Acacia Mining Rejects $190bn Tanzanian Tax Bill

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The government of Tanzania has hit a British-listed mining firm with a huge tax bill. Ahmed Salim is a mining expert at Teneo consulting, and tells us why Acacia Mining is challenging the ruling. Also in the programme, luxury British shoemaker Jimmy Choo is being sold to the US fashion brand Michael Kors. Samantha Conti of fashion trade journal Women's Wear Daily explains the attraction. The Bank of England has warned that growing levels of personal debt could pose a real threat to the UK economy. Our regular economic commentator Roger Bootle of Capital Economics offers us his perspective. Plus we report on the booming $2bn global industry to treat male hair-loss. (Picture: A mining truck. Picture credit: Acacia Mining.)