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Iranian billionaire Babak Zanjani sentenced to death for corruption

A court in Iran has sentenced to death Iranian businessman Babak Zanjani and two accomplices for embezzlement, the judiciary said on Sunday, in a

Business Planet

Boost your business and the environment with the European Ecolabel system

This week, Business Planet has been to the Czech capital, Prague, to find out more about the European Ecolabel system: how it works and how it businesses can benefit from it.

Target

Tokyo: The business district that never sleeps

Life never stops in Marunouchi, Tokyo's financial district.

Business Series

Adidas optimistic about 2016 though still trails Nike

German sportswear company Adidas expects sales and net profit to keep rising fast this year after losing ground to larger US rival Nike.

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Business Series

Airbus reverses A330 production tailoff, now has order backlog of 6,800 planes

Airbus, which has just announced record orders for 2015, is to boost production of its A330 planes partially reversing a previous decision to build fewer of the wide-body jets.

Business Planet

Training the entrepreneurs of the future

Business Planet producer Serge Rombi explores how young people are learning to become the entrepreneurs of the future. Inspiring and teaching young

Business Series

Gucci sales rebound to boost Kering profits

Gucci's parent company Kering has reported revenue last year up by 15.4 percent. The French group, who's brands include Yves Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta and Puma, saw strong sales growth in Western

Business Series

Amazon follows Uber's lead

Amazon is looking to follow the Uber model to cut costs with a trial using freelance drivers to deliver packages via its Flex service.

Business Series

Cheaper fuel helps Air France-KLM return to profit for 2015

Air France-KLM's shares took off on Thursday after the Franco-Dutch airline said it had returned to profit last year helped by lower fuel bills and increased numbers of passengers.

Economy

Federal Reserve reveals slowdown worries

Federal Reserve January policy meeting minutes show the central bank considered changing the central bank's interest rate hike plans because of a global slowdown and financial market sell-off.

Russia

Moscow authorities defend bulldozing of small businesses

The authorities in Moscow have defended their right to demolish small businesses they say are illegal and unsafe. Last week they sent bulldozers to

Economy

Focus on the sharing economy

This week on UTalk, a question from James in London: What are the benefits of the so-called sharing economy for consumers? Guillermo Beltrà, Head of

Business Series

Rio Tinto goes back on dividend promise after net loss for 2015

Rio Tinto has scraped its boom time dividend payout policy as its 2015 profit plunged

Business Series

Twitter's stalled user growth pulls shares down further

Twitter's share price fell again after it announced there was no growth in the number of people using its service during the past quarter.

Business Line

Monkey business, money business and Moscow business

As Asia starts the year of the monkey we look at Red Envelopes and Red Square visitors.

Real Economy

Connecting Europe's #Digitalsinglemarket

In this edition of Real Economy we look at the priority in Europe to connect the digital single market for both consumers and businesses. We know one

Business Planet

Love me tender: public contracts are great opportunities for SMEs

This edition of Business Planet looks at how innovative entrepreneurs can have an edge when it comes to securing public contracts.

Business Series

Celebrating 12th birthday, Facebook aims for five billion users by 2030

Facebook is 12 years old, having grown to become a dominant force on the internet, the largest social media company ever, claiming 1.59 billion monthly users.

France

France's Hollande rounds off India trip with fighter jet deal agreed but not finalised

French President Francois Hollande has rounded off a trip to India, attending a parade in New Delhi to commemorate Republic Day alongside his host

Economy

Italy and Iran sign business deals, Rouhani says boosting economy will beat extremism

Italy and Iran sign billions of euros of business deals at the start of a Europe visit by Iran's President Rouhani to rebuild ties with the West after years of economic sanctions.