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World Service,12 Feb 2014,28 mins

Scotland's independence and the currency question

World Business Report

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Should or could Scotland keep the British Pound if it became independent? And Janet Yellen the new head of the US Federal Reserve has spoken before Congress for the first time. Also in the programme: what does it mean to be a merchant sailor? We look at the lives of the people who form the backbone of global trade.

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