About this episode
Sean Farrington discusses rising oil prices, tech earnings, pharmaceutical supply risks, and a snooker chalk controversy.
Sean Farrington looks at what has driven the price of oil to its highest level in 4 years. Elsewhere, he'll examine the raft of earnings released by some of the world's biggest tech companies overnight. The boss of one of the world’s biggest generic pharmaceutical manufacturers tells Sean about why he thinks the UK's supply of medicines could be “at risk”. And we'll take a look at a controversy that's brewing in the world of snooker about the type of chalk used by players.
People in this episode
Host: Sean Farrington
Topics covered
- oil prices
- tech earnings
- pharmaceutical supply
- snooker controversy
- generic medicines
Keywords
- oil prices
- tech companies
- pharmaceutical supply
- snooker
- chalk
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: UK, pharmaceutical manufacturers, tech companies
Products: chalk
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