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World Service,07 May 2014,28 mins

Warning over Pfizer jobs in Europe

World Business Report

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As US drugs giant Pfizer tries to buy AstraZeneca, Sweden's finance minister warns its assurances over jobs should be taken "with a bag of salt". We talk to him. Also, South Africans head to the polls, with the economy in trouble. There's more turmoil in Thailand, as the prime minister is told to step down for abuse of power.

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