''World Business'' is a weekly half hour features programme on

CNBC CNBC (formerly Consumer News and Business Channel) is an American basic cable business news channel. It provides business news programming on weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Eastern Time, while broadcasting talk sho ...

presented by

Raya Abirached Raya Abirached ( ar, ريا أبي راشد, born 12 May 1977) is a Lebanese TV presenter and celebrity journalist at MBC. She is best known for co-hosting the hit TV talent show, Arabs Got Talent. She also hosts ''Scoop with Raya'', a sho ...

, broadcast between 2006 and 2011. The show covers recent trends in global business, technology, luxury markets and the business of sport. The programme aired in Europe on Friday nights and in Asia on Saturday mornings. ''World Business'' was cancelled after it was revealed that the show's production company was doubling as a

public relations Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating information from an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) to the public in order to influence their perception. ...

firm for Malaysian politicians, including

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Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud. The '' Sarawak Report'', a blog run by Clare Rewcastle Brown, reported that FBC Media had been receiving payments from Malaysian politicians in return for positive coverage, including carrying puff pieces on the programme to improve Taib's international image.

References

External links

Official website
* CNBC Europe original programming British television news shows 2006 British television series debuts 2011 British television series endings Business-related television series {{News-tv-prog-stub