BBC World Service explains the biggest business issues – now with two daily programmes.
WORLD Business REPORT
Business Daily
World Business Report provides a fast-moving 9 minute briefing of all the
breaking news you need to know, updated 8 times a day on the net, offering:

Clear analysis from the BBC’s global network of correspondents

Five million listeners tuning in every day, including one million in
the United States.

The key financial numbers, plus daily market reports from London,
Wall Street and the Asia-Pacific region
This 18 minute programme debates the big issues of the moment,
including:

A weekly comment piece on the workplace from Lucy Kellaway
of the Financial Times

A weekly commentary on technology from Jeremy Wagstaff of
the Asian Wall St Journal

Extended discussions and reports from locations across the globe

Ending with a Wall Street news update in the 2130GMT edition.
All our business output continues to look at business news in the broadest sense and how it affects our daily lives, including:

The latest on the influence of the global media barons, plus where the motor and aviation industries are heading

How the big takeover deals will affect investors, employees and consumers

The inside story of the battles between the corporations and the regulators

All sides of the debate on controversial business innovations like genetically modified food
The BBC World Service reaches the biggest global audience of any radio station. Listeners can tune in on FM in 150 capital cities around the world. We are
also available on traditional shortwave frequencies, on the internet and on new digital radio sets.
42 million people listen to BBC World Service radio every week in English (163 million in all languages). Listening in the United States is growing fast, with
5.1 million tuning in every week, mainly on FM public radio stations. In the UK, 1.4 million people tune in each week.
Business news for listeners in
Europe
0420
GMT
WBR
and NW Africa
0730
GMT
Net
only:
0820
Business GMT
Net
only:
1540
GMT
1820
GMT
2130
GMT
WBR
Business
Daily
Wall Street
close edition
Daily
WBR
WBR
Asia/Europe
close edition
Local time in Iceland and Morocco:
4.20am
7.30am
9.30pm
5.20am
8.30am
3.40pm
4.40pm
6.20pm
Local time in UK and Ireland:
8.20am
9.20am
7.20pm
10.30pm
6.20am
9.30am
10.20am
5.40pm
8.20pm
11.30pm
7.20am
10.30am
11.20am
6.40pm
9.20pm
12.30am
12.035 C
9.41 G
6.195 G
17.64 G
15.485 G
Frequencies
for Africa may
be audible:
17.83 A
15.40 A
Frequency
for Africa
may be
audible:
21.66 C
12.095 G
9.41 C
6.195 G
SE England, NE France,
Belgium, Netherlands
and Northern Germany :
648 (463)
648 (463)
-
-
648 (463)
No SW service,
but is on
Radio4 on FM
+198kHz Long
Wave at
1.40am UK
time
648 (463)
Frequencies in kHz (metres)
Wales/west England:
In Gibraltar:
882 (340)
1458 (206)
-
-
-
1458 (206)
1458 (206)
BBC FM relays:
In Berlin:
90.2
90.2
-
-
90.2
90.2
92.1
-
-
-
92.1
-
91.1
91.1
-
-
-
-
Frequencies in MHz
In Budapest,
Hungary:
In
Dresden^,Germany:
In Prague,* Czech R:
In Tirane, Albania:
In Nice/French
Riviera:
101.1
103.9
100.5-101.0
106.3+106.5
103.9
-
-
-
101.1
103.9
101.1
103.9
-
-
-
-
104.4
88.4
92.6
88.5
-
88.4 at 1.20pm
-
-
92.6
97.6
88.4
92.6
97.6
103.7
97.7
-
-
-
-
103.7
93.0
-
(also Algeria, Canary Islands, Portugal and Tunisia)
Central Europe Time:
(Spain to Norway and Albania - also Libya)
In Bulgaria, Finland, Greece & Romania:
A from Ascension Island
On Short Wave:
Frequencies in MHz - multiply
by a thousand for kHz
On Medium Wave:
FM rebroadcasts:
C from Cyprus relay
G from Great Britain
(Radio International and
Riviera Radio)
In Athens:
(on AIR)
In Geneva: (on WRG)
In Gibraltar:
In Malaga, Spain:
(Coastline Radio)
In Malta:
In Oslo:
In Rome:
Futura)
(Campus FM)
(relay by NRK)
(R Citta
Via Satellite TV:
UK Sky ch 0115:
YES
YES
-
-
YES
YES
YES
YES
-
-
YES
YES
Astra 2D 28.2degE Horiz
10.802 GHz (22000, 5/6)
Canal Sat, France:
Channel 119
* also for Czech Republic in Brno 101.3, Ceske Budejovice 89.8, Hradec Kralove 99.1, Jihlava 96.7, Karlovy Vary 94.7, Liberec 99.2, Olomouc 105.6, Ostrava 106.3,
Plzen 98.6, Usti nad Labem 105.8 and Zlin 93.9.
^ also in Leipzig on 98.2 and in Chemnitz 88.9
Business news for listeners in
US & Canada
Time in California and Seattle: (Pacific)
(KQED)
On FM in west US: Sacramento:
San Francisco:
1040
GMT
1120 0120 0140
GMT GMT GMT
0420
GMT
Overnight:
0820
GMT
Business WBR
Asia close
Daily
edition
WBR
Wall St
close
Business WBR
Wall St close
Daily
3.40am
91.7 (KALW)
4.20am
91.7
6.20pm
-
6.40pm
-
9.20pm
89.3
88.5 (KQED)
1.20am
91.7 (KALW)
- (91.9 at
12.20pm)
89.5
-
-
-
91.9
89.5
-
88.9
88.9
WBR
Santa Cruz, CA:
(KSPB)
91.9
San Diego, CA:
Las Vegas, NA:
(KPBS)
88.9
91.9 (also
at 8.40am)
88.9
4.40am
5.20am
7.20pm
7.40pm
10.20pm
2.20am
-
-
-
-
1340 (224)
1490 (201)
1340 (224)
1490 (201)
Calgary, Alberta: (CKUA)
-
-
-
-
93.7
-
Salt Lake City:
88.3
88.3
-
-
88.3
88.3
5.40am
-
6.20am
-
8.20pm
580 (517)
8.40pm
580 (517)
11.20pm
580 (517)
3.20am
580 (517)
1430 (210)
1430 (210)
-
-
640 (469)
640 (469)
1430 (210)
1430 (210)
(KNPR)
Time in Colorado:
On Medium Wave:
(Mountain)
Denver and Boulder:
(and across Colorado-CPR news)
On FM:
(KCPW)
Time in Chicago and Texas: (Central)
On Medium Wave: Illinois /SW Chicago:
(WILL-AM)
In kHz (metres)
Iowa:
(WOI-AM)
Nashville, Tennessee:
(WPLN)
On FM in cent US:
Dallas, Texas:
-
-
-
-
90.1
90.1
Memphis:
88.9
88.9
-
-
88.9
90.7
88.9
90.7
Minnesota state:
-
-
-
-
91.1
91.1
-
-
-
-
89.5
89.5
-
-
-
-
90.7
89.1
90.7
89.1
6.40am
7.20am
9.20pm
9.40pm
12.20am
4.20am
-
820 (366)
820 (366)
820 (366)
820 (366)
-
-
820 (366)
-
(KERA)
(WKNA/WKNQ)
Also West Tennessee and
NW Mississippi
(KNOW in St Paul + many others)
Oklahoma:
(KWGS
inTulsa)
St Louis, Missouri: (KWMU)
San Antonio, TX: (KSTX)
Time in New York and Toronto:
On Medium Wave:
In kHz (metres)
On FM in East US:
Columbus, Ohio:
(WOSU)
New York:
(WNYC)
-
Boston:
(WBUR)
-
-
-
-
90.9
90.9
89.7
91.5
-
89.7
91.5
91.5
-
-
-
-
-
89.7
91.5
90.9
89.7
91.5
91.5
90.9
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Charlottesville
(WVTF-IQ)
also throughout western Virginia
New York:
(WNYE)
Washington DC:
(WETA)
On Satellite radio:
XM pay service:
Sirius pay service:
A further 66 sets of US public radio stations carry World Service between Midnight and 5am local time, including WAMC Albany, WHYY Philadelphia and WYPR Baltimore.
Business news for listeners in
Caribbean
Plus South and Central America
Time in Central America:
Time in Jamaica, Mexico City and Peru:
1040
GMT
5 mins to
Caribbea
n
Business 1205
GMT
Daily
WBR
1820 2130
GMT GMT
WBR
0140
GMT
0420
GMT
Europe
Close
Business Business WBR
Wall St
Daily
Daily
Close
(also WBR in
following hour
at 2220 GMT)
4.40am
5.40am
7.05am
1.20pm
4.30pm
8.40pm
11.20pm
6.40am
8.05am
2.20pm
5.30pm
9.40pm
12.20am
(also Cayman Is, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti & Panama)
Time in Cuba & East Caribbean:
(also Bolivia, Chile, Falklands, Paraguay & Venezuela)
Time in Argentina and Sao Paulo:
7.40am
-
-
-
-
-
(also Rio de Janiero and Uruguay)
On FM in Carib’n:
Kingston, Jamaica:
104.1-104.9
104.1104.9
104.1104.9
104.1-104.9
104.1-104.9
104.1104.9
On Short Wave:
W from French Guiana relay
-
11.865 W
-
15.39 W
-
-
Then 5.975 W
Business news for listeners in
0140
GMT
Russia & Mid East
Plus other former Soviet states
In East Mediterranean/ Cyprus:
0420
GMT
0820
GMT
1140
GMT
Business WBR
Wall St Close
Daily
WBR
Business WBR
Europe Close
Daily
4.40am
7.20am
11.20am
2.40pm
9.20pm
5.40am
8.20am
12.20pm
3.40pm
10.20pm
6.10am
6.40am
7.40am
8.50am
9.20am
10.20am
12.50pm
1.20pm
2.20pm
4.10pm
4.40pm
5.40pm
10.50pm
11.20pm
12.20am
17.79 F
9.41 C
11.76 E
15.575 C
11.76 E
(not Monday)
15.575 E
11.76 C
9.41 G
No short wave
frequencies
available
Asia Close
1820
GMT
(also Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine; plus
Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Yemen)
Local time in Moscow:
(also Iraq, Oman and UAE)
Local time in Afghanistan and Iran:
In Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan:
Local time in Ekaterinburg:
C from Cyprus relay
On Short Wave:
Frequencies in MHz multiply by 1,000 for kHz
E from Persian Gulf
F from Singapore relay
G from Great Britain
On Medium Wave:
In East Mediterranean:
1323 (227)
1323 (227)
1323 (227)
1323 (227)
1323 (227)
Frequencies in kHz
(metres)
In Persian Gulf:
In Ekaterinburg:
In Moscow and
St. Petersburg:
-
-
-
666 (450)
1260 (238)
1413 (212)
-
Business news for listeners in
0420
GMT
0820
GMT
1120
GMT
1540
GMT
WBR
WBR
WBR
Wall St
Close
East Africa
Wall St
Close
West Africa
Asia Close
West Africa
Business Business WBR
Wall St
Daily
Daily
Close West
Local time in West Africa:
Local time in Nigeria and Central Africa:
Local time in Southern Africa:
6.20am
8.20am
9.20am
-
Local time in Kenya & Uganda:
7.20am
Local time in Mauritius and Seychelles:
A from Ascension Island
On Short Wave:
8.20am
Africa
South of Sahara
1940
GMT
2220
GMT
to West
Africa*
to East Africa
Africa
11.20am
12.20pm
-
3.40pm
4.40pm
5.40pm
9.40pm
10.20pm
11.20pm
-
-
-
6.40pm
10.40pm
-
-
-
7.40pm
11.40pm
-
15.42 Y
12.035 C
6.19 M
3.255 M
17.83 A
15.40 A
17.83 A
15.40 A
12.095 A
9.63 Y
6.19 M
6.005 Y
3.255 M
15.40 A
12.095 G
*listeners at
1540 GMT in
East Africa
hear WBR
17.83 A
15.40 A
21.66 C
21.47 A
11.94 M
6.19 M
Frequencies in MHz multiply by 1,000 for kHz
C from Cyprus relay
G from Great Britain
M from Meyerton, S Africa
Y from Seychelles
On FM in West:
In Accra, Ghana:
-
101.3
101.3
101.3
-
101.3
Frequencies in MHz
In Abidjan, Ivory Coast:
In Dakar, Senegal:
-
94.3
105.6
-
94.3
105.6
-
94.3
105.6
On FM in East:
In Nairobi/Mombasa:
93.9
-
-
-
93.9
-
Frequencies in MHz
In Maputo, Mozambique:
In Kampala, Uganda:
In Lusaka, Zambia:
95.5
101.3
98.0
-
-
98.0
95.5
101.3
98.0
-
Business news for listeners in
India & Pakistan
also Bangladesh, Nepal & Sri Lanka
0140
GMT
0730
GMT
0820
GMT
1120
GMT
1540
GMT
1820
GMT
Business Business WBR
Wall St
Daily
Daily
Close
WBR
WBR
WBR
Asia Close
Europe Close
Not Monday
Europe Close
Local time in Pakistan:
Not Monday
6.40am
12.30pm
1.20pm
4.20pm
8.40pm
11.20pm
Time in India and Sri Lanka:
7.10am
1.00pm
1.50pm
4.50pm
9.10pm
11.50pm
Local time in Nepal:
Local time in Bangladesh:
C from Cyprus relay
On Short Wave:
7.25am
7.40am
1.15pm
1.30pm
2.05pm
2.20pm
5.05pm
5.20pm
9.25pm
9.40pm
12.05am
12.20am
9.51 F
5.975 T
Frequencies in MHz multiply by 1,000 for kHz
E from East relay in Oman
F from Singapore
T from Thailand relay
17.79 F
15.31 T
11.955 E
9.41 C
17.79 E
15.31 T
17.79 E
15.31 T
17.79 E
15.31 T
17.79
15.31
6.195
5.975
On FM:
In Dhaka,
100 MHz
100 MHz
100 MHz
100 MHz
100 MHz
Bangladesh:
E
T
F
F
100 MHz
Business news for listeners in
East & SE Asia
Local time in Burma (Myanmar):
Local time in Thailand and Vietnam:
2220
GMT
0040
GMT
0420
GMT
1120 1440
GMT GMT
1540
GMT
WBR
Business WBR
Daily
WBR
Wall St
Close
4.50am
5.20am
7.10am
7.40am
10.50am
11.20pm
5.50pm
6.20pm
9.10pm
9.40pm
10.10pm
10.40pm
6.20am
8.40am
12.20pm
7.20pm
10.40pm
11.40pm
7.20am
9.40am
1.20pm
8.20pm
11.40pm
12.40am
15.36 F
15.28 T
9.74 F
6.195 F
21.66
17.76
15.36
15.28
17.76 T
9.74 F
6.195 F
11.75 T
9.74 F
6.195 F
11.75 T
9.74 F
6.195 F
Business WBR
Asia Close
Daily
Asia Close
(also Cambodia, Jakarta and Laos)
Local time in China:
(Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia & Philippines)
Local time in Japan and Korea:
E from Eastern relay in
On Short Wave:
Frequencies in MHz multiply by a thousand for
kHz
F from Far East relay
in Singapore
J from Japan to China
T from Thailand relay
9.74 F
7.105 E
6.195 F
5.965 T
5.955 F
On Medium Wave:
In Hong Kong:
675 (444)
675 (444)
675 (444)
675(444)
675 (444)
675 (444)
In Singapore:
88.9
88.9
88.9
88.9
88.9
88.9
1920
GMT
2220
GMT
0140
GMT
0820
GMT
1120
GMT
WBR
WBR
Wall St
Close
Business Business WBR
Wall St
Daily
Daily
Close
WBR
Europe Close
3.20am
4.50am
6.20am
7.50am
9.40am
11.10am
3.30pm
5.30pm
4.20pm
5.50pm
7.20pm
8.50pm
5.20am
8.20am
11.40am
5.30pm
6.20pm
9.20pm
7.20am
10.20am
1.40pm
7.30pm
8.20pm
11.20pm
-
-
-
-
-
9.74 F
6.195 F
T
T
T
T
Frequencies in kHz (m)
On FM:
Business news for listeners in
Australia
New Zealand and the Pacific
Local time in Perth:
(Western Australia)
Local time in Adelaide and Darwin:
0730
GMT
Asia Close
(Northern Territory and South Australia)
In Sydney and Melbourne:
(also Queensland, Tasmania & Papua New Guinea)
Local time in New Zealand:
F from Singapore relay
On Short Wave:
On Medium Wave:
In Sydney:
630 (476)
-
-
-
-
630 (476)
Frequencies in kHz
(metres)
In Perth #:
Auckland, New
Zealand:
585 (512)
1476 (203)
1476 (203)
1476 (203)
1476 (203)
1476 (203)
585 (512)
1476 (203)
On FM:
In Darwin:
102.5
-
-
-
-
102.5
In MHz
# On ABC News Radio - Perth service also on MW in Canberra on 1440 kHz (208m), Brisbane 936 (321m), Newcastle 1458 (206m), Melbourne 1026 (292m),
Adelaide 972 (309m) and Hobart 729 (412m)
WBR includes latest
numbers from the
financial markets
0820
GMT
1120
GMT
1206
GMT
1540
GMT
1820
GMT
1920
GMT
2220
GMT
to Mid East,
West Africa,
& South Asia
to Asia, US
FMs and
West Africa
to Caribbean
to East and
South Africa
and all Asia
to Europe,
Mid East and
South Asia
to Australia and
New Zealand
to Asia also 0120
and 0420 GMT to
all other regions
YES
FTSE only
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Tokyo only
YES
YES
YES
Tokyo only
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
-
-
-
-
YES
-
YES
-
YES
-
YES
YES
YES
-
YES
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
YES
-
-
-
YES
-
-
-
111
SHARES:
Dow and London FTSE
Tokyo and Hong Kong indices
BBC index of 20 leading companies^
CURRENCIES:
$ /Yen
Euro /$ plus £ /$
South African Rand / $
COMMODITIES:
Cocoa and Coffee
NY Oil
The BBC index is our own real-time calculation showing what the value is now of $100 invested in 20 leading stocks in Europe and America in January 2000 - this is
useful because it draws in the mood across the UK, Germany, France and US in one number, and is also a figure which demonstrates clearly the pain suffered by
investors
since the market peak in 2000 - it's currently around $110 (August 2006), having dropped to just $62 in March 2003.
^
Ten of the companies are based in Europe and ten in the U.S. They are chosen to provide a range of industry sectors and avoid those companies which hold a
potentially vulnerable monopoly in their market.
AEROSPACE & ENGINEERING:
BANKS & INSURANCE:
DRINKS:
ELECTRONICS:
ENERGY:
HEALTH & HEALTHCARE::
MEDIA:
1. Boeing
4. Allianz
8. Diageo
9. IBM
11. BP
13. Johnson & Johnson
15. Disney
2. General Electric
5. Citigroup
10. Nokia
12. Total Fina
14. Pfizer
3. Siemens
6. Deutsche Bank
7. HSBC
METALS & MINING:
MOTOR:
RETAIL:
16. Alcoa
18. Ford
19. Carrefour
17. Rio Tinto
20. Wal-Mart