The auto companies Honda and Nissan are currently in the early stages of merger talks. We ask what does it mean for the car industry? The Democratic Republic of Congo’s government has filed criminal complaints in France and Belgium against subsidiaries of the tech giant Apple, accusing it of using conflict minerals. And we hear from the northernmost region of Finland which has become a global hub thing for all things Christmas. How crucial is the festive time of year to the economy?
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Will Bain with you again today?
Great as always to have your company coming up on the program, two of the biggest car companies in the world want to merge to make an even bigger one.
But why?
What does it mean for their existing partners?
And what does it tell us about the challenges Japan's Honda and Nissan are facing right now?
We've gathered an expert panel to try and answer all of that and more in just a moment.
Also on the program today, what counts as a conflict mineral and why Apple and the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo are in dispute over them.
And depending on your perspective, a major shortage of this might be something of a major crisis.
Dark, rich with a creamy top.
This is Guinness.
Yeah, A knowing look from our markets guest Russ Mould.
Alongside me in the studio today, we'll have more on why taps of Ireland's most famous drink, Guinness, are apparently running dry.
And the battle scramble even from pubs in the UK And Ireland to try and sort out their supplies of the famous black stuff in the run up to a holiday period here, of course, in Northern Europe.
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