BBC World Service - Business Daily

The Future of Youth

Half the world's population is under 28 years old, so what sort of future do they have?

For some getting old may feel like a burden. But for many old age is full of triumphs.

Could buses be the solution to the mass transportation needs in the next decade?

Everywhere there are plans to build high-speed railways. But do the numbers add up?

Will eBooks push old-fashioned volumes with paper pages off the shelves for good?

Looks at the strains and pressures on charities as people cut back on donations.

Microsoft on where computing's going. And was Scrooge right?

Is it true that banks have a social purpose and that bankers are doing God's work?

How the banks will cope with commercial property loans that have gone sour.

The penalty of starting a career in a recession. Plus Lucy Kellaway on dogs in the office.