Jerome Powell nominated for a second term as US Fed chair - a podcast by BBC World Service

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Jerome Powell has been nominated for a second term as chair of the US Federal Reserve by President Joe Biden. Mr Powell is set to stay in the role, which includes managing inflation and regulating the financial system, for a further four years. Also in the programme, the US private equity giant KKR has made a €33bn bid for Telecom Italia. We get the background from Daniele Lepido of Bloomberg in Milan. The BBC's Nora Fakim meets environmental activists Anish Manga of the Fridays for Future movement, and Karuna Rana, co-founder of the climate group Sia, to hear how climate change is affecting the country. Plus, our workplace commentator Sandip Roy identifies some of the workplace culture differences between offices in India and the United States.

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