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Can east London's Silicon Roundabout help Britain out of the economic crisis?
Michael Wendling
Editor's note: In Business explores what's behind the flurry of entrepreneurial web-based businesses siting themselves near an east London roundabout which has led to the area being dubbed Silicon Roundabout in a clear nod to Silicon Valley. BBC journalist Mike Wendling considers if these hungry...
You've got spram!
Neil Koenig
Here's a puzzle - and to help you solve it, a clue. The Bottom Line is a conversation show where top chief executives and entrepreneurs have a lively debate about business topics with Evan Davis. Now, can you spot the odd-one-out in the following list? A hypnotist A vegetarian An expert o...
Advice of a rather unnatural kind
Evan Davis
I can always tell when we've recorded a good edition of The Bottom Line: it is one where I have not had to speak very much. Don't get me wrong. I love speaking. It's what I'm paid to do. And before we record the programme I always make sure that I have plenty to say on the topics we're discus...
Paul Lewis's week
Paul Lewis
Pitot tubes. Until recently I had never heard of them. But as we headed from Calgary to Toronto on an Airbus I wondered if they were icing up as the outside temperature hit minus 40 - that low, C or F is the same. Iced up pitot tubes feeding the wrong information to the onboard computer are the...
Peter Day's week
Peter Day
It is 21 years this summer since I started working on In Business, thanks to a sudden crisis. The programme's previous presenter had been tempted to a more lucrative job in television, and the vital deadline of the Radio Times billing was looming. That was when we decided what ought to be in the...
