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	Podcast:		Business Matters
	Episode:		Donald Trump nominates Scott Bessent to lead US Treasury
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:49:33
	Publish Date:		2024-11-23 02:02:00
	Description:		Donald Trump picks Scott Bessent as treasury secretary. Wall Street investor will seek to extend tax cuts from Trump's first term. We get the latest. COP29 proposes wealthier countries give $250bn per year by 2035 to developing nations to help tackle climate change. We find out more. The world's largest man-made reservoir, Lake Kariba, has been hit by drought. We hear about the consequences this could have in the economies of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Bitcoin has been on a streak of almost daily all-time highs since the US election. We find out why. Andrew Peach discusses these and more stories with guests on opposite sides of the world: Takara Small, technology correspondent for CBC in Toronto, and Peter Ryan, ABC's Senior Business correspondent in Sydney.
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