Countries like the US and Germany have dominated the renewable-energy market by investing heavily in the sector, but some of the emerging markets look likely to take over in the race to clean energy. CNBC's Guy Johnson investigates and Robin Cohen from Deloitte has analysis.

Thursday night saw a page turning event take place at London's Victoria and Albert Museum as the FT and Goldman Sachs hosted the annual business book of the year awards. CNBC's Guy Johnson went along to read between the lines.

Dyala Sabbagh brings October's Gateway to the Middle East from the Desert Palm outside Dubai. Guy Johnson is in Turkey where Ziya Akkurt, the CEO of the country’s biggest bank, shares his thoughts. Joanna Andrews travels to Bahrain to speak with His Excellency Shaikh Mohammed bin Essa Al Khalifa, Chief Executive of EDB. Plus, Aldar CEO John Bullough.

"Turkeys accession to the EU was delayed and delayed," Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Guy Johnson. "Now Turkey has begun accession talks. We have no intention of letting go of this process."

Turkey played host to the IMF and World Bank summit this week and CNBC's Guy Johnson caught up with Turkish Central Bank Governor Durmus Yilmaz to speak about event.

Shockwaves from the collapse of Lehman Brothers one year ago caused a tectonic shift in the UK banking system as well. CNBC's Guy Johnson looks back on the fate of troubled bank HBOS.