Mob Rules and Honest Truth: on this week's show, we revisit two of our favourite interviews. Behavioural economist Dan Ariely, author of The Honest Truth about Dishonesty, talks about the business of lying. And former mobster Louis Ferrante talks about his book, Mob Rules: What the Mafia Can Teach the Legitimate Businessman.
Mike Indian and Alex Clark discuss the latest Brexit position papers and the lack of Government planning for Brexit, the mess over net migration and the silencing of Big Ben.
Steve Caplin discusses a way of scrambling pins and passwords for over-the-shoulder watchers, the world's largest data centre in the Arctic and 3D printing filament for Mars made from urine.
Nigel Cassidy in discussion with Diana Jordan and Susan Keppe, exploring this difficult subject with care and understanding. Diana is a former solicitor and member of the Law Society Children Panel, and helps separating parents put their children first, giving them the help they need to tackle divorce in a less adversarial and costly way. Susan is a financial provision specialist and consultant at Sinclairs Law and answers questions about charges, explaining what solicitors can and cannot do working within what is widely regarded as an adversarial divorce system in the UK, unlike that operating in many other parts of Europe.
News Editor Kate Andrews discusses intellectual property rights with Dr. Steve Davies, IEA Head of Education. He explains how the law grants a 'time-limited monopoly' to protect patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets, and explores the impact of technology and issues of public benefit.
All Roads Lead To Retail: it’s Retail-palooza! We dig into the latest results from Walmart, Target and Alibaba. Home Depot builds record profits, while Foot Locker and Dick’s Sporting Goods deliver minor league results. Plus, in the wake of the Chinese government cracking...
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