Im stephen sackur. Today im in rural northern germany. Stable, prosperous, 21st century germany. But im here to talk about the past and its relationship to the present. My guest is the writer, journalist and son, niklas frank. Now, his father was appointed by hitler to be the Governor General of nazi occupied poland. He was intimately involved in the murder of millions of people. So, how has this german son dealt with the terrible crimes of his father . Niklas, im wondering why you have chosen to make your life in the very far north of germany. Is it because you wanted to get as far away as possible from yourfamily background in bavaria . No, i still love bavaria. And every year we have about many weeks in bavaria, in the same village where i grew up. But it was my profession as a journalist at stern magazine, which i worked for 23 years, was based in hamburg. So, i had to lure my wife, she was attached to munich, because she is a big gardener, to her house with a big garden, so weve l
And working on the move. We hear how the man behind regus serviced offices turned his quest to find a Flexible Workspace into a multi billion dollar empire. And if you struggle with recycling, youre not alone. The worst products to recycle have been named and shamed so we want to know what are your Recycling Frustrations . Get in touch use the hashtag bbc biz live. Send us your comments about that. My question is whether you can put envelopes in recycling if they have the plastic window . Hello and welcome to Business Live. For months, optimism about the Trump Presidency has been powering markets to record highs. But late on wednesday the trump bump turned into the trump slump as us stocks and the dollar suffered their worst day since before the election. Its down to growing concern that the president s promised tax cuts and pro business reforms may never materialise, as the white house battles one controversy after another. Lets show you the numbers. The Dow Jones Industrial average f
Fallen sharply after fears that the conservatives might not get the majority in the general election that many are thinking may happen. Hi Claire Castle may be better known as the Filming Location for down to gnabry but its also home to europes most successful horse racing ownership company. Well get the inside track with harry herbert. And its been revealed the Bank Of Englands staff have been studying dr seuss to brush up on Communication Skills because he has been described as a master of using simple language. With like to know what business language you think would benefit from the dr seuss treatment. We promise no jargon here on Business Live. India has retained its crown as the Fastest Growing major economy in the world. Economists are predicting Indian Economy grew by 7. 1 , thats in the first three months of this year. But would be faster than china which is currently at 6. 9 . The resilience of the Indian Economy will be welcome news for Prime Minister Narendra Modi following
Im stephen sackur. Greeces debt crisis and economic collapse used to be headline news, not so much any more. But does that mean the country is in recovery . Not if you ask your average greek. Almost half of all young people are jobless, the elderly continue to see their pensions cut, austerity bites deeper with every new release of european bailout money. My guest is greeces economy minister, dimitri papadimitriou. Is there any way out of the hole greece is in . Dimitri papadimitriou, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me. There you were at the end of last year, enjoying your post as a highly respected academic economist in the united states. You were plucked from that into a senior ministerialjob, the economy minister in athens. Do you regret taking thatjob, given what has happened in the last six months . Actually, i dont. I think its an important challenge. I cherish the opportunity to serve my country and i think i can do some good. And therefore, over the last sev
Im stephen sackur. Greeces debt crisis and economic collapse used to be headline news, not so much any more. But does that mean the country is in recovery . Not if you ask your average greek. Almost half of all young people are jobless, the elderly continue to see their pensions cut, austerity bites deeper with every new release of european bailout money. My guest is greeces economy minister, dimitri papadimitriou. Is there any way out of the hole greece is in . Dimitri papadimitriou, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me. There you were at the end of last year, enjoying your post as a highly respected academic economist in the united states. You were plucked from that into a senior ministerialjob, the economy minister in athens. Do you regret taking thatjob, given what has happened in the last six months . Actually, i dont. I think its an important challenge. I cherish the opportunity to serve my country and i think i can do some good. And therefore, over the last sev