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 listenerstuning 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
- 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
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
and NW Africa / 0420
GMT
WBR
Wall Street close edition / 0730
GMTBusiness Daily / Net only:
0820
GMT
WBR / Net only:
1540
GMT
WBR / 1820
GMT
WBR Asia/Europe close edition / 2130
GMTBusiness Daily
Local time in Iceland and Morocco: / 4.20am / 7.30am / 8.20am / 3.40pm / 6.20pm / 9.30pm
Local time in UK and Ireland:
(also Algeria, Canary Islands, Portugal and Tunisia) / 5.20am / 8.30am / 9.20am / 4.40pm / 7.20pm / 10.30pm
Central Europe Time:
(Spain to Norway and Albania - also Libya) / 6.20am / 9.30am / 10.20am / 5.40pm / 8.20pm / 11.30pm
In Bulgaria, Finland, GreeceRomania: / 7.20am / 10.30am / 11.20am / 6.40pm / 9.20pm / 12.30am
On Short Wave:
Frequencies in MHz - multiply by a thousand for kHz / A from Ascension Island
C from Cyprus relay
G from Great Britain / 12.035 C
9.41 G
6.195 G / 17.64 G
15.485 G / Frequencies for Africamay be audible:
17.83 A
15.40 A / Frequency for Africamay be audible:
21.66 C / 12.095 G
9.41 C
6.195 G / No SW service, but is on Radio4 on FM +198kHz Long Wave at 1.40am UK time
On Medium Wave: / SE England, NE France, Belgium, Netherlands and Northern Germany: / 648 (463) / 648 (463) / - / - / 648 (463) / 648 (463)
Wales/west England: / 882 (340) / - / - / - / - / -
Frequencies in kHz (metres) / In Gibraltar: / 1458 (206) / - / - / - / 1458 (206) / 1458 (206)
BBC FM relays: / In Berlin: / 90.2 / 90.2 / - / - / 90.2 / 90.2
In Budapest, Hungary: / 92.1 / - / - / - / 92.1 / -
In Dresden^,Germany: / 91.1 / 91.1 / - / - / - / -
Frequencies in MHz / In Prague,* Czech R: / 101.1 / - / - / - / 101.1 / 101.1
In Tirane, Albania: / 103.9 / 103.9 / - / - / 103.9 / 103.9
FM rebroadcasts: / InNice/FrenchRiviera:
(Radio International and
Riviera Radio) / 100.5-101.0
106.3+106.5 / - / - / - / - / -
In Athens: (on AIR) / 104.4 / - / - / - / - / -
In Geneva: (on WRG) / 88.4 / - / 88.4at1.20pm / - / - / 88.4
In Gibraltar: / 92.6 / - / - / - / 92.6 / 92.6
In Malaga, Spain:
(Coastline Radio) / 88.5 / - / - / - / 97.6 / 97.6
In Malta: (Campus FM) / 103.7 / - / - / - / - / 103.7
In Oslo: (relay by NRK) / - / - / - / - / - / 93.0
In Rome: (R Citta Futura) / 97.7 / - / - / - / - / -
Via Satellite TV: / UK Sky ch 0115:
Astra 2D 28.2degE Horiz
10.802 GHz (22000, 5/6) / YES / YES / - / - / YES / YES
Canal Sat, France:
Channel 119 / YES / YES / - / - / YES / YES
* 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 98.2and in Chemnitz88.9
Business news for listeners inUS & Canada / 1040
GMTBusiness Daily / 1120
GMT
WBR
Asia close edition / 0120
GMT
WBR
Wall St close / 0140
GMTBusiness Daily / 0420
GMT WBR
Wall St close / Overnight: 0820
GMT WBR
Time in California and Seattle: (Pacific) / 3.40am / 4.20am / 6.20pm / 6.40pm / 9.20pm / 1.20am
On FM in westUS: / Sacramento: (KQED) / - / - / - / - / 89.3 / -
San Francisco: / 91.7 (KALW) / 91.7 / - / - / 88.5 (KQED) / 91.7(KALW)
Santa Cruz, CA: (KSPB) / 91.9 / 91.9 (also at 8.40am) / - (91.9 at 12.20pm) / - / - / 91.9
San Diego, CA: (KPBS) / - / - / 89.5 / 89.5 / - / -
Las Vegas, NA: (KNPR) / 88.9 / 88.9 / - / - / 88.9 / 88.9
Time in Colorado: (Mountain) / 4.40am / 5.20am / 7.20pm / 7.40pm / 10.20pm / 2.20am
On Medium Wave: / Denver and Boulder:
(and across Colorado-CPR news) / - / - / - / - / 1340 (224)
1490 (201) / 1340 (224)
1490 (201)
On FM: / Calgary, Alberta:(CKUA) / - / - / - / - / 93.7 / -
Salt Lake City: (KCPW) / 88.3 / 88.3 / - / - / 88.3 / 88.3
Time in Chicago and Texas: (Central) / 5.40am / 6.20am / 8.20pm / 8.40pm / 11.20pm / 3.20am
On Medium Wave: / Illinois /SW Chicago:
(WILL-AM) / - / - / 580 (517) / 580 (517) / 580 (517) / 580 (517)
In kHz (metres) / Iowa: (WOI-AM) / - / - / - / - / 640 (469) / 640 (469)
Nashville, Tennessee:
(WPLN) / 1430 (210) / 1430 (210) / - / - / 1430 (210) / 1430 (210)
On FM in cent US: / Dallas, Texas: (KERA) / - / - / - / - / 90.1 / 90.1
Memphis: (WKNA/WKNQ)
Also West Tennessee and
NW Mississippi / 88.9 / 88.9 / - / - / 88.9
90.7 / 88.9
90.7
Minnesota state:
(KNOW in St Paul + many others) / - / - / - / - / 91.1 / 91.1
Oklahoma: (KWGS inTulsa) / - / - / - / - / 89.5 / 89.5
St Louis, Missouri: (KWMU) / - / - / - / - / 90.7 / 90.7
San Antonio, TX: (KSTX) / - / - / - / - / 89.1 / 89.1
Time in New York and Toronto: / 6.40am / 7.20am / 9.20pm / 9.40pm / 12.20am / 4.20am
On Medium Wave: / Columbus, Ohio: (WOSU) / - / - / 820(366) / 820(366) / 820 (366) / 820(366)
In kHz (metres) / New York: (WNYC) / - / - / - / - / 820 (366) / -
On FM in East US: / Boston: (WBUR) / - / - / - / - / 90.9 / 90.9
Charlottesville (WVTF-IQ)
also throughout western Virginia / 89.7
91.5 / 89.7
91.5 / - / - / 89.7
91.5 / 89.7
91.5
New York: (WNYE) / - / 91.5 / - / - / - / 91.5
WashingtonDC: (WETA) / - / - / - / - / 90.9 / 90.9
On Satellite radio: / XM pay service: / YES / YES / - / YES / YES / YES
Sirius pay service: / YES / YES / YES / YES / YES / YES
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 inCaribbean
Plus South and Central America / 1040
GMTBusiness Daily / 5 mins to Caribbean 1205
GMT
WBR / 1820
GMT
WBR
Europe Close / 2130
GMTBusiness Daily
(also WBR in following hour at 2220 GMT) / 0140
GMTBusiness Daily / 0420
GMT
WBR
Wall St Close
Time in Central America: / 4.40am / - / - / - / - / -
Time in Jamaica, Mexico City and Peru:
(also Cayman Is, Colombia, Ecuador, HaitiPanama) / 5.40am / 7.05am / 1.20pm / 4.30pm / 8.40pm / 11.20pm
Time in CubaEast Caribbean:
(also Bolivia, Chile, Falklands, ParaguayVenezuela) / 6.40am / 8.05am / 2.20pm / 5.30pm / 9.40pm / 12.20am
Time in Argentina and Sao Paulo:
(also Rio de Janiero and Uruguay) / 7.40am / - / - / - / - / -
On FM in Carib’n: / Kingston, Jamaica: / 104.1-104.9 / 104.1-104.9 / 104.1-104.9 / 104.1-104.9 / 104.1-104.9 / 104.1-104.9
On Short Wave: / W from French Guiana relay / - / 11.865 W / - / 15.39 W
Then 5.975 W / - / -
Business news for listeners in
Russia & Mid East
Plus other former Soviet states / 0140
GMTBusiness Daily / 0420
GMT
WBR
Wall St Close / 0820
GMT
WBR
Asia Close / 1140
GMTBusiness Daily / 1820
GMT
WBR
Europe Close
In East Mediterranean/ Cyprus:
(also Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine; plus
Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Yemen) / 4.40am / 7.20am / 11.20am / 2.40pm / 9.20pm
Local time in Moscow:
(also Iraq, Oman and UAE) / 5.40am / 8.20am / 12.20pm / 3.40pm / 10.20pm
Local time in Afghanistan and Iran: / 6.10am / 8.50am / 12.50pm / 4.10pm / 10.50pm
In Azerbaijan, TurkmenistanUzbekistan: / 6.40am / 9.20am / 1.20pm / 4.40pm / 11.20pm
Local time in Ekaterinburg: / 7.40am / 10.20am / 2.20pm / 5.40pm / 12.20am
On Short Wave:
Frequencies in MHz - multiply by 1,000 for kHz / C from Cyprus relay
E from Persian Gulf
F from Singapore relay
G from Great Britain / 17.79 F
9.41 C
(not Monday) / 15.575 E11.76 C
9.41 G / 11.76 E / 15.575 C 11.76 E / No short wave frequencies available
On Medium Wave: / InEastMediterranean: / 1323 (227) / 1323 (227) / 1323 (227) / 1323 (227) / 1323 (227)
In Persian Gulf: / - / - / - / - / 1413 (212)
Frequencies in kHz / In Ekaterinburg: / - / - / - / 666 (450) / -
(metres) / In Moscow and
St. Petersburg: / - / - / - / 1260 (238) / -
Business news for listeners in
Africa
South of Sahara / 0420
GMT
WBR
Wall St Close
East Africa / 0820
GMT
WBR
Wall St Close
West Africa / 1120
GMT
WBR
Asia Close
West Africa / 1540
GMTBusiness Daily
to West Africa* / 1940
GMTBusiness Daily
to East Africa / 2220
GMT
WBR
Wall St Close West Africa
Local time in West Africa: / - / 8.20am / 11.20am / 3.40pm / - / 10.20pm
Local time in Nigeria and Central Africa: / - / 9.20am / 12.20pm / 4.40pm / - / 11.20pm
Local time in Southern Africa: / 6.20am / - / - / 5.40pm / 9.40pm / -
Local time in KenyaUganda: / 7.20am / - / - / 6.40pm / 10.40pm / -
Local time in Mauritius and Seychelles: / 8.20am / - / - / 7.40pm / 11.40pm / -
On Short Wave:
Frequencies in MHz - multiply by 1,000 for kHz / A from Ascension Island
C from Cyprus relay
G from Great Britain
M from Meyerton, S Africa
Y from Seychelles / 15.42 Y
12.035 C
6.19 M
3.255 M / 17.83 A
15.40 A / 17.83 A
15.40 A
*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 / 12.095 A
9.63 Y
6.19 M
6.005 Y
3.255 M / 15.40 A
12.095 G
On FM in West: / In Accra, Ghana: / - / 101.3 / 101.3 / 101.3 / - / 101.3
Frequencies in MHz / In Abidjan, Ivory Coast: / - / 94.3 / - / 94.3 / - / 94.3
In Dakar, Senegal: / - / 105.6 / - / 105.6 / - / 105.6
On FM in East: / In Nairobi/Mombasa: / 93.9 / - / - / - / 93.9 / -
Frequencies in MHz / In Maputo, Mozambique: / 95.5 / - / - / - / 95.5 / -
In Kampala, Uganda: / 101.3 / - / - / - / 101.3 / -
In Lusaka, Zambia: / 98.0 / - / - / 98.0 / 98.0 / -
Business news for listeners inIndia & Pakistan
also Bangladesh, NepalSri Lanka / 0140
GMTBusiness Daily
Not Monday / 0730
GMTBusiness Daily / 0820
GMT
WBR
Wall St Close / 1120
GMT
WBR
Asia Close / 1540
GMT
WBR
Europe Close
Not Monday / 1820
GMT
WBR
Europe Close
Local time in Pakistan: / 6.40am / 12.30pm / 1.20pm / 4.20pm / 8.40pm / 11.20pm
Time in Indiaand Sri Lanka: / 7.10am / 1.00pm / 1.50pm / 4.50pm / 9.10pm / 11.50pm
Local time in Nepal: / 7.25am / 1.15pm / 2.05pm / 5.05pm / 9.25pm / 12.05am
Local time in Bangladesh: / 7.40am / 1.30pm / 2.20pm / 5.20pm / 9.40pm / 12.20am
On Short Wave:
Frequencies in MHz - multiply by 1,000 for kHz / C from Cyprus relay
E fromEast relayinOman
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 E
15.31 T
6.195 F
5.975 F / 9.51 F
5.975 T
On FM: / InDhaka, Bangladesh: / 100 MHz / 100 MHz / 100 MHz / 100 MHz / 100 MHz / 100 MHz
Business news for listeners in East & SE Asia / 2220
GMT
WBR
Wall St Close / 0040
GMTBusiness Daily / 0420
GMT
WBR / 1120
GMT
WBR
Asia Close / 1440
GMTBusiness Daily / 1540
GMT
WBR
Asia Close
Local time in Burma (Myanmar): / 4.50am / 7.10am / 10.50am / 5.50pm / 9.10pm / 10.10pm
Local time in Thailand and Vietnam:
(also Cambodia, Jakarta and Laos) / 5.20am / 7.40am / 11.20pm / 6.20pm / 9.40pm / 10.40pm
Local time in China:
(Hong Kong, Singapore, MalaysiaPhilippines) / 6.20am / 8.40am / 12.20pm / 7.20pm / 10.40pm / 11.40pm
Local time in Japan and Korea: / 7.20am / 9.40am / 1.20pm / 8.20pm / 11.40pm / 12.40am
On Short Wave:
Frequencies in MHz - multiply by a thousand for kHz / E fromEastern relayin
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 / 15.36 F
15.28 T
9.74 F
6.195 F / 21.66 T
17.76 T
15.36 T
15.28 T / 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
On Medium Wave:
Frequencies in kHz (m) / In Hong Kong: / 675 (444) / 675 (444) / 675 (444) / 675(444) / 675 (444) / 675 (444)
On FM: / In Singapore: / 88.9 / 88.9 / 88.9 / 88.9 / 88.9 / 88.9
Business news for listeners inAustralia
New Zealand and the Pacific / 1920
GMT
WBR
Europe Close / 2220
GMT
WBR
Wall St Close / 0140
GMTBusiness Daily / 0730
GMTBusiness Daily / 0820
GMT
WBR
Wall St Close / 1120
GMT
WBR
Asia Close
Local time in Perth: (Western Australia) / 3.20am / 6.20am / 9.40am / 3.30pm / 4.20pm / 7.20pm
Local time in Adelaide and Darwin:
(Northern Territory and South Australia) / 4.50am / 7.50am / 11.10am / 5.30pm / 5.50pm / 8.50pm
In Sydney and Melbourne:
(also Queensland, Tasmania & Papua New Guinea) / 5.20am / 8.20am / 11.40am / 5.30pm / 6.20pm / 9.20pm
Local time in New Zealand: / 7.20am / 10.20am / 1.40pm / 7.30pm / 8.20pm / 11.20pm
On Short Wave: / F from Singapore relay / - / - / - / - / - / 9.74 F
6.195 F
On Medium Wave: / In Sydney: / 630 (476) / - / - / - / - / 630 (476)
Frequencies in kHz / In Perth #: / 585 (512) / - / - / - / - / 585 (512)
(metres) / Auckland, New Zealand: / 1476 (203) / 1476 (203) / 1476 (203) / 1476 (203) / 1476 (203) / 1476 (203)
On FM: / In Darwin: In MHz / 102.5 / - / - / - / - / 102.5
# 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 / 0820GMT
to Mid East, West Africa, & South Asia / 1120
GMT
to Asia, US FMs and West Africa / 1206
GMT
to Caribbean / 1540
GMT
to East and South Africa and all Asia / 1820
GMT
to Europe, Mid East and South Asia / 1920
GMT
to Australia and New Zealand / 2220
GMT
to Asia also 0120 and 0420 GMT to all other regions
SHARES: Dow and London FTSE / 111
YES / FTSE only / YES / YES / YES / YES / YES
Tokyo and Hong Kong indices / Tokyo only / YES / Tokyo only / - / - / - / -
BBC index of 20 leading companies^ / YES / YES / YES / YES / YES / YES / YES
CURRENCIES: $ /Yen / YES / YES / YES / - / - / - / -
Euro /$ plus £ /$ / YES / YES / YES / YES / YES / YES / -
South African Rand / $ / - / - / - / YES / - / - / -
COMMODITIES: NY Oil / - / - / - / - / - / - / YES
Cocoa and Coffee / - / - / - / YES / - / - / -
^ 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: 1. Boeing 2. General Electric 3. Siemens
BANKS & INSURANCE: 4. Allianz5. Citigroup 6. Deutsche Bank 7. HSBC
DRINKS:8. Diageo
ELECTRONICS: 9. IBM 10. Nokia
ENERGY: 11. BP 12. Total Fina
HEALTH & HEALTHCARE::13. Johnson & Johnson 14. Pfizer
MEDIA:15. Disney
METALS & MINING: 16. Alcoa 17. Rio Tinto
MOTOR:18. Ford
RETAIL:19. Carrefour 20. Wal-Mart