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	Podcast:		World Business Report
	Episode:		Banks in Lebanon to close after hold-ups by customers
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:27:54
	Publish Date:		2022-09-16 15:06:00
	Description:		Banks in Lebanon are to close for three days next week following a series of hold-ups by customers demanding money from frozen accounts. Lebanese banks imposed severe restrictions on withdrawals when the country’s economic crisis began three years ago. We hear from Nada Homsi, a journalist for The National in Beirut. China reports better-than-expected figures for its economy in August. The BBC's China Editor Howard Zhang talks us through the data, as well as President Xi Jingping's call for a new approach to international relations. The Chicago Bulls jersey worn by basketballing great Michael Jordan in the opening game of the 1998 NBA finals sells for a record-breaking $10.1 million dollars. Sporting and pop culture auctioneer Ken Goldin explains why it went for such a high price.
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