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Shares plummet on fears of global slowdown
US stocks suffered their steepest drop since markets reopened following the September 11 attacks in 2001, after the biggest fall in Chinese shares for a decade and slides in other global stock markets triggered a sharp rise in risk aversion.
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China/markets
On the face of it, it is hard to think of a less likely trigger for trouble in global equity markets. China has long been on the mind of investors everywhere.
Markets
Dow’s sharp fall

Markets fall, and sometimes they do so very sharply. But Dow’s sudden tumble into the abyss was something exceptional. There was no single cause for the sudden fall, just as there was no clear single trigger for the Chinese sell-off earlier in the day, writes John Authers.
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‘Made in Italy’ to tempt Chinese

Michele Norsa, chief executive of Salvatore Ferragamo, was hired last October to help prepare the Italian luxury goods group for a possible stock market listing some time in the next two years. He has just completed a tour of the company’s Asian operations, and formulating a China strategy tops his agenda.