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A major review published in the uk today says workers need more rights and everyone involved needs to pay more tax. And cleaning up russias nuclear mess. We visit an old navy base thought to be one of the most toxic sites in the whole of the country now getting a facelift. Welcome to World Business report. Im rachel horne. The world of work is changing, but are employment and tax laws keeping up . Here in the uk, a Government Review is calling for workers in the so called gig economy to get new rights. These are people using technology to take short term jobs such as driving for uber or delive...

Vital lifeline, a few days after christmas, if congress doesn't do something about it. >> unemployment benefits have been extended five times at a price tag of $226 billion and some conservatives argue more extensions are not acceptable. >> they are causing them to become a perpetual part of the unemployed in our economy and while it seems good, it does a disservice to those who need a help. >> and they said it wasn't part of the necessity of a budget agreement. >> negotiations are moving in the right direction. they haven't closed the deal. but i hope as part of it, the negotiators will take ...

All these horrible things. why go do it. but yesterday i said -- when i was i was for single payer, you said really? what about medicare, $200 billion in fraud -- >> your imitation of eric. >> sort of like that. blue cross blue shield association said in private insurance, there's $226 billion a year in waste, fraud and abuse. >> but they eat that. private companies eat the waste, fraud and abuse. >> really? >> in the government, we the taxpayer, eat that. >> fold that back up and use it for something else. >> it shows what the insurance companies are up to. >> her demeanor bothered a lot of p...

Suffering. "knocking on heaven's door: the path to a better life," part memoir, part investigative report explores the economic costs of death and dying. more than a third of medicare patients have surgery in the last year of life. nearly a tenth have surgery in the last month of life. and a fifth die in intensive care. medical overtreatment costs the u.s. health care system an estimated $158 billion to $226 billion a year. the author of that book, katie butler, is joining me today. also here, steven latham from yale and dr. diane meyer, director of the center to advance palliative care at mt....

Collect sales tax on purchases made on the internet and puts a huge amount of money at play. in 2012, internet sales totaled almost $226 billion, up nearly 16% from just 2011. the bill's proponents argue it will raise an additional $23 billion in tax revenues for states and end the unfair competitive advantage internet companies have by being able to sell the same products as brick and mortar stores, without the taxes. this bill passing the senate is important for a number of reasons, not just because if you're watching the show right now chances are you ordered something online recently. but ...