Catalan Ex-Leader Demands Spain Talks

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Catalonia's ousted leader, Carles Puigdemont, has called for new talks with Spain after separatist parties won a slim majority in a regional election. We look at the economic consequences of the recent political uncertainty with Professor Javier Diaz-Gimenez. Could you survive without notes and coins? The BBC's Ed Butler reports on attempts to go cashless in the Chinese city of Hangzhou. And Anu Anand has been catching up on her seasonal reading with "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. The book was heavily influenced by the economic conditions of 1840s Britain. Plus we look back at the week's big business stories with Reeva Gold from the Wall Street Journal in London and Jessica Dye from the Financial Times in New York. (Picture: Carles Puigdemont at a press conference a day after Catalonia's regional election. Credit: Getty Images)