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World Service,28 Nov 2011,18 mins

US super committee

Business Daily

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How to stop America's national debt from growing out of control. Lesley Curwen talks to Alexia Ash, the head of North American forecasting for Exclusive Analysis. And Hikmet Ersek, chief executive of the payments company Western Union, explains why the pattern of remittances has changed across the world. Plus, Lucy Kellaway reveals some of the awful excuses made by unreliable colleagues.

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