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Irish billionaire Denis O'Brien explains why he invests in unstable far-off places. Plus, a new era for the Russian circus industry, and why the background hum of a coffee shop may help you think.

Irish billionaire Denis O'Brien tells Lesley Curwen why he invests in sometimes unstable far-off places.

His Digicel mobile group operates in dozens of Caribbean islands, Honduras, Haiti, Fiji, Tonga and Papua New Guinea.

It is the biggest investor in Haiti, with 2.4 million subscribers there.

Plus, the 麻豆官网首页入口's Kristina Block reports from a Big Top in western Siberia on a new era for the Russian circus industry, and technology commentator Jeremy Wagstaff discovers the background hum of a coffee shop may help you think and work better.

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Wed 13 Apr 2011 07:32GMT

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