Are home solar panels the solution?

Are home solar panels the solution?

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Lew Frankfort: Building a billion-dollar brand

When Lew Frankfort joined Coach, it was a family run, wholesale handbag business worth six million dollars.He spent 35 years at the company, from opening the company's first shop to growing the business now valued at over five billion dollars.We find out what led Lew to an unlike ...  Show more

Can an island of flowers become a global chip hub?

Forty years ago Japan made more than half of the world's semiconductors. Today, it produces just over 10%. But the country has big ambitions to turn that around.We hear from the CEO of a company at the centre of the government's high-stakes gamble to revive its semiconductor indu ...  Show more

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