MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for September 1st 2009
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Tuesday, September 1st 2009 - 12:25 UTC
Black Monday in China’s impacts on world markets
Chinese equities Monday plunged 6.74% to a three-month low as investors showed concern a slowdown in bank lending would erode economic growth, reported the Xinhua news agency. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 192.94 points to finish at 2,667.75. This was the largest daily drop for the key Shanghai index since June last year.
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Tuesday, September 1st 2009 - 07:51 UTC
A black woman poised for presidential candidate in Brazil
“During the US Democrat party primaries, when Hillary Clinton was running against Barack Obama, a friend of mine said the US would have to choose between a woman and a black person, but if I was to be presidential candidate in Brazil, we wouldn’t have that problem, because I’m a woman and black”.
