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World Service,21 Jun 2013,55 mins

Singapore Suffocates in Smog

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We're live in Singapore and Malaysia as smog from Indonesia causes record levels of pollution. We ask if the palm oil industry is to blame and talk to the chairman of the Indonesian Palm Oil Board. Financial markets tumble again as fears grow about the end of an era of cheap money. Why more of us seem to be happy to pay for news online. We talk to the entrepreneur from Haiti who is hoping to bring cheaper, cleaner energy to the world with the help of the World Bank. And why a bounce in the British economy is expected when the royal bump becomes a baby. We're joined by Bloomberg's Shai Oster in Hong Kong and Dupsy Abiola, CEO of Intern Avenue in London, who tells us how she plans to revolutionise internships.

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