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Britain's most popular financial and business programme.
Episodes (2)
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1. eBay: Money for Old Rope?
Aired 25 February 2005 • 30 min
The online auction site eBay is ten years old - that's pensionable age in "internet time". But this original star of Silicon Valley's dotcom boom is still growing at over 40%, and now earns half a billion pounds a year.
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2. Tesco: Supermarket superpower
Aired 3 June 2005 • 30 min
As tills overflow and rivals reel, Tesco is the UK's first supermarket superpower. The Money Programme reveals its route to the top - and asks if Tesco's dominance is in the best interests of the consumer Tesco is a retail phenomenon. With profits topping £2bn a year, it has nearly a third of the UK's grocery market.