2025-07-04
26 分钟Hello and welcome to World Business Report on the BBC World Service.
I'm Will Bain.
Great as always to have your company on the programme.
It's going to be a busy programme today because coming up,
President Trump's tax and spend bill is finally ready for him to sign.
But is it really as big and beautiful as the President stresses ahead of the US Independence Day fireworks in Washington DC this July 4th?
We'll hear about why some elements of the bill could have ramifications for companies both at home and abroad.
Also today, we hear about a scheme trying to get prison leavers reintegrated into the workforce.
Absolutely everything.
I'm getting my family back.
And that means more to me than anything.
I've wasted 20 years of my life.
And if I could meet my younger self now, I would give him a smartphone.
Yeah, more on that really interesting project here in the UK a little bit later on.
And one of the world's biggest bands, or certainly one of the biggest ones of the 90s, are back.
Oasis return 16 years after separating this Friday night in the Welsh capital, Cardiff.
And as the rock band Black Sabbath return to this weekend,
is nostalgia the way to make touring make financial sense now?
We'll hear more on that a little bit later on here on World Business Report.
Let's start, though, in the US,