It was anchored alternately by Adrian Finighan and Becky Anderson from CNN's London studios.
Business International was launched in 2001, initially as a twice-daily show co-presented by Becky Anderson and Richard Quest.
However, in later years, the programme devoted more air time to breaking world news.
Between 2002 and 2004, the edition broadcast at 08:00 UK time was branded as Business Central and was presented by Richard Quest.
[2] The European evening edition of the programme, presented by Anderson, also had sports updates and a preview of the following day's newspaper headlines.