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World Service,06 Aug 2014,55 mins

Murdoch Drops Bid For Time Warner

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The proposed marriage of two of the world's media giants - Fox and Time Warner - is off as Rupert Murdoch withdraws his $80 billion offer. The BBC's Samira Hussain reports from New York. Goolam Ballim - Chief Economist at South Africa's Standard Bank - tells us why America still has plenty to offer Africa despite serious competition from China. Her Imperial Highness Princess Zeynep Osman, with the aid of her lawyer, Maddy Tarnofsky, explains why she's under threat of eviction from her apartment in Manhattan's Upper East Side. David Kuo in Singapore talks Levis and Lesotho; Brian Czech talks about his new book, Supply Shock. Image: Rupert Murdoch. Credit: Getty

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