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Good Bad Billionaire is back for a brand new season.
And this time, we're shaking things up on the podcast,
looking back on the lives and fortunes of US industry titans.
From one of the founders of the American retail giant Walmart, Sam Walton.
To the aviator, filmmaker, property tycoon,
playboy and original eccentric billionaire, Howard Hughes.
Simon and I are asking if they were good, bad or just another billionaire.
That's Good Bad Dead Billionaire from the BBC World Service.
With me, Zing Zing.
And me, Simon Jack.
Listen now, search for Good Bad... billionaire wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
And this is Andrew Peach on the BBC World Service.
Welcome to World Business Report.
Today, the EU and Ukraine hail new sanctions against Russia.
We'll look at how much they'll hurt Moscow and whether they'll change the course of the war.
Ahead of elections in Japan, the issues affecting its economy.
Japan's output per work hour is about 70%.
of the average in the OECD.
In many sectors that don't compete internationally, efficiency is very, very low.