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World Service,06 Dec 2017,26 mins

Finland at 100

World Business Report

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Finland is celebrating the centenary of its independence from Russia. We assess the country's economic significance with Finland's prime minister, Juha Sipilä. One US boss for Volkswagen is to be jailed over the car giant's emissions scandal. We speak to automotive experts and Greenpeace for their reaction to the seven year jail sentence plus a fine of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Plus, we hear the latest on the US stock markets from Scott Nations, an investment expert in the US. And finally, the American jewellery designer Kendra Scott tells us how she started a billion dollar business from a spare bedroom. (Picture: Finland's flag. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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