BBC Business Daily

Elon Musk's X: The Twitter takeover a year on

After many months of news headlines about whether Elon Musk was going to buy Twitter, he...

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Business Daily meets: Akinwumi Adesina

In 2015, Akinwumi Adesina was elected President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), and since...

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Short Stories: The CEO

What’s it like to be on the wrong side of a big short? Former CEO Paul Pittman's company was...

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Short Stories: The amateur trader

Short selling has gone mainstream. Inspired by the noisy success of activist short sellers,...

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Short Stories: The activist short seller

Short selling – the trade where you hope a stock’s value will fall rather than rise. If it does,...

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Business Daily meets: Andre Schwammlein

Andre Schwammlein once wanted to be a pilot – but ended up behind the wheel of a bus and train...

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What makes a stadium special?

The development of new sports stadiums and facilities can bring regeneration to deprived areas....

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Why is the US building electric car battery factories?

We’re in Kentucky, where an area which had long ago been abandoned as an industrial site is once...

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Bottles or balsa: What should wind turbine blades be made from?

For years, balsa wood has been a key component in the giant rotor blades on the top of wind...

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The impact of India's rice export ban

In an effort to insulate domestic prices, India has banned exports of non basmati white rice -...

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Business Daily meets: Durreen Shahnaz

From Bangladesh to Wall Street and back again, the founder and CEO of Impact Investment Exchange...

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Dumb Money: Unpicking the GameStop saga

Shares in GameStop, the video game store, experienced a dramatic rise in early in 2021. The stock...

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The rising price of fuel in Nigeria

In May this year, Nigerian president Bola Tinubu took office – and announced an end to fuel...

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Fire-proofing California’s wine industry

In 2020, Napa Valley experienced its most destructive wildfire ever. Vineyards burned, leaving...

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The Commonwealth Games in crisis?

The event is facing its biggest financing challenge in its 93-year history. There is no host...

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Fashion: Becoming a designer

We speak to Greek designer Dimitra Petsa - founder of Di Petsa - a brand which has been worn by...

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Fashion: Paying less for the wedding dress?

In the UK, brides spend an average of £1,400 on a dress for the big day. But inflation and the...

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Fashion: Doing business in Paris

Paris is the most visited city in the world and one of the things it’s known for, is fashion. But...

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Fashion: Dupe culture

Duplicate products, or dupes, are flooding social media. Dupes are clothes, beauty products,...

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Fashion: The rise of sports brands

Twenty-five years ago Puma became the first big sports brand to collaborate with a fashion house....

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