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Saturday, November 22, 2008

Beyond Business

WORLD ECONOMY

Produced by Ali Laïdi and presented by Markus Karlsson, our bi-monthly magazine Beyond Business looks at the effects of hyper-competition in the globalised economy.

CARING Caring: humanitarian reports around the world A magazine reporting from the field about humanitarian aid workers. The programme airs on Thursdays, alternating with Beyond Business, at 10:15 am (GMT+2).

AUTOMOBILES The car industry hits the brakes The auto industry is one of the hardest-hit victims of the global financial crisis. Tens of thousands of jobs are at stake worldwide. Detroit's once-mighty GM is on the brink of collapse, while in France, Renault employees fear job cuts.

IRAQ - USA VOTE 2008 The US election seen from Iraq The US presidential election will have consequences on the ground in Iraq. Barack Obama has vowed to withdraw US troops from the country in the first 16 months of his term and to work closely with foreign allies.

USA - 2008 ELECTIONS Chicago and Phoenix: Reporters' Notebooks France24.com has dispatched its correspondents to the campaign headquarters of both the Democratic and the Republican presidential candidates. Read articles and travel notes from the election’s front lines.

REIMS SOCIALIST PARTY CONGRESS A tortuous process that exposed a profound split Left-winger Martine Aubry, the architect of France's 35-hour working week, has been voted head of the French Socialist Party by a tiny margin of 42 votes. The process revealed deep divisions in France's main opposition party.

TECHNOLOGY Google versus everyone else In its short 10 years of existence, Google has become one of the biggest players in the new economy. With the Internet giant touching everything from mobile phones to mapping software, its empire is seemingly endless.

TENNIS Paris Masters 2008 From October 25 to November 2, the tennis elite meets in Paris on the Bercy courts for the last tournament of the season before the final Masters in Shanghai, open to only the best eight players. And the last places are left to claim..

FINANCIAL CRISIS The crisis hits Main Street The financial crisis has changed the lives of millions of people around the world, from the United States to Iceland and South Korea. FRANCE 24 takes a look at what life has become for Main Street people, now that the storm has struck.

FINANCIAL CRISIS Financial storm hits Iceland The global financial crisis hit tiny Iceland - whose banks had extensive overseas dealings - especially hard. Hélène Frade and Angela Yeoh traveled to Iceland Oct. 9-15, 2008 to report from the scene.

FRANCE - AFRICA The Angolagate trial French former Interior Minister Charles Pasqua and the eldest son of the late President François Mitterrand are among the 42 defendants tried in this far-ranging case of arms trafficking. The Angolagate trial opened in Paris on October 6.

US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Obama makes history On November 4, 2008, the Democratic Senator from Illinois became the 44th US President, and the nation’s first black president. Surpassing all expectations, he took 349 electoral college votes to McCain’s 163.

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