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World Service,21 Aug 2017,26 mins

China's Great Wall Eyes Fiat Chrysler Bid

World Business Report

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The Chinese SUV maker says it is interested in buying the owner of Jeep. We find out why Great Wall is interested in the iconic American brand from Peter Wells at Cardiff University's automotive school. Also in the programme, Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria following several months of medical treatment in the UK. Abubakr Aliyu is an economist at Tower Assets Management in Abuja. He considers the likely impact on the country's economy from the president's return. Apple, Facebook and Google are entering the world of TV production. Tim Plyming of video production company Green Rock explains the technology titans' ambition. We hear from a business cashing in on today's solar eclipse visible from the United States. Plus our regular commentator Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times looks at the huge sums big technology companies are spending on their offices in Silicon Valley. (Picture: A Jeep SUV. Picture credit: Fiat Chrysler Automotive.)

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