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Canals: The Making of a Nation - Find out more
History & The Arts

Canals: The Making of a Nation - Find out more

...business owners with money to invest. They put their cash to use by investing and speculating in the new inland waterways, making deals long before construction would be completed. Each new route had to be approved by the government and yet speculators would invest even before the Act of Parliament was granted. Demand for shares was huge – selling out almost instantly...
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Article 5 mins
Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing
Money & Business

Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing

...business idea, especially if you have family responsibilities because there might be money involved in this, funding involved with it. If you’re looking for start up funds, you might look to family and friends first. But I think it’s really important to set some kind of boundaries around these things. So the emotional support is invaluable because you get lots of...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
World-Changing Women: Madam CJ Walker
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Madam CJ Walker

...Business [Madame CJ Walker image] Madam C.J. Walker, the first self-made female millionaire in the USA. In early twentieth-century USA it was not easy for a single woman to support herself and her child. Yet the widowed mother of one who moved to Denver in 1905 at the age of thirty-eight with savings of just $1.50 died fourteen years later one of the twentieth century’s...
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Article 5 mins
World in transition: Migration and Trade
Nature & Environment

World in transition: Migration and Trade

...businesses. Argentinas Poor: Surviving without money The poor of Argentina are trading goods and services in replace of currency in a global exchange network. Establishing migrant communities in London Why Greek and Ethiopian migrants came to London and what has made them stay. Londons Greek community How Greeks in London are keeping their cultural identity and how this...
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Audio 1 hr 47 mins
10 years of The Bottom Line
Money & Business

10 years of The Bottom Line

...money stopped coming into the country pushing up the exchange rate, the reality hit, the business model we had was not as valuable as it seemed. So we’ve ended up with an economy that’s just a little bit short. We’ve ended up with problems, and we’ve ended up having to ask ourselves what do we do now? So what I’d like to do is just enunciate what I think three...
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Article 5 mins
Should I lock in my exchange rate when using cards and ATMs abroad?
Money & Business

Should I lock in my exchange rate when using cards and ATMs abroad?

...business travelers visited another country in 2016, and this year is already on pace to exceed that tally. One thing you definitely need when traveling abroad besides a passport is local currency, such as euros in Europe, yen in Japan or rubles in Russia. In the past, travelers would typically withdraw what they need from an ATM in the country they’re visiting or simply...
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Mortgage vs rent
Money & Business

Mortgage vs rent

...money on their houses. Ray Wright: Well I think a lot of people have. Of course, the money’s never made until you sell and cash in, which people are finding now, but I don’t think it’ll be as much as they imagine and, again, people typically take into account just headline benefits. They’ll say what they bought at years ago and what they can sell for now, they...
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The Trojan Defence
Science, Maths & Technology

The Trojan Defence

...money and even your identity? Computer viruses and Trojans often arise during the investigation of computer-based crime, such as the downloading of child pornography. But what if you are innocent? Often Trojans are cited as the cause in what’s become known in legal circles as "The Trojan Defence". Ian Kennedy whose OU research forms the basis for this programme uncovers...
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Audio 26 mins