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World Service,15 Jul 2014,17 mins

A BRICS-built bank

World Business Report

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Brazil, Russia, China, India and South Africa want to set up a rival to the World Bank. Is it a good idea? Also in the programme, US central bank boss Janet Yellen reports to Congress on the state of the US economy. Economist Roger Bootle offers his assessment. Plus we're at the Farnborough Air Show, checking out Airbus's latest plane, the A350, which aims to rival Boeing's Dreamliner. And Britain has unveiled plans for a space port. For a country which can't guarantee its trains run on time, will that really be up and running as planned by 2018?

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