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World Service,06 Sep 2014,55 mins

Ukraine Ceasefire Announced

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A ceasefire has been agreed in Ukraine, as the EU weighs more sanctions against Russia. We analyse the impact of further economic sanctions on the Russian economy. The e-commerce giant AliBaba is headed for one of the largest share sales in history on the New York stock exchange - it could raise as much as 24 billion dollars. The BBC's Michelle Fleury explains why it is attracting so much investor attention. A new secure system to protect people doing online banking will use a scan of the veins in their finger to authenticate their identity. Barclays Bank tells World Business Report about its new technology and Robert Schifreen, a former hacker who is now a computer security consultant, gives us his opinion of the device. Plus we hear from the US secretary of commerce Penny Pritzker. From Melbourne, we are joined by Ross Garnaut from the faculty of business at the University of Melbourne

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