Business bites: US employment recovery 'slow and patchy'

Key US employment figures are expected to show that about 125,000 new jobs have been added to the country's labour market in November.

But analysts say improvement in the jobs market, usually quick to bounce back after recession, is slow and patchy, amid concerns that the eurozone crisis is taking a toll across the Atlantic.

Meanwhile, some of the world's biggest car makers are warning eurozone leaders that political indecision over the debt crisis is eroding consumer confidence.

The BBC Maryam Moshiri discusses key business stories of the day.