US shutdown looms

美国停摆迫在眉睫

Business Matters

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2024-12-20

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A government shutdown looms over the US as funding deal is rejected Amazon workers have gone on strike at the peak of the Christmas rush. Changes in weather patterns have been causing problems in some ski resorts around the world, including in India where one mountain resort has reported a fall in visitor numbers.

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  • Hello and welcome to Business Matters here on the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Rahul Tandon.

  • On the program today, why is the US Government heading to a shutdown once again?

  • And Amazon, you can hide.

  • We can see your greedy side.

  • Amazon, you can't.

  • That is the sound of striking Amazon workers in the U.S.

  • but Amazon says the Teamsters Union is isn't representing the majority of the staff.

  • We'll hear from the union.

  • And where is the snow?

  • As weather patterns change, we hear from one beleaguered ski resort in the Himalayas without snowfalls.