Los Angeles wildfires burn over 1,000 structures

洛杉矶山火烧毁 1,000 多座建筑

Business Matters

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2025-01-09

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The wildfires in Los Angeles continue to devastate communities, burning more than 1,000 structures and putting pressure on insurers. Could this be the tipping point for California's insurance market? Also, China's inflation slows adding to concerns after government efforts to boost the economy. Plus, in Las Vegas, we explore cutting-edge innovations unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show. Rahul Tandon joined throughout the programme by two guests on opposite sides of the world - Katia Dmitrieva in Hong Kong and Michael Malone in the US.
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  • Hello and welcome to Business Matters here on the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Rahul Tandon.

  • We have, as always, two guests on the program from opposite sides of the world.

  • I have Katya Dimitriva, Bloomberg's Asia Economics correspondent here who is in Hong Kong.

  • We're gonna talk quite a lot a little bit later in the program, Katya, about Donald Trump, but I suppose where you are, people are trying to predict what his inauguration will mean for the other great economy in the world, China.

  • Yes, good morning.

  • And this has been basically our life for the past few months is trying to unpack that.

  • So excited to talk a bit more about that today.

  • Well, I think it may well be your life for the next four years as well, to be honest with you.

  • And I'm delighted to say we have on the program Michael Malone, veteran Silicon Valley journalist and host of something that I do listen to quite often, the Silicon Insider podcast.

  • And you're there in California, Michael.

  • And we're gonna start by talking about the wildfires which are in California at the moment, causing huge destruction in Los Angeles.