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Sarah Lowther

Morning Money: Hillary Clinton nominated & terrorism in France – Dan Hodges talks politics

Sarah Lowther
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Morning Money: Hillary Clinton nominated & terrorism in France – Dan Hodges talks politics
Dan Hodges, Political Commentator at the Mail on Sunday, discussed the latest in the world of politics. History has been made in America, after Hillary Clinton became the first woman to be nominated as a presidential candidate. And it's emerged one of the terrorists who attacked a French church was under surveillance by intelligence agents.
Guests:

Chris Bailey, Dan Hodges


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Nigel Cassidy

Morning Money: The triple threat facing the UK travel industry

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money at 8:00

Morning Money: The triple threat facing the UK travel industry
Thousands of British families with holidays booked in Turkey are scrambling to cancel their trips following the attempted coup. Travel agents say they have been deluged by calls from worried tourists wanting to cancel after seeing shocking footage emerge from the holiday hotspot. Specialist Turkish travel agents are ruing the 'huge financial impact' that the attempted coup has had on their business over the weekend - and of course, this comes hot on the heels of the Nice atrocity. It's a third blow for the travel industry, already set to be profoundly affected by the Brexit vote. Geoffrey Breeze, Executive Director at the World Travel and Tourism Council joined the Morning Money team to discuss further.
Guests:

Rachel Winter, Geoffrey Breeze


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Rita Lobo

The World This Week: The South China Sea

Rita Lobo
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The World This Week

The World This Week: The South China Sea
The World This Week is with Sophie Pornshlegel, a French National and political commentator, talking about the atrocity in Nice, and Ashley Townshend, research fellow at the University of Sydney on the South China Sea dispute.
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Sophie Pornshlegel, Ashley Townshend


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Nigel Cassidy

Morning Money: Tony Blair’s former Director of Political Operations, John McTernan, gives his views on the Chilcot Report

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money at 6:00

Morning Money: Tony Blair’s former Director of Political Operations, John McTernan, gives his views on the Chilcot Report
Tony Blair ran his government such that the likely consequences of military action in Iraq were not considered properly, Sir John Chilcot announced as part of his inquiry. John McTernan, Tony Blair’s former Director of Political Operations, discussed the report with Nigel Cassidy and Louise Cooper, looking back on the decisions that had to be taken at the time.
Guests:

Louise Cooper, John McTernan


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Nigel Cassidy

Morning Money: “It was a lot more hard-hitting” – Gerry Simpson on the Chilcot Inquiry findings

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money at 6:00

Morning Money: “It was a lot more hard-hitting” – Gerry Simpson on the Chilcot Inquiry findings
The long-awaited Chilcot Report, into the UK's role in the Iraq war, was released on Wednesday, nearly seven years after it was announced. Initial analysis of the report has been mostly positive, and Gerry Simpson, Chair in Public International Law at the London School of Economics, gave his take on the findings.
Guests:

Matt Cox, Gerry Simpson


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Sarah Lowther

Morning Money: “The strategy of Japan is that we don’t have opposition” – Seijiro Takeshita

Sarah Lowther
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Morning Money at 6:00

Morning Money: “The strategy of Japan is that we don’t have opposition” – Seijiro Takeshita
On Sunday, Japanese voters will go to the polls in the triennial upper house election. The contest is for only half the seats, and voters are expected to vote for the political status quo or not vote at all. To discuss this and more, Seijiro Takeshita, Professor of Management and Information at University of Shizuoka in Japan, joined Share Radio.
Guests:

Chris Bailey, Dr Seijiro Takeshita


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Juliette Foster

The Weeks Update: Can Hilary Clinton hold off the challenge from Donald Trump? This question & more with Michael Zweig & John Weeks

Juliette Foster
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The Weeks Update

The Weeks Update:  Can Hilary Clinton hold off the challenge from Donald Trump?  This question & more with Michael Zweig & John Weeks
Michael Zweig, Professor of Economics at State University of New York joins Share Radio's regular economics commentator, Professor John Weeks to talk about the US elections. Why do older white disenfranchised disillusioned voters go for trump while the younger white disillusioned go for Sanders? Plus Can Hilary Clinton hold off the challenge from Donald Trump?

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Sarah Lowther

Morning Money: What does the UK voting to leave the EU mean for quantitative easing?

Sarah Lowther
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Morning Money at 7:00

Morning Money: What does the UK voting to leave the EU mean for quantitative easing?
Radix, "the think tank of the radical centre", launches with a report and an event on Quantitative Easing, featuring Sir Vince Cable. Dr Joe Zammit-Lucia is Co-Author of the paper: 'Quantitative Easing - The Debate That Never Happened'. He joined Share Radio to offer his views on why the UK voted to leave the EU, and what this means for quantitative easing.
Guests:

Chris Bailey, Joe Zammit-Lucia


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Nigel Cassidy

Morning Money: What did Charles Schwab’s Kully Samra make of Janet Yellen’s latest comments?

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money at 8:00

Morning Money: What did Charles Schwab’s Kully Samra make of Janet Yellen’s latest comments?
Kully Samra, Managing Director at Charles Schwab, discussed the US economy ahead of the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, after the recent non-farm data release. Janet Yellen, the Chair of the US Fed, said that the tone was “fundamentally solid, but laced with uncertainty”, in a speech in Philadelphia indicating that the next rate cut has been kicked further down the road.
Guests:

Chris Bailey, Kully Samra


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Sarah Lowther

Morning Money: What can we expect the OPEC meeting to deliver?

Sarah Lowther
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Morning Money at 7:00

Morning Money: What can we expect the OPEC meeting to deliver?
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is holding its next ministerial meeting on Thursday in Vienna. Some analysts expect OPEC members to constrain supplies and raise the world price of oil, but others aren't expecting much to change at all. So what can we expect? Matt Cox has been speaking to Kevin Baxter, Global Commodities Spot News Editor at the Wall Street Journal, to find out.
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Matt Cox, Kevin Baxter


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