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World Business Report: First broadcast 2016/11/21 01:06 GMT: Fillon pulls off surprise victory

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First broadcast 2016/11/21 01:06 GMT

First broadcast 2016/11/21 01:06 GMT: Fillon pulls off surprise victory

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French right "primary" election result; Angela Merkel to run again for Chancellor

The former French prime minister, Francois Fillon, has pulled off a surprise victory in the first round of the presidential primary of the centre-right "Les Republicans" party. Sophie Pedder, Paris bureau chief of the Economist explains more about him.

Independent economist Michael Hughes looks ahead to UK Chancellor Phillip Hammond's Autumn statement later this week.

Foreign central banks have been liquidating their holdings of US government bonds, led by China and Saudi Arabia. William D. Cohan, Financial Journalist at Vanity Fair mulls whether the US should be concerned.

Some big infrastructure announcements have been creating ripples in the commodities markets, as John Meyer, mining analyst with SP Angel explains.

Thailand releases its third-quarter GDP figures. Simon Landy, Executive Chairman of Colliers International in Bangkok gives us his assessment.

The BBC's Daniel Gallas on the dilemma facing Brazil's oil sector.

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