| * Doubts cloud strong S Korean growth * Danone takes 49% stake in African dairy * Walmart to open 110 new stores in China * Brazil celebrates auction with one bidder * Primark boosts aid to Rana Plaza victims * Indian stocks beat record close as investors return * Fernández faces electoral train wreck * Pernod Ricard hit by falling China sales * Markets: down Doubts cloud strong S Korean growth
Stronger manufacturing and construction activity help economy grow at an annual rate of 3.3% in the third quarter, the fastest in nearly two years, but doubts remain over the sustainability of the growth
http://on.ft.com/18RgGyL Danone takes 49% stake in African dairy
World's biggest yoghurt company by sales is joining Abraaj to take over Fan Milk International in a transaction valued at more than $360m
http://on.ft.com/18RgIXw Walmart to open 110 new stores in China
US group to open new stores in smaller cities, stock more imported food and centralise distribution in hopes of reversing growing pains in the country
http://on.ft.com/HiUYsN Brazil celebrates auction with one bidder
Brazil has one of world's biggest debt burdens to service. So the government is wary of squeezing Petrobras too much. Hence delight at outcome
http://on.ft.com/18RgJdL Primark boosts aid to Rana Plaza victims
British retailer will pay a further three months' salary to victims of the Bangladesh factory disaster or their families to prevent immediate hardship
http://on.ft.com/18RgGyN Indian stocks beat record close as investors return
Sensex briefly surpasses its all-time closing high as influx of global liquidity and encouraging corporate earnings buoy investor mood
http://on.ft.com/HiUYsO Fernández faces electoral train wreck
Re-election ambitions of Cristina Fernández, Argentina's president, could come to a sudden end in legislative polls, which her party is expected to lose
http://on.ft.com/18RgJdW Pernod Ricard hit by falling China sales
French drinks maker blames decline on economic weakness in emerging markets as well as government crackdown on conspicuous consumption
http://on.ft.com/18RgJe0 Emerging Markets
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