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Business Matters: Euro 16 Underway in France

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Euro 16 Underway in France

11/06/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Euro 16 Underway in France

The Euro16 tournament kicks off,  but will businesses lose out as strikes continue?

France opens the Euros tournament, but will businesses lose out as striking workers disrupt the country's transport system? Also, the US news site Gawker files for bankruptcy.

France wins the opening game of the Euros tournament, but will businesses lose out as striking workers disrupt the country's transport system?

The US news site Gawker files for bankruptcy after being told to pay 140 million dollars in damages to a celebrity wrestler 

Plus the feat of engineering over common sense - we find out more about the multi billion dollar satellite constellation which was very nearly crashed back down to earth.

And Susannah Streeter is joined throughout the programme by Professor Danny Samson from the University of Melbourne in Australia.

(Photo: Nice, France where some Euro 2016 matches will be played. Credit: AFP/Getty)

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