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Adidas sponsor finalists Spain and Argentina while Nike sponsor defeated semi-finalists England and France. How big a deal is this in the battle for sports branding dominance?
We also hear what football fever in North America did for a local business that sells football shirts.
And, Andy Burnham will become the new British prime minister next week but hasn't said much about his economic policies. The BBC's economics editor Faisal Islam goes to Manchester, Burnham's former mayoral constituency to look at his track record there.
Plus, the Bayeux Tapestry returns to England after nearly a thousand years and will be displayed in the British Museum. This has been controversial because its priceless and fragile with thousands signing a petition asking for it not to be moved. Culture Editor Katie Razzall tells us how it's being looked after.
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A sharp sell-off in AI stocks sweeps across Asia.
India joins a select group of countries running hydrogen-powered trains.
And Netflix shares fall after its latest outlook disappoints investors.
Presenter: Leanna Byrne Producer: Victoriya Holland Editor: Josh Martin
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Smoke from wild-fires covers much of North America. Toronto, Chicago and Boston are all under the smoke haze.
Indian Government bans its seafarers from going through the Strait of Hormuz.
And in Italy, thirty-two people were found guilty in connection with a bridge collapse in Genoa in 2018.
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The company TSMC is riding the artificial intelligence investment wave all the way to the bank, as profits surge at the Taiwanese advanced chip manufacturer.Our correspondent in New York City will dig into the latest jobs and spending data - has the city's big summer of events made consumers feel more confident?And we head to Europe's biggest port - Rotterdam - to hear about a court case locals have taken to force the industrial hub to go greener, faster.
World Business Express - Finance, economy and business news from BBC journalists around the world.
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New York becomes the first US state to impose a moratorium on building large-scale data centres.
The measure, announced by New York's Governor Kathy Horchul, applies to all centres using 50MW or more of power and will remain in force for a year. We hear what the moratorium might mean for business.
The announcement comes hours after Australia's prime minister Anthony Albanese announces tougher rules for companies wanting to build data centres there.
Elsewhere, the removal of a border fence separating southern Spain from the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar puts an end to border controls that have been in place for 118 years. And our correspondent Anna Holligan looks at Europe's largest freight port in Rotterdam, which is under pressure to be greener.
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Chinese GDP growth slowed to 4.3% but success in electric vehicles and EV batteries boosted export earnings. We also head to Gibraltar where citizens and businesses of "The Rock" and Spain cheer the end of passport checks on the frontier border following the post-Brexit agreement between Spain and the UK.
World Business Express - Finance, economy and business news from BBC journalists around the world. The stories that matter: World Business Express brings you the essentials on the fast-changing global economy. What forces are driving the markets and industry? Hear unique insight from top CEOs, investors, economic thinkers and small business bosses.
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Big banks, big profits...We're looking at the handsome results posted by five big US banks today.
We'll also look at threats to wheat exports in both Russia and the United States
And why is American beef so pricey at the moment?
(Picture: Close-up of benjamin franklin on scattered one hundred dollar bills. Credit: Getty Images)
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US banks see supersized profits as dealmaking streak continues, but will US households feel any richer after inflation data showed gasoline prices at the forecourt eased for drivers. Video conferencing app Zoom has predicted a three-day working week as AI boosts worker productivity...but do bosses agree? And what will the fallout be for Paramount and Warner Brothers after their media mega-deal hit a regulatory roadblock?
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Twelve US states sue Paramount Skydance over its planned takeover of Warner Brothers. We hear from California's attorney general Rob Bonta who's leading the charge against that proposed 81 billion dollar Hollywood merger.
Plus, South Africa's biggest diamond mine pauses production for two years. Find out why?
And what would you pay for a bit of trash from Taylor Swift's wedding?
(Picture: California Attorney General Rob Bonta holds a press conference next to the iconic Hollywood sign, in Los Angeles. Credit: Reuters)
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One man's trash is another man's treasure, but would you pay $25 for a cube of rubbish collected outside Madison Square Garden where Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were married? The Strait of Hormuz is effectively closed, with BBC Verify finding that only a handful on vessels crossed the body of water in the last 24 hours after tensions increased between Iran and the US. Also, we head to Delhi were new electric vehicle policies aimed at cleaning the air have been criticised by rickshaw and moped drivers. World Business Express - Finance, economy and business news from BBC journalists around the world.
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Tough times for the gaming industry after news of more lay-offs, this time at Microsoft's Xbox gaming division, Will Bain asks developers and designers if it's all doom and gloom, and what challenges like ahead. And authorities are carrying out investigations after a Ryanair passenger was partially sucked out of a Boeing 737 when a cabin window shattered mid-flight, thousands of feet in the air. We speak to an aviation safety expert about what that investigation might look at and what the incident means for the airline industry.
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A Ryanair passenger was partially sucked out of a Boeing 737 on a flight from Greece to Germany, after a cabin window shattered. Authorities are investigating the cause.
The European low cost carrier Easyjet is set to become part of a bidding war between two US based private equity firms.
And a heatwave in central Europe has farmers in Switzerland worried.
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Volkswagen, whose 10 brands range from Seat to Porsche, is making sweeping production cuts in Germany. We take a look at the impact this is having on the automotive industry in the country.
A row over Peking duck is adding to already tense relations between Brussels and Beijing. The European Commission has opened an investigation into whether Chinese duck meat is being sold in Europe at unfairly low prices. We take a look at the wider dispute.
And since the United States imposed a near total fuel blockage on Cuba six months ago, the island's food crisis is deepening.
Presenter: Leanna ByrneProducers: Rob Cave, Parisa Qurban, Aleeza Siddiq.
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Energy price rises since US/Israel war with Iran has affected Chinese manufacturers. But retailers in China struggle to raise prices as consumers watch their budgets.
Volkswagen's Board is considers move to cut 100,000 jobs in Germany.
And we learn about the political philosophy of Manchesterism and how it may soon be seen in No 10 Downing Street.
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Pioneering entrepreneur George Johnson has died aged 99. We speak to Valerie Jarrett, American businesswoman, former Senior Advisor to the President of the United States, and chief executive officer of the Obama Foundation. She knew George Johnson throughout his life, and was a close friend.
Russia has banned exports of diesel in order to avoid domestic shortages, after a flurry of attacks by Ukrainian drones on the nation's refineries. We take a look at what impact this is having on the country.
The US military says it has carried out a second night of airstrikes on coastal targets, we get the reaction from the oil markets.
Presenter: Leanna ByrneProducers: Rob Cave, Parisa Qurban, Aleeza Siddiq.
(Picture credit: George E. Johnson, founder of Johnson Products Company, during the Harvard University Hutchins Center Honors W.E.B. Du Bois Medal Ceremony on November 4, 2025. / Photo by Erica Denhoff / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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Russian motorists queue for miles in the hope of buying petrol, but President Putin describes the problem as manageable.
Meanwhile fighting has erupted in the Persian Gulf with both US and Iran firing at targets on land and at sea. Almost no ships are currently passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
And the world's biggest professional ESports event gets under way in Paris.
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Twenty five days ago SpaceX debuted on the stock market in the largest initial public offering in history, selling US$75bn worth of shares. Now its joined the Nasdaq 100 index of firms including Microsoft, Apple and Nvidia, so why have its shares fallen? We hear from tech investor Eileen Burbridge and financial advisor Jennifer Snyder on why investors might not be feeling reassured.
Canada's launching a new national strategy for artificial intelligence called the 'AI for All' plan, setting targets for economic growth, jobs and safeguards as the government looks to strengthen its control over the technology.
Leanna Byrne speaks to Jerry McGinn of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on how NATO countries will pay for the biggest rise in defence spending in decades.
And China’s robotaxi firms are racing overseas, but will passengers trust cars without drivers? Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia, Europe and the USA.
(Picture: SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk is shown celebrating the company's debut on the Nasdaq market in New York City, New York, USA, on 12 June 2026. Credit: Sarah Yenesel / EPA / Shutterstock.)
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Motorists are angry that petrol in India must contain 20% ethanol alchol.
Samsung's profits jump on sales of memory chips for AI, but the share price falls.
And can China become the global leader in self driving cars?
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With Microsoft announcing nearly five thousand job cuts, and XBOX bearing the brunt of the losses, we look at what's changing in the world of gaming and hear from former Xbox executive Peter Moore on how it might affect some of the globe's most popular computer games.
Meanwhile, as NATO leaders prepare to haggle in Turkey over defence spending, we get advice from Sweden's former Prime Minister Carl Bindt on how countries balance their budgets against growing security demands.
Also on the programme, Andrew Peach discusses the growing concern around political interference in football after FIFA's shock decision to overturn United States forward Folarin Balogun's suspension for a red card offence.
And as World Cup games in Mexico come to an end, Mexico City's tourism minister Alejandra Frausto Guerrero talks about the country's hope for a boost in tourism.
The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
(Picture: A teenager holding a controller to play a video game on a Microsoft Xbox One console, in Corfe Mullen, Dorset, UK. Credit: Yui Mok / PA.)
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Europe's second biggest low cost airline accepted bid after months of wooing. If the deal goes through, the new owners Clearlake will take the business private.
NATO to discuss a proposed Defence, Security and Resilience Bank, aimed at boosting lending to member nations to pay for a ramp up in defence.
And US rock band Metallica are funding work apprenticeships as part of their current stadium tour of Europe.
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