World Business Report

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A discontinued programme of the same name was shown on Sky News.[1]

The World Business Report titles were updated in July 2006 as part of the launch of World News Today on BBC World.

World Business Report is a business news programme produced by BBC News and shown daily on BBC World and BBC News 24.

The main edition, shown at 2230 UK Time, is anchored from both London and New York, with a presenter in each location. The programme also forms the second half of BBC World's flagship news bulletin The World Today shown at 0500 UK Time, simulcast on BBC World and News 24, but also BBC One due to the latter simulcasting also with the channel at the time of transmission.

Since July 2006, the programme has also been part of World News Today, shown at 1200 and 2100 UK time. It received new programme titles to coincide with the launch of the new news programme presented by George Alagiah and uses the same pool of presenters from main editions.

Presenters of the programme vary from day to day, but main presenters include Manisha Tank, Tanya Beckett, Dharshini David, Jamie Robertson and Sally Bundock amongst others.

This programme is in asocciation with Shell. However, during The World Today, as it is simulcasted on BBC News 24 and BBC One, sponsorship is not mentioned.

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