betting AI will replace apps · 17 minJerry Yue is the entrepreneur behind Brain Technologies. He believes artificial intelligence could replace many of the apps we use every day, changing how we interact with our…
- Follow the Money: Your Diwali gold necklace · 17 minGold is worth about twice what it was four years ago, so who profits when a Hindu family buys gold during the Diwali festive period? Sam Fenwick traces the gold supply chain from…
- Can businesses trust AI? · 23 minWhy does artificial intelligence sometimes make things up? From law firms to consultants, businesses are grappling with the risks of AI hallucinations. What's causing them, and…
- Power Players special: Searching for answers on Google · 18 minRahul Tandon and Will Bain are joined by the BBC's Silicon Valley correspondent Lily Jamali to look at issues being faced by Google and if it's a sign of wider tech sector…
- Taking Stock: Anthropic's mega-IPO, US mid-term battle and peak pumpkin spice · 21 minThis week on Taking Stock, Rahul Tandon is joined by Katrine Kielos, journalist for Swedish financial broadcaster EFN based in London and Dan Ives, tech analyst based in New…
- Power Players: Can Meta reinvent itself for the AI age? · 27 minMeta is a social media giant. It's so big, a second Hollywood movie about the company was released just last month. More than three billion people access its biggest apps…
- What do France's protests reveal about its economy? · 17 minBurning cars, looted shops and clashes on the streets of France have dominated headlines around the world. The chief executive of Carrefour has warned that the unrest is taking a…
- Follow the Money: The end of cheap money in Japan · 17 minAfter decades in which borrowing has been virtually free, Japan is raising interest rates, affecting savers and borrowers alike. We talk to a former rate-setter at the Bank of…
- If China's exports are booming, why are consumers struggling? · 17 minChina's booming export figures, driven in part by demand for AI-related products, suggest a high-tech economy that's thriving. Yet many consumers at home continue to face…
- Taking Stock: What French protests, Netflix data and the Alberta referendum reveal · 25 minWhat impact have the protests in France had on businesses and the wider economy? What does Netflix's latest data and job-cut plans signal about the streaming giant's future? And…
- Power Players: Has Netflix hit a wall? · 25 minNetflix transformed the entertainment industry, changing how audiences around the world discover and consume media. But after announcing plans to cut 1,000 jobs and losing its…
- Founders: Olio CEO Tessa Clarke's fight against food waste · 17 minTessa Clarke is the co-founder and CEO of Olio, the food-sharing app helping millions of people reduce waste by sharing food and household items with their neighbours. She…
- Follow the Money: The cost of sending money home · 17 minSome economies are increasingly dependent on migrants sending money home to their families. But how much does it cost, and who's making money from a business worth around $900…
- What China's solar panel obsession means for the world · 17 minChina's latest trade data show another huge surplus, putting the country on course for what could be a record $1.5 trillion trade surplus this year. In the first of two episodes…
- Taking Stock: Who owns Space? · 26 minFrom Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, to China and India, companies and countries are pouring billions of dollars to get ahead in the space industry. It's not just about interplanetary…
- Power Players: How did VW go off track? · 25 minCompetition from China, weaker sales and a slower-than-expected shift to electric vehicles have left Volkswagen facing its biggest challenge in decades. VW says up to 100,000…
- Listen again: The supermarket billionaire, John Catsimatidis · 17 minGreek-born billionaire John Catsimatidis rose from working in a New York grocery store to build the Gristedes supermarket chain and a wider business empire after leaving…
- Follow the Money: Why is diesel so expensive? · 17 minThe war in the Middle East has pushed up crude oil prices this year and that's had a knock-on effect on the price of refined oil products like diesel. But after months of…
- A global baby bust: why are birth rates falling? · 17 minBirth rates are falling across much of the world, raising questions about how economies will cope as populations age rapidly. Rob Young examines why people are having fewer…
- Listen again: Power Players - Why are young Indians joining the Cockroach protests? · 25 minA chance to listen again as Will Bain and Rahul Tandon are joined by the BBC's India Business Correspondent Arunoday Mukherjee to look at the rise of the 'Cockroach movement'…
- Taking Stock: Is Gen Z the first generation to be worse off than their parents? · 25 minYoung people in France are protesting over schooling conditions, whilst in Spain they have taken to the streets over housing. We ask if there is hope them, and how we can make a…
- Power Players: Are these the most economy-focused US mid-terms ever? · 20 minWith less than a month to go until the US mid-term elections, voters are preparing to head to the polls with the economy high on the agenda. From the cost of living, interest…
- Founders: The first black woman to own a billion-dollar company · 17 minWe meet Janice Bryant Howroyd, founder of ActOne Group. She arrived in Los Angeles with just $900 borrowed from her mother and went on to build a multi-billion-dollar business…
- Follow the Money: Why does chocolate cost so much? · 17 minThe El Nino in 2023 had a detrimental impact on the cocoa harvest in West Africa, prices quadrupled and businesses reacted. Chocolate prices skyrocketed around the world…
- Listen again: Bonds, heroes or villains? · 18 minWith the cost of government debt reaching its highest for several decades, we're giving you another chance to hear our exploration of how the world became so dependent on bonds…
- Taking Stock: How evicting an 87-year-old woman in Spain disrupted the debate on housing · 25 minProtests in Spain about 87-year-old Mariacarmen Abascal's eviction from social housing reignited the housing affordability debate globally, as inflation ticks up and career…
- Power Players: Can AI really regulate itself? · 22 minThe AI race is speeding up: and so are the warnings about where it could lead. After President Trump met AI leaders to discuss how to make the technology safer without slowing…
- Founders: From blogger to billionaire, Canva's co-founder on what failures taught him · 21 minWho studies law but then forgets to apply for any graduate jobs because they've started blogging about web design and JavaScript? Cameron Adams, the billionaire co-founder of…
- Follow the Money: Why does an Oktoberfest beer cost €16? · 19 minA litre of beer at Munich’s Oktoberfest costs nearly €16; almost four times what a litre cost in 1991 after adjusting for inflation. We follow the money behind the famous Maß…
- Can Route 66 towns survive on nostalgia? · 19 minWe're heading west along America's famed Route 66. As the road celebrates its 100th birthday, Victoria Craig finds out whether the pull of neon-drenched nostalgia is still…
- Taking stock: Trump and Xi face the trade test · 17 minWhat is next for trade, tariffs and AI after Presidents Trump and Xi met at the White House? We examine what was agreed, whether tensions between the world's two biggest…
- Trump meets Xi: What's at stake? · 21 minThe presidents of the world's two biggest economies are meeting in Washington. Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet at the White House amid tensions over Iran, Taiwan, artificial…
- Founders: The American who built his business in China · 17 minJacob Rothman moved from California to China and helped build a manufacturing business supplying some of the world's biggest retailers. We meet the co-founder of Velong…
- Follow the Money: The journey of a $30 toy from China to America · 19 minMost toys sold in America are made in China. But cheap labour is no longer the main reason manufacturers stay there. As the US toy industry presses for tariffs on toys to be…
- From Mao and Nixon to Xi and Trump: A history of China-US trade · 17 minWith Presidents Xi and Trump expected to meet in the United States this week, Will Bain looks back on the history of trade between the two great nations. It's always been fraught…
- Taking Stock: Can Big Tech rivals be trusted to develop safe AI? · 23 minAI: Existential threat or billion-dollar opportunity? The increasingly loud and often stark warnings from inside the tech industry - about the dangers AI might already be posing…
- Power Players: Does Xbox have a future? · 18 minXbox is 25 years old and faces some of its biggest challenges yet. As cloud gaming grows and the AI boom reshapes the technology industry, even Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has…
- Can we control AI? · 17 minArtificial intelligence is developing faster than many experts predicted, bringing extraordinary opportunities as well as growing concerns. Some of the industry's leading figures…
- Follow the Money: Why is a new Ebola vaccine taking so long to develop? · 17 minThe Ebola outbreak in the DRC has claimed more than 3,400 lives and infected thousands more. Despite the scale of the outbreak, there is still no approved vaccine for the latest…
- The cost of war: Inside Russia's economic unease · 17 minEconomic unease is growing among Russian workers as fuel shortages and Ukrainian drone strikes disrupt key sectors of the economy. Ed Butler examines the pressures facing…
- Bonus: Could AI chatbots help Asia's socially isolated youth? · 19 minAcross Asia, a growing number of young people are becoming hikikomori, a term used to describe individuals experiencing severe social withdrawal. They shut themselves away at…
- Taking Stock: Bad blood, bad neighbours and the return of Elizabeth Holmes · 23 minMark Carney and Donald Trump go tit-for-tat as the list of goods subject to tariffs between the US and Canada continues to grow. But will higher import taxes on products crossing…
