The Business of Football

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We examine how Alex Ferguson's retirement is going to affect the financial fortunes of Manchester United and we talk to a friend and fellow Scot about the man himself. Also we examine if China and the EU squaring up for a solar panel trade war? We investigate the app for happiness. Or 'app-iness' if you will. Researchers at Cambridge University claim to have developed a piece of software which aims to keep track of your happiness by combining smartphone data with how you feel about your own moods. Ferrari decides that less is more and that fewer of it's cars will equal more prestige. We have a special report. We get the latest business news from Tokyo. And how big a job is it for the banking industry to restore the public's trust? We ask our guests Peter Morici, economist and professor of business at the University of Maryland, and business consultant Ben Simpfendorfer in Hong Kong.