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Apple announces a dividend. McDonald's CEO retires. Amazon bets big on robots. And Kraft picks a name for its global snacks business. Our analysts discuss those stories and share three stocks on their radar. Plus, Washington Post reporter Liza Mundy discusses her new book, The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners is Transforming Sex, Love, and Family.
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Andrew Marr talks to the Nobel Prize winning author Nadine Gordimer. In her latest book she explores the tensions at the heart of a nation struggling to define itself post-apartheid, through the lives of an interracial couple in suburban South Africa. The past and present also collide in the poet Jack Mapanje's attempt to understand why he was arrested by the Malawian secret police, and imprisoned without charge. Richard Dowden looks to the future of Africa to ask whether Chinese investment, an explosion in mobile technology and a growing middle class, means this will be Africa's decade. Producer: Katy Hickman.
In 451 Atilla the Hun invaded the West. He was repelled by a coalition of forces lead by the General Aetius.
Eating an extra portion of red meat every day is associated with an increased risk of death, says a new study. But what does this mean? A risk expert works it out for Tim Harford. Plus, which are the world?s largest employers? This edition of More or less was broadcast on the BBC World Service.