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Paris 'Resilient' in the Wake of Terror Attacks

Paris goes back to work after the horrors of Friday's attacks. How far can normal life, and business, resume?

Paris goes back to work after the horrors of Friday's attacks. How far can normal life, and business, resume? French President Francois Hollande has been telling both houses of parliament and the French people of his plans to boost the police, extend the state of emergency and step up attacks on IS bases in Iraq and Syria. The authorities are also now beginning to identify those involved in the killings. The Ö÷²¥´óÐã’s Lucy Burton is in the French capital and tells us how the city is dealing with its trauma.

World leaders gather in Turkey for the G20 summit and the events in Paris have concentrated minds on tackling terrorism. Oil has been thought to be one of the main sources of revenue for so-called Islamic State – so how does it fit into their economy? A question for Dr Jean-Francois Seznec at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.

The Ö÷²¥´óÐã’s Jonah Fisher is in Yangon, the capital of Myanmar with an update on developments since the recent elections. And does hitting a ‘bump in the road’ in your personal life mean your work will inevitably suffer? The recently-separated Lucy Kellaway from the Financial Times looks at some unexpected bonuses.

All this and more discussed with David Kuo of the Motley Fool - who's in Singapore and Diana Furchgott-Roth former chief economist of the U.S. Department of Labor, and a senior fellow and director of Economics21, joining us from Washington.

(Picture: The Arche de La Defense in Paris. Credit: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images)

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