| * Asia markets slip on fears of slower China growth * China plans to prove the sceptics wrong * Moocs matter more in emerging markets * Swiss probe Congo gold bought by refiner * Western donors pledge $8bn in aid for the Sahel region * Fall of Batista embarrasses Brazil * Poland rethinking model of state enterprise, says minister Markets: mixed Asia markets slip on fears of slower China growth
Asian bourses came under pressure ahead of China's leadership meeting, the most anticipated political event of the year for the world's second-largest economy.
http://on.ft.com/175lNgv China plans to prove the sceptics wrong
Changes are promised but is far from clear that a system that is superb at producing growth is also capable of providing clean air and water
http://on.ft.com/1gofM1h Moocs matter more in emerging markets
Just as some developing countries have bypassed landlines for mobiles, Moocs could help developing countries to leapfrog higher education
http://on.ft.com/1gofM1k Swiss probe Congo gold bought by refiner
Criminal probe looks at whether Argor-Heraeus knowingly bought gold sold by armed group in eastern Congo via traders in Uganda in 2005
http://on.ft.com/1gofM1l Western donors pledge $8bn in aid for the Sahel region
Africa's Sahel region is to receive more than $8bn in aid from the EU and World Bank after the donors said economic development in the area was key to improving global security.
http://on.ft.com/175lXUX Fall of Batista embarrasses Brazil
There must be moments in every politician's career that make them cringe when recalling later on.
http://on.ft.com/171oaLP Poland rethinking model of state enterprise, says minister
Poland's new treasury minister is casting doubt on the model of pressing cash-rich state controlled companies to get involved in areas distant from their own expertise – the best example being the participation of KGHM, the copper miner, in a consortium financing the hunt for shale gas.
http://on.ft.com/18TbNBi Emerging Markets
MSCI Emerging Market Index down -0.31% at 1,024 Americas
DJIA up +0.15% at 15,639
S&P 500 up +0.36% at 1,768
Bovespa up +0.78% at 54,437 Asia
Nikkei 225 down -0.04% at 14,195
Topix down -0.15% at 1,181
Hang Seng down -0.57% at 23,057
Shanghai Composite down -0.42% at 2,141
MSCI Asia ex-Japan down -0.46% at 551.38
CNX Nifty down -0.89% at 6,261 Currencies
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