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World Service,05 Jan 2018,53 mins

US Braced for 'bomb cyclone'

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A state of emergency is in force in four states, and much of the central and northern seaboard is experiencing heavy snow and high winds. We have an update on the disruption to air, road and rail transport. Toshiba is selling its US-based nuclear unit for $4.6 billion. Westinghouse is one of the world's biggest suppliers of infrastructure services to the nuclear power industry. The BBC's Ed Butler reports on why the state of Utah is outperforming much of the US. Plus, we look ahead to 2018 with Daniel Franklin, editor of The Economist. Fergus Nicoll is joined by writer and entrepreneur Diane Brady in New York and Simon Littlewood, President at the Asia Now Consulting Group who joins us in studio. (Picture: Men shovel out their car stuck in the snow in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Credit: Getty Images)

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