| * Indonesia growth slows to 4-year low * Sinopec falls into line with market push * Condom company Karex soars on debut * Ukraine signs shale deal with Chevron * Shuanghui hires banks for Hong Kong IPO * Samsung's modest dividend rise fails to mollify investors * Deutsche launches new China A shares ETF * S Korea aims to become defence powerhouse * Bangladesh garment workers set for 77% wage rise * South Africa to invest in China bonds Markets: mixed Indonesia growth slows to 4-year low
Southeast Asia's biggest economy faces a cocktail of challenges from a depreciating currency to a fall-off in consumer demand and political uncertainty
http://on.ft.com/1hMixZx Sinopec falls into line with market push
Oil producer's parent to buy back up to $17bn in shares over 12 months as Beijing continues push to boost China's flagging stock market
http://on.ft.com/1hMixZp Condom company Karex soars on debut
Group's debut on Kuala Lumpur stock exchange sees shares close 32% higher on forecasts for growing demand from developing Asian countries
http://on.ft.com/1hMizR2 Ukraine signs shale deal with Chevron
US group will gain rights to explore and eventually produce in two western Ukrainian regions that have estimated 2.98tn cubic metres of gas reserves
http://on.ft.com/17LwL98 Shuanghui hires banks for Hong Kong IPO
Shuanghui International has hired six banks to lead a Hong Kong listing next year to help pay down the $7bn debt it took on to buy fellow pork manufacturer Smithfield Foods of the US and to provide its private equity backers with an exit
http://on.ft.com/1ejvL00 Samsung's modest dividend rise fails to mollify investors
Samsung Electronics' top executives took turns on stage on Wednesday, trying to persuade investors that the sun is not setting on the South Korean company's days of heady growth
http://on.ft.com/1b7lChT Deutsche launches new China A shares ETF
Deutche Asset & Wealth Management has launched the first US listed ETF that provides direct access to the China A shares market
http://on.ft.com/17LwL99 S Korea aims to become defence powerhouse
Arms sales are growing fast, albeit limited so far to southeast Asia, raising hopes the country can emulate its success in electronics and automobiles
http://on.ft.com/17LwKSR Bangladesh garment workers set for 77% wage rise
Bangladesh is set to raise the minimum wages for its garment workers by 77 per cent, after a series of paralysing strikes disrupted production at many garment factories over the summer, and again in September.
http://on.ft.com/17DcMfd South Africa to invest in China bonds
South Africa's central bank on Tuesday said a portion of the country's reserves would be invested in Chinese bonds for the first time as it looks to diversify its currency exposure and help insulate the reserves from any rise in US yields.
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