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World Business Report: Toshiba Boss Quits Over Scandal

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21/07/2015

Toshiba Boss Quits Over Scandal

BBC World Service - World Business Report, Toshiba Boss Quits Over Scandal

Toshiba's chief executive and president Hisao Tanaka has resigned after the company said it had overstated its profits for the past six years. We ask former Economist editor and Japan expert Bill Emmott what the scandal says about Japanese corporate culture. 

The new BRICS development bank has finally opened for business in Shanghai. Tanvi Madan from the Brookings Institution in Washington explains how the bank will work. 

Apple is due to report its latest financial results - the BBC's Samira Hussein speaks to users of the Apple Watch, a key focus of the company's current performance. 

And Mike Johnson reports on how precious areas of forest could be under threat from the growing global appetite for biomass.

(Photo: Toshiba logo. Credit: Getty)

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