to a letter that she wrote about racism for the british observer newspaper. under dutch and kenyan runners have won the race in the london marathon. now it s time for. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. the cost of living has been going through the roof, but can it possibly go up even more? and do prices ever really come down? we re going to be looking at how those prices get set and what goes on behind the scenes between growers, suppliers and the shops themselves. i m going to be discussing all of that with this crack team. there they are. commodities expert kona lasker haque can tell us where the markets think prices of raw materials are heading. kai markus mueller, who s the neuroscientist who gives us the psychology behind the way shops set their prices. and christel delberghe, she s the boss of eurocommerce, which represents the big retailers in some 27 countries acr
there they are. commodities expert kona lasker haque can tell us where the markets think prices of raw materials are heading. kai markus mueller, who s the neuroscientist who gives us the psychology behind the way shops set their prices. and christel delberghe, she s the boss of eurocommerce, which represents the big retailers in some 27 countries across europe. also on the show, from the coffee field to your daily mug ofjoe, i ve got antonio baravalle, the big boss of the coffee giant lavazza, to talk to us about pricing from bean to cup. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a very warm welcome to the show. blimey, how much is that? you know, that s the question millions of us are now asking ourselves as we shop for everyday essentials. the cost of most of the things that we buy has gone up and up for pretty much everyone on the planet. this inflation is the reason central banks are ramping up their interest rates. workers are demandin
to portugal and spain, with the aim of rebuilding his country s ties with europe. lula da silva is facing criticism after suggesting that ukraine and russia shared the blame for their current conflict. you re watching bbc news. time now for talking business with aaron heslehurst. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. the cost of living has been going through the roof, but can it possibly go up even more? and do prices ever really come down? we re going to be looking at how those prices get set and what goes on behind the scenes between growers, suppliers and the shops themselves. i m going to be discussing all of that with this crack team. there they are. commodities expert kona lasker haque can tell us where the markets think prices of raw materials are heading. kai markus mueller, who s the neuroscientist who gives us the psychology behind the way shops set their prices. an
we begin in the us in what could become the largest product liability settlement in history. the pharmaceutical s giant, johnson &johnson has proposed paying almost $9 billion to settle tens of thousands of lawsuits that allege the company s talcum powders causes cancer. the new move seeks to resolve all current and future claims and follows a decade long legal battle between plaintiffs lawyers and johnson & johnson. my colleague samira hussain with the details. johnson &johnson johnson & johnson has johnson &johnson has been dogged for use by claims that its talcum powder causes cancer. in 2021 it settle a lawsuit in newjersey brought by 21 women who blame the company for that very cancer and is set aside another 2 billion to try to settle all future claims in what could add up future claims in what could add up to thousands of lawsuits. now the company says it will increase the potential size of all settlement to 8 $.9 billion. the company stopped selling it talcum product
let s start with oil, because at the weekend, the secretary general of the organization of petroleum exporting countries, haitham al ghais, said he expects global oil demand to exceed pre pandemic levels this year. so what does this mean for the oil industry? joining me now is russ mould, investment director at aj bell. does this mean we are going to hit $100 per barrel again in 2023? , ., , hit $100 per barrel again in 2023? ., , ., hit $100 per barrel again in 2023? a, a a, 2023? gosh, that s a tricky question 2023? gosh, that s a tricky question for 2023? gosh, that s a tricky question for this 2023? gosh, that s a tricky question for this time - 2023? gosh, that s a tricky question for this time of i 2023? gosh, that s a tricky | question for this time of day. you can certainly construct a case where you can see oil going back up, perhaps not to the height of last year, but we have china reopening, the davos crowd and the imf seeming less worried about global econo