George Johnson: 'He was extraordinary'

乔治·约翰逊:“他非凡卓越。”

World Business Report

2026-07-09

26 分钟
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Pioneering entrepreneur George Johnson has died aged 99. We speak to Valerie Jarrett, American businesswoman, former Senior Advisor to the President of the United States, and chief executive officer of the Obama Foundation. She knew George Johnson throughout his life, and was a close friend. Russia has banned exports of diesel in order to avoid domestic shortages, after a flurry of attacks by Ukrainian drones on the nation's refineries. We take a look at what impact this is having on the country. The US military says it has carried out a second night of airstrikes on coastal targets, we get the reaction from the oil markets. Presenter: Leanna Byrne Producers: Rob Cave, Parisa Qurban, Aleeza Siddiq. (Picture credit: George E. Johnson, founder of Johnson Products Company, during the Harvard University Hutchins Center Honors W.E.B. Du Bois Medal Ceremony on November 4, 2025. / Photo by Erica Denhoff / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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  • The ceasefire is over and oil is up.

  • As far as I'm concerned, it's over.

  • I'll speak to our negotiators.

  • They want to negotiate.

  • They're good people.

  • Steve Woodcoff, Jared Kushner, but they have to come back to me.

  • It's World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Leanna Byrne.

  • Oil prices have jumped after President Trump says the U.S.-Iran ceasefire is over.

  • We'll also ask why one of the world's biggest energy exporters, Russia, is now facing fuel shortages at home.

  • And we remember George E. Johnson, the businessman

  • who built a beauty empire by putting black consumers at the heart of it.

  • So just when we thought it was all over, oil prices

  • have swung right back up again after US President Donald Trump declared that the ceasefire with Iran was over.

  • The US military says it has carried out a second night of airstrikes on coastal targets.

  • Needless to say, tensions are running high.

  • It was only last week that Brent crude, the international benchmark, was down as low as $71 a barrel.

  • But now it's shot back over $80.

  • Prices remain well below the peaks in May.

  • The fresh spike is clearly dampening appetite and probably causing headaches among investors.