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Facebook Allows Decapitation Videos

Facebook has removed a temporary ban on videos of beheadings. How will advertisers react?

Facebook will allow graphic beheading videos after removing a temporary ban in place since May. We talk to Stephen Balkam, the head of the Family Online Safety Institute in Washington, who sits on Facebook's Safety Advisory Board and ask him how advertisers will react.

There are protests in Brazil as a global consortium wins the rights to develop one of the biggest offshore oil fields ever found.

The nuclear option: the UK government says a deal with the French and Chinese to build a new power station will safeguard energy supplies, but at what cost?

We have a special report from Ghana as they consider a move to genetically modified crops. Plus, some Chinese consumers claim they are paying too much for a Starbucks - we ask just how much should a cup of coffee cost where you live?

And, regular commentator Lucy Kellaway explains why she doesn't endorse the endorsements on Linked-in.

We are joined throughout the programme by business columnist Maggie Pagano in London and the Motley Fool's David Kuo in Singapore.

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Tue 22 Oct 2013 00:06GMT

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