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People & Profit

FRANCE 24 English

The business show that goes beyond the numbers and the corporate jargon! We break down major business stories and look at how they affect our lives. Thursday at 4:45pm Paris time.

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00:12:06

What's in a bottle? The challenges facing France's...

People & Profit ·

2023/12/14

With Christmas just around the corner, we take a closer look at what's driving trends this holiday season. Corks will be popping, but maybe not as many as in the past few years. We discuss the state of France's champagne sector with Faustine Konrat, a small champagne producer in the region. Also in the programme:How much money do they generate and how bad are they for the environment? We take a closer look at the Christmas tree industry. Plus, the trend of offering recycled Christmas presents

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00:13:36

Music & money: Spotify reduces workforce as...

People & Profit ·

2023/12/07

Is the Spotify model a successful one? The streaming platform launched in 2008 is the leader in its field, on par with what radio and CDs used to represent in the sense that it's become the most convenient way for people to consume music and other audio content. We discuss this and the growing business of investing in music royalties with Marzio Schena, the CEO of Europe's biggest music investment platform, ANote. We finish by looking at the Taylor Swift phenomenon. The pop star, who has been named

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00:12:42

Paying it forward: Development lenders in spotlight...

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2023/11/30

Will a sense of urgency prevail at COP28? The climate talks in the United Arab Emirates will once again bring to the fore the challenges of financing the world's move to sustainable development. The vice president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Sir Danny Alexander, joins us from Dubai to give us his take. Also in the programme:The Panama Canal is perhaps one of the world's most famous shortcuts. Every year, over $270 billion worth of goods transit through the waterway. But that

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00:15:05

Shopping then and now: What's in store for the retail...

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2023/11/23

With Black Friday sales kicking off on November 24, we take a closer look at the retail sector, from the rise of live-streaming e-commerce to the environmental toll of consumerism and the "Green Friday" movements that are trying to change our consumption habits. The global e-commerce market is expected to reach $6.3 trillion in 2023. By next year, 21 percent of total retail sales will be made digitally. These sales are increasingly taking place on social media platforms, reaching over $900 billion

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00:14:05

Regulating AI: Governments race to keep up with speed...

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2023/11/10

Elon Musk's generative AI venture, xAI, has launched Grok, its rival to ChatGPT. The billionaire is hoping to capitalise on the artificial intelligence revolution. While the private sector races to profit from AI innovation, governments are scrambling to keep up, vowing to protect humanity from potential catastrophe. So what might AI regulation look like? We discuss the issue with French tech entrepreneur Denis Jacquet, founder and CEO of Top Cream. Also in the programme, Bryan Quinn weighs the

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00:12:49

Fair share: Assessing the fight against tax evasion

People & Profit ·

2023/11/03

In the wake of major document leaks and studies showing how wealthy individuals and multinational corporations avoid taxation, governments around the world are seeking to crack down. But are the measures being put in place truly effective? Bryan Quinn speaks to Panayiotis Nicolaides, one of the authors of the EU Tax Observatory's latest report on global tax evasion. Also, despite a market value that once eclipsed Volkswagen and GM, Vietnam's homegrown electric vehicle maker Vinfast has seen its

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00:14:47

The business of war: How arms industry profits from...

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2023/10/26

When bombs are falling, arms industry profits are rising. As war rages in Gaza, we look at how the defence sector is both benefiting from the violence and struggling to keep up. Even before the latest flare-up, global defence spending was rising to Cold War levels – largely due to the war in Ukraine, but also due to a perceived threat from China's growing military prowess. In 2022, military outlays rose for the eighth straight year, hitting $2.24 trillion. Also in the programme: Can the villain

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00:14:00

What the Israel-Hamas conflict means for regional and...

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2023/10/19

Thousands of lives have been lost on both sides in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. The 2 million residents of the Gaza Strip are now going through one of their worst humanitarian crises, forced to find shelter from Israeli air strikes within a densely packed territory that's under siege. In this show, we look at the economic impact of the war between Israel and Hamas, how it could devastate local economies and its potential impact on the global economy. We're joined by Bassem Snaije, an

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00:13:00

Global South goes green: Financing private sector...

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2023/10/12

As developing economies need more financial support to deal with climate change, we look at the crucial role the private sector can play in the green transition. The head of the International Finance Corporation, Makhtar Diop, joins us from Marrakech to share his insights on the role the private sector has to play in development and climate change resilience. Also in the programme: As war breaks out between Hamas and Israel, we take stock of the damage the blockade on the Gaza Strip has done to

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00:12:35

Tiny chips, big impact: The challenge of diversifying...

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2023/10/05

Semiconductor microchips power the electronic devices that are a mainstay of 21st century daily life, whether it's our smartphone, our car, or the data centres that hold all our online information. These chips are of strategic importance and in a changing geopolitical landscape where transnational trade routes are increasingly at risk of disruption, the race is on to bring their manufacturing closer to home. This is currently on display in the European Union with the CHIPS act voted earlier this

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00:12:37

Hot yachts: Luxury boating industry convenes for...

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2023/09/28

This week we head to Monaco on the French Riviera, where the principality is holding its annual Yacht Show. Visitors will be able to gawk at the world's most expensive leisure boats and a lucky few might even be able to buy one. But behind the glitz and glamour, the industry is facing choppy seas. Russian buyers are now out of the game, and the conversation over the sector's outsized carbon emissions is catching up with it. Nevertheless, sales of yachts around the world are forecast to keep

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00:14:14

Look Up Space: The French company aiming to make...

People & Profit ·

2023/09/22

Finding space... in space! We speak to General Michel Friedling, founder of Look Up Space, the French startup that's developing a solution to better navigate Earth's increasingly cluttered lower orbit. Also in the programme: "Record profits mean record contracts!" US auto workers walk off the job, demanding a better labour agreement in a historic strike targeting all three of the country's biggest carmakers at once. FRANCE 24's Yuka Royer has the details. And we head to Peru, where the

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00:14:09

Rugbynomics: The financial impact of hosting a Rugby...

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2023/09/14

As France hosts hundreds of thousands of rugby fans from around the world for the 2023 World Cup, we take a deep-dive into the business that surrounds the game with Herbert Mensah, president of Rugby Africa who joins us from Accra in Ghana, as well as Christina Philippou, a principal lecturer at the University of Portsmouth with a particular research interest in sports finance.

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00:12:31

Volt rush: The global scramble to secure a...

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2023/09/07

As carmakers transition away from the internal combustion engine towards electric vehicles, we take a look at how the switch is reshaping global supply chains, trade route and geopolitics. We talk to Henry Sanderson, author of "Volt Rush: The Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green". He is also the Executive Editor at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. Also in the programme:We head underground with our China correspondent Yena Lee, to see how telecoms giant Huawei is pushing to bring state of the

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00:12:09

Green transition takes centre stage at top French...

People & Profit ·

2023/09/01

This week we're at the 2023 annual MEDEF meeting, where the largest employers' federation in France gets leaders of the country's business community together to discuss the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead – one of them being the transition to a green economy. A world leader when it comes to waste treatment and solutions is French group Veolia. Its CEO Estelle Brachlianoff told FRANCE 24's Charles Pellegrin about the solutions that waste can provide when it comes to energy. Also in the

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00:12:29

How Covid-19 and the cost-of-living crisis are...

People & Profit ·

2023/07/06

In a post-Covid era where music lovers have less disposable income and organisers face higher costs, we discuss what music festivals can do to survive. We're joined by John Rostron, CEO of the Association of Independent Festivals in the UK. Also in the programme: Kenya is facing food production and security challenges due to population growth, land use and a changing climate. In the capital Nairobi, residents of its congested Kibera slum are growing their own crops, with help from NGOs. FRANCE 24's

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