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World Service,16 Dec 2014,28 mins

Rouble in free-fall despite rate rise

World Business Report

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Russia's currency plunges despite emergency efforts to shore it up. So who's to blame? McDonalds in Japan is running low on French fries - and it's all because of industrial action in the US. Also in the programme, small businesses in Spain are braced for a dramatic rise in their rents. And, the success of a Peruvian-born British teddy bear: why Paddington still sells after all these years.

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