Counting the Cost offers the latest business and economic news from around the world.<br /><br />Spring of 2009 brought budding hope of an economic recovery, but investor expectations have fallen short. The recently released World Bank report forecast a grim year ahead.<br /><br />This week on the programme, we also examine Beirut's ailing job market, look at the finances of the footballing world and investigate Malaysian loan sharks preying on their victims.
