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World Service,04 Jan 2020,53 mins

Global stocks react to US strike which kills Iranian general

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We look at the global stock market response to the US strike that killed Iran's top military general - and ask why it has an upside on the US petroleum sector. The wind energy sector meanwhile has challenges ahead - not least because it needs to cash in on an industry due to be worth a trillion US dollars, according to experts. And you've heard of the Grey Pound and the Pink Pound - is the Vegan Pound now a thing? Elsewhere, the impact of the continuing Australian wildfires have reflected poorly on Scott Morrison's credibility - we ask how big the problem has become for the country. Plus, the impact of one woman's campaign to be paid fairly relative to her male colleagues. We discuss all this with live guest Peter Ryan, ABC's Senior Business Correspondent in Australia. (Image: Protesters demonstrate after the U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qasem Soleimani. Credit: Majid Saeedi/ Getty Images)

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