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America's biggest mobile phone operator has been ordered to hand over customer records to the US security services.

Should phone companies be a part of the fight against terrorism or is it an invasion of privacy?

Also, Turkey's media have been criticised for their lack of coverage of nationwide protests. ...
Catch up with the day's events on Wall Street, and we talk hear how a US city made bankrupt by its sewers has climbed out of the debt pit.
Latvia is set to join the eurozone - but has it been given a poisoned chalice? We head out onto the streets of Riga to see what Latvians think. As the protests in Turkey continue we'll hear from the Minister of European Affairs who explains what the government is doing to limit the damage to Turkey's ...
We get the latest drama from the day on Wall Street. Plus HSBC is under fire in New York for not giving struggling homeowners time to sort out their loans. And Chrysler refuses to recall two models of jeep, even though the US government says they should.
The EU has introduced punative tariffs on Chinese made solar panels. We also look at the impact tensions in Turkey are having on tourism in that country. And British economist John Kay tells us what the future may hold for capitalism.
We assess Turkey's economic policies and look at the impact of the protests there. We've got the latest from outside court on Apple's price-fixing ebook trial, plus the round-up of the day on Wall Street.
As protests spread in Turkey, we look at the effect the violence is having on businesses and explore the difficulties faced by a Prime Minister trying to balance secular and religious demands. Also, we'll be reporting on a civil case involving Apple - which features Steve Jobs as a star witness against ...
The movers and losers on the US financial markets. Also, as unemployment rises in Europe, for some young Portuguese the answer is to seek new possibilities across the Atlantic in Brazil.
Out of work and out of hope - Eurozone unemployment moves over 12% for the first time - we ask how that feels for jobless graduates?
Why are American farmers nervous over a planned Chinese takeover of the world's biggest pork producer?
Plus all the movers and losers on the US financial market.
The US is preparing to relax some of its sanctions on Iran. American makers of mobile phones, computers and the software which runs them will soon be able to export to Iran. We'll be hearing how Washington wants to make it easier for Iranians to communicate with each other.
Investors remain nervous after the chairman of America's central bank, the Federal Reserve, said last week that the bank would cut down on its stimulus programme for the American economy.
As the European Union is easing the pace on austerity we ask whether it is simply storing up its problems for a later date? Plus, the business of climbing Mount Everest.
US prosecutors have charged a digital currency website accused of helping criminals around the world launder more than $6 billion in illicit funds.
And Wall Street reacts to a rise in house prices.
Americans are rushing to buy homes again. Last month house prices in the US rose by the most in seven years. So is it a sign that the US economy recovering, or is it something to worry about?

Plus: Australia is the world's happiest economy. But we hear that happiness comes at a price.
Google hits back in the row over its tax bill.

Executive chairman Eric Schmidt tells the BBC that it's down to governments to change the law if they want firms to pay more.

So, is it high time that politicians stopped moralising and started reforming their tax laws?

And we'll take you to Rio, to ...
It's been a volatile week on the US stock markets. Friday was no exception. After falling in early trading, stocks ended the day little changed. But they're down on the week. Peter Jankowskis from Oakbrook Investments in Chicago, Illinois, shares his views.
Sweden has been rocked by a week of rioting. We ask if a lack of jobs for immigrants and a widening gap between rich and poor are to blame. Naturalist and broadcaster, Bill Oddie, tells us why he turned up at HSBC's AGM to fight for the Borneo rainforest. And we hear why at the end of Chelsea Flower ...
Twitter offers the option to double up on security. Plus all the movers and losers on the US financial markets.
Global stockmarkets have fallen, led by a huge 7% plunge on the main exchange in Japan. The BBC's new chief business correspondent Linda Yueh explains how uncertainty over the money printing programmes in Japan and the US are contributing to the drops. Also we ask whether a pledge of $1bn in developmental ...
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