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World Service,11 Mar 2011,18 mins

Portugal's economy

Business Daily

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Will Portugal follow Ireland and Greece as the next eurozone nation to need a bail-out? The BBC's Paul Mason reports from Portugal. Plus, Lesley Curwen talks to Irish journalist Tom Lyons about Sean Fitzpatrick, the man who led the loss-making bank, AngloIrish Bank. And the economics writer Aditya Chakraborrti looks at evidence suggesting bank bonuses are not effective incentives.

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