Gideon Long

Journalist, formerly @Reuters, @BBCNews, @TheEconomist, @FinancialTimes, Views are my own

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Big Tech's 'tobacco moment'? My look at the fallout from last week's court verdict that found Google and Meta liable for harming the mental health of one of their young users, and deliberately making their platforms addictive: https://t.co/72R6y5Tjim

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Fed up with what they see as poor-quality and expensive care in their own countries, a growing number of Westerners are retiring to care homes and resorts in Thailand. For BBC Business Daily I talk to them and find out what life's like for them there: https://t.co/k2AZUUwXtG

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As part of our week-long series of programmes from Thailand, I look at the country's battle against a growing tide of electronic waste: https://t.co/Am0H7Ezj2n

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"In this country social leaders and trade union leaders are killed every day." My look for the BBC at the challenges facing organized labour in Colombia: https://t.co/cRH3ZhVZxK

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Colombia is the second biggest exporter of cut flowers in the world and the largest seller to the US. It faces the threat of Donald Trump's tariffs and questions over sustainability. I went to take a look at the industry: https://t.co/nWQl0leMhh

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Part three of our shipwreck series. I speak to Carl Allen, who spends his time searching for sunken treasure and a long-lost Spanish galleon in the waters of the Bahamas: https://t.co/6H1Bp7J6t3

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Part two of our series on shipwrecks and their sunken treasure. There are around 3 million wrecks on the world's sea-beds. Who owns them and what should be done with them? https://t.co/AtbNm41Rnb

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"The holy grail of shipwrecks". My BBC radio programme on the San José, one of the most valuable wrecks in the world. Spain, Colombia, a US salvage company and indigenous groups in South America have all staked claims to it. https://t.co/ParqIFNPQs

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In the final part of our Latin American series on BBC Business Daily, I talk to the former president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla @Laura_Ch : https://t.co/osPxRkUWbc

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In the fourth part of our Latin American series on BBC Business Daily, we look at some of the economic bright spots around the region: fruit production in Peru, wind power in Uruguay and manufacturing in Mexico: https://t.co/kQXm7MwTUv

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With thanks to @bollemdb, @mj_stott, Gabriel Estrela and @VanusiaNogueir

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Part 3 of our Latin American series on BBC Business Daily takes us to the biggest economy in the region, Brazil. Growth has been driven by a sophisticated agricultural sector, but it's grappling with extreme weather events: https://t.co/zev73inmB6

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With thanks to Shahid Yusuf, @bollemdb, Monica Miller, @shadabtaiyabi, @VRubioMarquez and @DiegoPerezBHB

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In the second part of our Latin American series on BBC Business Daily, I compare the region's economies with the "Asian Tigers" that have driven recent global growth: https://t.co/PgBsVv03b1

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With special thanks to @mj_stott, @VRubioMarquez, @mmlagoscc and @nataliocosoy for their contributions

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All this week on BBC Business Daily I'm looking at the economies of Latin America. On today's first programme I look at the things that have held the region's economic development back. https://t.co/QZZBfPg8Io

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Three months after the first Houthi attack on commercial shipping in the Red Sea, has the re-routing of ships round the bottom of Africa become the new normal? https://t.co/q6384Kjii0

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Another politically motivated arrest in Venezuela. @rociosanmiguel is a respected commentator on military matters and hasn't been heard from since her detention #DondeEstaRocio

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Rocio San Miguel ha sido víctima de acoso, persecución y discriminación por parte del Estado venezolano. Su detención constituye un hecho MUY GRAVE que pone en evidencia el progresivo cierre del espacio cívico y el empe��o de quienes gobiernan por reprimir a las voces críticas

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Remember all that fuss last year over the sale of Taylor Swift tickets? Dynamic pricing is a retail strategy that should iron out such problems by seamlessly matching supply with demand. But should it be regulated more strictly? The BBC’s Business Daily: https://t.co/lpaBuLAkln

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Ever wondered why the price of flights changes so dramatically depending on the time of day or day of the week? It’s due to “dynamic pricing”, a retail strategy seeping into all aspects of our shopping experience. I look at on BBC Business Daily. https://t.co/2RrGlxd2Ck