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	Podcast:		Business Matters
	Episode:		Trump Calls for Action on Opioids
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:53:51
	Publish Date:		2018-08-16 20:25:00
	Description:		Drug overdoses killed about 72000 Americans last year, many of them cases of opioid abuse. President Trump has called on the Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, to take legal action against pharmaceutical corporations. We hear from Professor Anupam Bapu Jena of the Harvard Medical School. In the UK, trade unions have expressed alarm about snooping in the workplace by management on their employees. We get more from Kate Bell, is head of economics at the TUC. McDonalds has unveiled it's new menu by going posh - in one of its branches at least. The BBC's Victoria Craig reports. In Australia, revelations of chronic malpractice in the banking system have continued to emerge over the past week. We hear from Professor Paul Kofman of the University of Adelaide. He's the co-author, with Clare Payne, of a new book called A Matter of Trust: The Practice of Ethics in Finance. The former Indian Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, has died at the age of 93. Our regular contributor in Delhi, Jyoti Malhota, pays tribute. Plus Greg Harris, CEO of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Kim and Debbie of Sister Sledge pay tribute to soul legend, Aretha Franklin who has died at the age of 76. Picture description: medicine bottle and pills Picture credit: Newscast
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