2024-12-12
26 分钟Will the $6bn trade in the illegal drug captagon that funded the Assad dictatorship be disrupted now he's gone? As US inflation creeps up, we hear from businesses daring to feel more hopeful about their future prospects The Macy's employee who hid $150 million in delivery charges. And why universities in Australia are worried by plans to drastically cut the number of overseas students You can contact us on WhatsApp or send us a voicenote: +44 330 678 3033. We would love to hear from you!
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Hello and welcome to World Business Report from the BBC World Service.
I'm Roger Heering.
And on this edition, will the $6 billion trade in the illegal drug Captagon that funded the Assad dictatorship be disrupted now that he's gone?
Also, US inflation creeps up, but a California restaurateur tells us he's seeing more optimism among consumers.
I'm cautiously optimistic.
I can only go by, you know, who's coming into the restaurant, what they're spending and both we have increased customers and check averages up slightly.
So both of those things are indicators that people are feeling a little bit more secure.
Plus the Macy's employee who hid $150 million in delivery charges and why universities in Australia are worried by plans to drastically cut the number of overseas students.
I have no idea whether I'm going to get work next semester.
For us here at Sydney University, we're expecting a pretty drastic decrease in the number of commencing students.
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30, 33 Now Syria is still adjusting to the end of a decades long dictatorship.
But along with opening up prisons and burning the tomb of Assad's father, Syrians have been discovering the factories and stores of the illegal drug Captagon.
Social media video coming out of the country appears to show factories where what's often called the poor man's cocaine may have been made.
In this video people are kick white pills scattered across a warehouse floor and you can see laboratory equipment said to be in the headquarters of a military division commanded by the former President's brother.