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"Business Matters: Nicaragua starts work on $50bn 'Gran Canal' 23 Dec 14

Tue, 23 Dec 14

Work stars on Nicaragua's $50bn alternative to the Panama Canal, but will it ever finish? We speak to the BBC's Arturo Wallace from the ground-breaking ceremony in Managua, and also to Noel Maurer from George Washington University about what it could mean for Nicaragua, one of the poorest countries in Central America. The BBC's Anbarasan Ethirajan has been speaking to migrant workers from Nepal about the poor pay and harsh working conditions they faced when working on construction projects in Qatar as it prepares to host the 2022 World Cup. Patrick Lencioni of The Table Group management consultants tells us if secular organisations and businesses can learn anything from the spectacular telling off Pope Francis gave his staff and the list of 15 "ailments" he says plagues the Vatican bureaucracy. And we discuss the ongoing cyber troubles between the US and North Korea with our guests David Kuo from The Motley Fool and David Freedman, a writer for The Atlantic.