World Business: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

World Business was a weekly half hour features program on CNBC presented by Raya Abirached. The show covered recent trends in global business, technology, luxury markets and the business of sport. The program 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 firm for Malaysian politicians, including Sarawak 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 program to improve Taib's international image.

Series details

• Title: World Business
• Format: Talk Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1989-04-17
• Final broadcast date listed: 2011-07-29
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CNBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 10590

Cast and credited roles

• Raya Abirached — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1989-04-17; final listed air date 1989-04-17.
• Season 23: premiered 2011-07-29; final listed air date 2011-07-29.

Source and licence

Adapted from World Business on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.