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World Business Report Review of the Year Episodes

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    Review of the year - 2015

    Commodity prices slump; EU refugee worries; Greek bailout; Volkswagen emissions scandal

  2. Review of the year - 2014

    Europe's economic woes; climate change under threat; OPEC struggles with oil prices

  3. Review of the year - 2013

    Bangladesh factory collapses; Chinese housing bubble; Obamacare introduced; Mandela dies

  4. Review of the year - 2012

    Obama re-elected; bank scandals continue; calls for fairer wealth distribution in China

  5. Review of the year - 2011

    Earthquake and tsunami rock Japan; US loses triple-A credit rating; Steve Jobs dies

  6. Review of the year - 2010

    Despite growth, sceptics say economic problems unsolved; IMF bails out Greece and Ireland

  7. Review of the year - 2009

    Global economic output slumps; interest rates cut; money supply and public spending go up

  8. Review of the year - 2008

    Banks collapse, mortgage providers and insurers struggle; governments scramble to respond

  9. Review of the year - 2007

    US housing turmoil leads to further regulation; first run on a UK bank in 100 years

  10. Review of the year - 2006

    YouTube sold; China booms; conflict between air travel growth and emissions targets

  11. Review of the year - 2005

    Investors back internet stocks; largest US accounting fraud conviction; farm subsidy row

  12. Review of the year - 2004

    Concerns for US economy; Chinese growth slows; EU fines Microsoft; Apple launches iPod

  13. Review of the year - 2003

    Saddam Hussein captured; US economy starts to picks up; trade talks on food imports stall

  14. Review of the year - 2002

    Corporate America plagued by scandals; changeover to the Euro begins in western Europe

  15. Review of the year - 2001

    World Trade Centre attacks; US and Japan both dip into recession; China joins WTO

  16. Review of the year - 2000

    Dot com bubble bursts; Vodafone enters German mobile market; Japan works towards recovery

  17. Review of the decade - 1990s

    East and West Germany merge economies; Hong Kong under China; America's economic bubble

  18. Review of the year - 1999

    Microsoft prosecuted as monopolist; Brazil currency peg collapses; high tech stocks soar

  19. Review of the year - 1998

    A look back at the main business headlines of 1998

  20. Review of the year - 1997

    Britain hands over Hong Kong to China; Asian financial crisis; Kyoto climate deal

  21. Review of the year - 1996

    US shares boom; Europe prepares for new currency; Australia's alcoholic lemonade is a hit

  22. Review of the year - 1995

    Mexico's economy rescued; UK's oldest merchant bank collapses; India cancels Enron deal

  23. Review of the year - 1993

    World trade talks end; turbulent European currency markets; economic chaos in Russia

  24. Review of the year - 1992

    UK crashes out of Exchange Rate Mechanism; NAFTA is formed; financial scandal hits India

  25. Review of the year - 1991

    The first Gulf War; US interest rates at a 27 year low; PanAm closes; Maastricht Treaty

  26. Review of the year - 1990

    German monetary union; Tokyo slump; US junk bond scandal; Mrs Thatcher leaves office