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Taking Stock

Taking Stock takes a global view of the big business stories and the trends affecting the world economy. Listen and subscribe to Taking Stock on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.   You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'

Latest episodes

Should everyone change jobs after 8 years?

4 days ago - 47 mins

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How will Canada’s economy fare if it tells the US where to go?

10 days ago - 46 mins

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When is the right time to reinvent your business?

13 days ago - 12 mins

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Why the iPhone defies tariffs and trade wars

18 days ago - 46 mins

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Nintendo Economics and Trump's nostalgia for factories

25 days ago - 45 mins

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Musk and Trump; is the bromance cooling?

a month ago - 45 mins

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Do College Rankings Matter? Where Is My Office? And Sunak Prepares for a Trouncing.

This week on Taking Stock as Irish Universities make major gains on the QS World Rankings Mandy Johnston examines their relevance as Irish students are making their choices this Summer. As the world of work continues to change and evolve post- Covid many tech titans like Apple, Google, Meta have demanded staff show up to the office at least three days a week as new research shows that contrary to what we have come to believe, working from home is not as productive as being at work. Mandy talks to Chris Kane the author of Where is My Office? Reimagining the Workplace for the 21st Century. And finally with three by-elections taking place in the UK next week, we hear from FT’s Political Editor George Parker about what we can expect and how they will affect Rishi Sunak’s leadership as the Tory Party heads for a political thrashing.