World Business News
- WBNews: Future bank bailouts? 02 Sep 10 September 2, 2010The head of the US Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke says banks must never again be allowed to become "too big to fail". Appearing before a US Congressional inquiry Mr Bernanke said new financial reforms would make government bailouts less likely in future. However, Doug Elliott, of the Brookings Institution think tank says there will always be times w […]
Peter Day's World of Business
- InBiz: Hidden Depths: 02 Sept 10 September 2, 2010London-born Graham Hawkes is the man who has created a submersible vessel that flies through the deepest ocean like a plane. Peter Day reports from his workshop in California, where he wonders why space exploration makes decades of headlines while it is so hard to get backers for deep sea travel into a world no-one has ever seen. Producer: Sandra Kanthal E […]
- GlobalBiz: Developing the Developing World : 31 Aug 10 August 31, 2010Peter Day brings together senior staff working in development agencies that have engaged, or attempted to engage, directly with social entrepreneurs working in emerging markets. He asks to what degree have these respective agencies facilitated the work of innovative social change agents working directly with the poor? And what can be done to enhance the imp […]
Money Box
- MoneyBox: Bank merger IT 28 Aug 10 August 28, 2010Former Alliance and Leicester customers experience problems as their accounts transfer to Santander's IT system. Plus: websites charging for free services and taking out money abroad.
