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Welcome to Business Matters.
My name's Ed Butler.
On our program today, we'll be remembering Manmohan Singh.
He's India's former prime minister, a man who's credited with liberalizing reforms that turned his country into an economic powerhouse.
We'll be hearing more about him and also about a controversial anti LGBT law in Ghana in Africa, which could also be threatening the economic recovery in that country and why even French winemakers are now embracing alcohol free drinking.
It was through my own experience of.
Pregnancy of not being able to drink.
Wine and starting to think, well, actually, why don't I start my own brand now?
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We would love to hear from you about, well, alcohol free wine perhaps.
Do you love the stuff?
Do you hate it?
Perhaps you've never had any but are desperate to try some.