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World Service,11 Mar 2015,55 mins

Is US Tech Bubble About to go Pop?

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On the fourth anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes tells us how the event was being marked in Japan. And, concerns continue that the Nasdaq might be reaching dangerously frothy levels as we mark 15 years since its last high at the top of the dot com boom. As students clashed with police in Myanmar, Joshua Kurlantzick of the Council on Foreign Relations told us why the EU and Norway could influence the situation. Tracey Samuelson from our partner programme Marketplace gave us the buzz about why bees are so important to US almond harvests that they are chauffered from farm to farm in trucks. Jazz devotee Robin Lloyd shared her passion with us following claims jazz is the least popular musical genre in the US. And Fergus and guests discussed dating etiquette - to pay or not to pay?

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